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ChanceLight Behavioral Health, Therapy, & Educion, a growing, dynamic organizion with a social mission to offer hope, is seeking an Educion Program Director | BCBA to join our award-winning Special Educion team and perform meaningful work in a culture th welcomes innovion, encourages creive expression and offers limitless potential for personal and professional sisfaction!

If you thrive in a collaborive, goal-oriented environment focused on meaningful outcomes for students with special educion needs, seek a career filled with genuine purpose, and possess strong problem-solving skills, compassion and exceptional dedicion — We Should Talk! 📲

As the Educion Program Director | BCBA, you will play a pivotal role in transforming the lives of students in Grades 6-12 by providing tailored clinical and educional interventions designed to meet each learner’s unique needs. You’ll lead with expertise, guiding and mentoring your team through hands-on training and professional development, while consistently evaluing and eleving their performance.

This position operes as acting School Principal in oversight of all site operions and functions, ensures a safe learning environment for all students and staff by following guidelines for addressing/reporting issues and incidents, and acts as liaison between the site and the school districts' designed site contacts by establishing and maintaining positive, interactive working relionships

‖ Responsibilities Include:

• Providing vision and leadership to support student achievement and effective operions by supervising staff, developing, and implementing performance management plans, identifying professional learning needs, and participing in professional learning opportunities.

• Effectively participing in the employment and selection process to ensure an effective site team is in place.

• Analyzing the professional development needs of staff and aligning needs with the ChanceLight instructional vision, while also actively recognizing accomplishments and addressing issues to ensure productive site operions.

• Ensuring the safety of staff and students by maintaining the site and classrooms for operion and ensuring compliance and staff awareness with contract and specific ste requirements including staffing rios and crisis protocols.

• Performing managerial responsibilities including but not limited to overseeing the day-to-day operion of school schedule and activities, custodial and maintenance, food services, transportion services, administrion, financial/budgetary operions, resource allocion, and district/community relionships.

• Driving the enrollment process from referral to last day of tendance; ensuring timely classroom placement upon receiving referral, conducting effective site tours, managing classroom rosters according to student need and ste requirements, and participing in the development of plans for transitioning students to the least restrictive environment.

• Instructing, monitoring, and evaluing all staff and students in the use of learning merials and resources to ensure fidelity of instruction and student performance/evaluion.

• Conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) to identify the causes and functions of students' challenging behaviors.

• Creing and implementing BIPs th align with ChanceLight standards and guidelines, addressing the individual needs of each student.

• Supporting the development of measurable, objective IEP goals and faciliting progress monitoring in collaborion with educion personnel.

• Implementing evidence-based interventions by applying scientifically proven behavioral and educional stregies, promoting positive outcomes in academic, social, emotional, and independent functioning.

• Providing crisis management intervention and support for students exhibiting aggressive or self-injurious behavior and developing stregies for improvement of behavior.

• Monitoring and ensuring adherence to all Department of Educion regulions and internal standards for educional and behavioral services.

• Maintaining accure and detailed records of assessments, interventions, progress, and compliance activities.

• Participing in the assurance and accredition processes to ensure th the site passes or meets performance plans.

• Keeping up to de with research-based practices and developments in subject areas, resources and professional development, including but not limited to organizion-wide initiives such as CPI.

• Providing, soliciting, and responding constructively to formal and informal feedback.

• Working collaborively with site team, field level support and nional support for the good of the organizion.

‖ Qualificions Required:

• Masters degree or higher in applied behavior analysis, special educion or a closely reled field of study.
• Licensed currently or in the process of obtaining a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) credential.
• Licensed currently or in the process of obtaining an educional leadership, school principal, administror or reled credential highly preferred.
• Licensed currently or in the process of obtaining a NE ste special educion instruction credential preferred.
• Ability to obtain and maintain certificion in company approved crisis management training.
• Minimum 5yrs prior experience and/or knowledge in special educion services and compliance, particularly for students with severe learning disabilities, behavioral disorders and/or emotional disturbance.
• Minimum 3yrs prior leadership experience, preferably in a special educion and/or behavioral health program setting.
• Effective management skills and comprehensive knowledge of administrive and school operions, functions, and compliance requirements.
• Prior experience and highly knowledgeable in the development, assessment, and management of curriculum, content areas and instruction.
• Prior experience and highly skilled in providing training, professional development and/or coaching to teachers and educion staff.
• Well-versed in applied behavior analysis (ABA) including positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS), effective teaching stregies, classroom management systems, da-based decision making, functional behavior analysis (FBA) and behavior intervention plans (BIP).
• Proficiency in providing motivion and having critical conversions with students th help move them toward realistic goals.
• Highly skilled in building relionships with students, parents, teachers and community and/or business partners.
• Advanced oral and written communicion, organizion, conflict resolution, multitasking, problem solving, and decision-making ability.
• Knowledge of relevant technology including experience with instructional technology, Microsoft Office Suite, dabase entry and basic office equipment.
• Skilled leader who exhibits the characteristics of servant leadership, looking to the needs of the team and seeking to help solve problems and promote personal development.

ChanceLight Behavioral Health, Therapy, & Educion is the nion’s leading provider of alternive and special educion programs for children and young adults.  For more than 50 years, and in partnership with over 235 school districts nionwide, we have helped change the direction of more than 240,000 student lives!

💻 Learn more about our history, our mission and the program services we provide by visiting the link below:

At ChanceLight we believe in providing more than just a job, as a member of our team you'll receive the opportunity to make meaningful impacts, the support needed to achieve success, and all the tools essential to reaching your personal & professional fulfillment!  Your ph to a truly rewarding career starts here – where growth, empowerment, and collaborion define our culture; and every day is a Chance to transform lives through educion!

‖ Perks and Benefits Include:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Annual Educion Stipend - $2,000
• FREE Telehealth and Virtual Counseling Sessions
• FREE Health Advocacy Services and 24/7 Nurse Line
• Company Paid Life & Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Personal Protection Insurance Plans
• Cigna Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies Program
• Legal Services Insurance 
• Pet Health Insurance
• Accrual-based Paid Time Off 
• School Hours and Paid Holiday Schedule
• Extensive Personal and Life Event Paid Leave Policy
• 401k Retirement Saving Plan
• Perks Work Employee Discount Program
• Opportunities for Growth & Development
• And So Much More!

⚕️ Learn more about employee perks & benefits in our digital brochure:

If you're ready to start making lasting impacts on the lives of students and contribute to the creion of a brighter future — This Is Your Chance!

Join us and together, we can empower students to overcome challenges, build confidence and unlock their full potential!

Careers, With ChanceLight 💙 Work. With Purpose.

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Educion

• Masters or better in Applied Behavior Analysis or reled field

Licenses & Certificions

• Behavioral - BCBA
• Crisis Prevention Inst

• Any of the following:
• Special Ed Certificion
• General Administrion
• Educion Administror
• Ed - Principal License

Skills

• Special Educion
• Leadership
• Decision Making
• Quality Assurance & Compliance
• Emergency Management
• Content Standards
• Budget Management
• Community Relions
• Parent Counseling & Train
• Performance Management
• Teacher Mentoring/Training
• Performance Motivion
• Student Affairs
• Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
• Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
• Behavior Intervention Plans - BIP
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Crisis Intervention
• Behavioral Disorders
• Learning Disabilities
• Student Development
• Individualized Educion Programs (IEP)
• Curriculum Development
• Classroom Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Computer Skills
• High School Educion
• Middle School Educion

Behaviors

• Dediced: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Leader: Inspires teammes to follow them

Motivions

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organizion

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