# Behavior Services Program Manager

**Company**: KIPP SoCal Public Schools
**Location**: Los Angeles, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full-Time Immediate
**Salary**: $79,200 to $118,800 per year
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

The Behavior Services Program Manager oversees the Behavior Team which consists of 7 Behavior Specialists. The successful candidate will provide consultation and guidance on special education services, assessment, and IEP implementation, as well as best practices in behavioral intervention and prevention.

Responsibilities:

- Acts as behavioral expert and "face" of the Student Services team

- Stays up-to-date with district, state, federal laws and policies related to special education, behavior, discipline, and MTSS

- Makes evidence-based and culturally responsive recommendations for behavioral interventions and supports

- Develops and delivers high-quality trainings and presentations

- Collaborates across KIPP SoCal departments to meet goals and deliverables

- Manages and supervises Behavior Specialists

- Evaluates performance of direct reports through observations, feedback, and coaching

- Creates and seeks development opportunities for the Behavior Team

- Supports behavioral emergencies and is "on-call" when Behavioral Specialists are absent or unavailable

- Consults on the creation of individualized crisis plans for students with challenging/unsafe behaviors

- Is a member of the Special Education Leadership Team

- Reviews and ensures IEP timeline compliance

- Oversees the assignment of FBA cases

- Serves as a member of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team and attends meetings as needed

- Provides consultation and support for high-profile IEPs

- Provides training for Behavior Team around FBA reports and IEP development

- Sets the vision for the Behavior Intervention Team

- Supports schools with understanding and implementing MTSS and Tiered interventions

- Develops, schedules, and facilitates Behavior trainings and Professional Development

- Works closely and collaboratively with Mental Health Leadership team members to ensure alignment across department roles

- Supports the implementation of HEART (Healing Environments And Responses to Trauma) initiative

- Recommends and teaches techniques for supporting students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs

Qualifications:

- BCBA License, required

- Bachelor's degree, required

- Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences, ABA or related field, required

- Minimum 3 years of management experience of school-based team members, required

- PPSC (Pupil Personnel Services Credential) or Teaching Credential, preferred

- Minimum 8 years post-Master's degree

- Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Ideal Characteristics:

- Knowledge and commitment to anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion

- Cultural awareness and agility, and ability to foster trust, communication, and culture change

- Demonstrated success working with students/families from educationally under-resourced areas

- Builds relationships and trust with ease

- Superb organizational, planning, and implementation skills

- Ability to manage ambiguity and multiple priorities

- Ability to communicate and interact effectively with multiple stakeholders

- Excellent written, communication, and public skills

- High proficiency in Google Suite, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word

- Initiative, innovation, advocacy, leadership, resilience, and tenacity

- Experience managing and developing school behavior professionals

- Experience leading/advising complex and/or cross-functional projects and teams

- Able to stay positive through challenges

- Comfort driving between schools across Los Angeles

- Detail-oriented team player willing to roll up sleeves and get the job done

- Unquestioned integrity and commitment to KIPP SoCal Public Schools mission and community

- Willingness to go above and beyond to drive the success of a dynamic team committed to a new future for urban education

## Skills

### Required
- BCBA License
- Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences
- ABA or related field
- Management experience
- PPSC or Teaching Credential

### Nice to have
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Experience managing and developing school behavior professionals

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