Position: Teacher, Behavior Specialist
Location: Key West to Sugarloaf
School Year: 2025-2026
Start Date: August 4, 2025
Salary: Base Salary ranges from $62,100 to $102,300, commensurate with experience.
Detailed compensation information for newly hired teachers is available in our Initial Instructional Salary Level Placement Guide 2024-2025.
Benefits: Explore our comprehensive 2025 Benefits Guide with insurance premium rates conveniently listed on page 13.
Retirement: Choose between the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan or Investment Plan.
Leave: Teachers who start in August earn a total of 10 days of sick leave during the year.
Description: The Behavioral Specialist position assists teachers and staff with the prevention of disruptive and at-risk behavior of students. The position entails data collection from student and classroom observation, functional behavior analysis, and behavior intervention plans. Collaboration with district exceptional student education staff and school based staff is a key component.
Requirements For Consideration:
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) credential preferred. Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) credential accepted. Minimum of Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification required. Please go to the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) https://www.bacb.com/ website for information and upload your credential in your application materials to qualify. Eligibility for Florida certification is required. FL certification in Exceptional Student Education (grades K-12) is a prerequisite for teaching in field. The Bureau of Educator Certification has developed instructional videos to guide applicants through the certification process, covering topics such as Florida’s Online Educator Certification System Set-up and the Florida Teacher Certification Application. Visit https://flcertify.fldoe.org/datamart/mainMenu.do to login or create a new user account.
How to Become FL Certified in Exceptional Student Education (grades K-12):
- Out-of-State Certification: If you hold an unexpired professional educator certificate from another state in the relevant subject area, please apply for Florida reciprocity.
- Special Ed Major: Commonly accepted bachelor's (or higher degree) majors for a Florida temporary educator certificate include: Special Education, Mild and Moderate Needs, Teacher of the Handicapped, Varying Exceptionalities, Behavioral Disorders, BD/LD, Emotionally Conflicted, Emotionally Disturbed, Emotionally Handicapped, Socially and Emotionally Maladjusted, Educable Mentally Retarded, Children with Retarded Mental Development (CRMD), Intellectual Disabilities, Mentally Handicapped, Mentally Impaired, Mental Retardation, Profoundly Mentally Retarded, Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded, Trainable Mentally Retarded, Learning Disabilities, Specific Learning Disabilities, Motor Disabilities, Orthopedically Handicapped, Physically Handicapped, & Physically Impaired.
- Other Majors: For other degree majors, passing the FTCE Subject Area Exam in ESE K-12 is required. Visit the testing website http://www.fl.nesinc.com/tests.asp for further details. Locate a test center. Study materials are available for purchase through The Learning Liaisons and 240 Tutoring. Free sample questions are available here. If at first you don't succeed, you may retest every 30 days.
