Regional Behavioral Support Director chez Effective School Solutions

About the Role: Effective School Solutions (ESS), a rapidly expanding organization that is transforming in-school mental health and behavioral support for elementary, middle, and high school students, is seeking an experienced behavioral health leader to join its team as a Regional Behavioral Support Director (RBSD). 

The RBSD will oversee and provide supervision, consultation, and programmatic leadership to ESS behavioral staff and school-based programs across California. This leader will ensure the highest level of fidelity in ESS’s trauma-attuned behavioral programming, coach and develop staff, and collaborate closely with district leaders to strengthen services for students with behavioral and emotional challenges. 

Key Responsibilities 

Clinical Supervision & Coaching 

• Provide weekly group supervision to clinicians and behavioral health staff in identified supported programs. 

• Conduct in-person program visits to observe classrooms, model interventions, and deliver feedback. 

• Facilitate regional supervision groups and office hours to provide guidance on trauma-informed, restorative, and behavioral interventions. 

• Supervise BCBA candidates (as needed) and support professional development in trauma-attuned practices. 

Program Consultation & Fidelity 

• Assess district program implementation, space design, staffing models, and overall program effectiveness. 

• Conduct site fidelity checks to ensure consistency in behavioral protocols, data collection, and interventions. 

• Lead IIRP planning, classroom observation, and implementation guidance. 

• Proactively recommend program modifications, refinements to interventions, and alternative data tracking strategies. 

Collaboration & Communication 

• Partner with ESS regional and national leadership to review programs, barriers, workflow, and quality improvement (QI). 

• Collaborate with district leaders and ESS Regional Directors to provide ongoing consultation and responsive support. 

• Deliver regular program updates, fidelity reports, and recommendations to ESS leadership. 

• Co-lead training initiatives in partnership with ESS’s Director of Behavioral Programming. 

Tool & Protocol Development 

• Support the design, piloting, and refinement of ESS’s behavioral frameworks, tools, and playbooks. 

• Support the creation, piloting, and refinement of behavioral assessment tools and models (e.g., ABC Classroom Management Model).  

• Collaborate to enhance guidance for classroom management systems and behavioral level protocols. 

Hiring & Staffing 

• Participate in interviewing and selecting candidates for behavioral programs. 

• Support onboarding, mentoring, and capacity building of behavioral staff. 

• Provide ongoing training in trauma-informed practices and ESS-developed tools (e.g., Quick FAST, BRT, IIRP). 

• Partner with regional leaders to support staffing assignments and clinical strategy. 

 Qualifications 

• Master’s degree or higher in psychology, social work, applied behavior analysis, or a related field (BCBA or LICSW/LCSW strongly preferred). 

• Minimum of 5+ years of leadership experience in school-based or clinical behavioral programming. 

• Deep knowledge of trauma-informed practices, restorative approaches, and multi-tiered systems of support. 

• Strong supervisory, coaching, and leadership skills, with experience mentoring clinical and behavioral staff. 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both internal teams and district partners. 
• Willingness to travel regularly within California. 

ESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. 

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