Manager, Behavior Services

Position Type:

Administration and Professionals

Date Posted:

2025-01-31

Location:Administration or As Assigned

INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for

performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.

Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:

In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

 

Location: Administration or As Assigned
Reports to: Director, Intervention Services
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Band: 14
Compensation: $ 63,240.00 - $ 88,536.00

The Behavior Services Manager will report to the Director of Behavior Services. The mission of the Department of Special Education and Intervention Services is to ensure the provision of the right services and supports to all children with special needs and their families in every school so that all students graduate from high school prepared for college, careers, and fulfilling independent lives. The Behavior Services Manager is responsible for assisting school teams in developing and monitoring structured and individualized interventions utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis and discrete trial programs for behavior reduction and skill acquisition. The Behavior Services Manager will work as a collaborative team member to ensure the delivery of high-quality behavior intervention across educational environments.

The Behavior Services Manager will partner with school teams to ensure that all students with disabilities receive a free, appropriate public education in a CMSD school of their choice. This person will also provide professional development and non¬evaluative coaching to intervention specialists, paraprofessionals, and other stakeholders with the goal of improving academic and behavioral outcomes for students with disabilities. The Behavior Services Manager role is a versatile position that provides the employee with the opportunity to advance his/her leadership in the field of special education while serving as a key contributor to the success of the Cleveland Transformation Plan.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, monitor, and supervise the implementation of structured and individualized intervention programs (behavior reduction and skill acquisition) at the school and classroom level, with a focus on the principles of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
• Work with school teams to analyze student behavior and design behavior intervention strategies.
• Work with Community Partners to maximize services for our scholars Work as a team member to ensure delivery of high-quality intervention across environments; model best practices for School Teams and other stakeholders to ensure continuity of intervention delivery
• Attend training opportunities as assigned by the Director of Behavior Services and Executive Director of Interven