Behavior Specialist (TSP), Bates Elementary School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]
Behavior Specialist (TSP), Bates Elementary School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]
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Behavior Specialist (TSP) Bates Elementary School Salem Public Schools Salem MA SY
About Salem Public Schools where belonging leads to opportunity.
Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at
What Youll Do:
The Behavior Specialist will work under the supervision of the Special Education Administrator in their assigned building as an integral part of the schoolbased special education team in supporting students with disabilities whose socialemotional or behavior challenges impact their ability to successfully participate in their learning environment.
Intervention and assistance provided by the Behavior Specialist may be shortterm and intensive or longstanding providing support to both the student and the staff.
Role Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate the understanding of the CASEL framework for social and emotional learning.
- Assist and support school based leadership and special education teams to identify root causes of problematic student behaviors
- Collaborate and consult with colleagues to implement behavior plans that support growth towards social emotional learning goals.
- Implement intervention strategies including but not limited to small group intervention social skill based learning and SEL facilitation.
- Collaborate / consult with BCBAs/SAC and teachers to adapt and implement behavior plans that support growth towards social emotional learning goals.
- Implement evidence based strategies to ensure behavior goals of students are being met.
- Effectively collect meaningful data and be able to present evidence of progress towards student goals
- Use effective communication skills to present information accurately and clearly.
- Model and provide staff with resources and strategies to promote positive classroom management
- Support building based administration to ensure school wide expectations for behavior are being met consistently across all settings including transition times specialists recess and lunch.
- Participate in IEP team and other school based team meetings as necessary (includes attending staff meetings)
- Complete needed paperwork and jobrelated functions in a timely manner
- Routinely participate in district and schoolbased meetings training and professional development
- Establish and maintain open communication with special education and building staff.
- Required to be safety care trained and recertified annually
- Other duties as required by the Special Education Administrator and/or or building administration.
What Youll Bring:
We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change childrens lives through education. Youll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:
- Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity The SPS community is vibrant diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
- Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
- Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
- Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from mistakes and challenges and uses them as opportunities for professional development. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in related field preferred
- At least one year of related work experience required
- Experience working in an urban environment
- Safety Care Training Certification (District will provide training)
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus
- Bilingual candidates and candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
- Current authorization to work in the United States
Work Year: This is a schoolyear position.
Salary: Behavior Specialists fall under the Salem PSRP Union CBA.
Benefits: The City of Salem offers Group Insurance Commission (GIC) benefits to all fulltime employees. Click here for more information about our health benefits.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
