Behavior Support Classroom Teacher

Macon County Schools • Franklin, NC

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About The Position

The Behavior Support Classroom Teacher provides specialized instructional, emotional, and behavioral support to intermediate-grade students with significant social-emotional and behavioral challenges. Working under the direct supervision of the principal, the teacher creates a structured, safe, and positive environment to teach self-regulation, improve social skills, and reduce crisis behaviors. The role implements Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) and, when applicable, Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), helping students access their education.

The teacher uses proactive, positive behavior supports and approved de-escalation and crisis-intervention protocols. The role also delivers academic instruction and modifications under the principal’s direction, coaches students in social skills, documents behavioral and academic progress, and maintains safe supervision and an orderly, low-stimulus classroom environment.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in education with K-6 licensure, or Special Education licensure.
• Ability to obtain and maintain valid crisis-intervention certification.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and remain calm, objective, and empathetic under stressful or provocative conditions.
• Exceptional verbal communication skills for collaboration with the classroom team and student de-escalation.
• High adaptability to changing classroom dynamics and shifting between academic instruction and behavioral management.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, crouch, kneel, and bend for extended periods.
• Physical stamina and capacity to safely implement approved physical crisis-intervention protocols, which may include lifting, moving, or restraining students.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with youth experiencing emotional disturbances, trauma, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or severe behavioral difficulties is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement student-specific Behavior Intervention Plans using approved proactive and positive behavior-support strategies.
• Identify behavioral triggers and use verbal de-escalation techniques to address emotional outbursts or crisis situations.
• Respond to physical or verbal crises using school-approved safety and physical-intervention protocols only when a student poses a danger to themselves or others.
• Teach coping mechanisms, sensory breaks, and self-soothing techniques that promote emotional recovery and independence.
• Consistently apply classroom point sheets, token economies, or leveled behavioral reward systems.
• Deliver academic lessons and accommodate instructional materials under the direction of the principal.
• Lead individual or small-group instruction to reinforce core academic concepts and behavioral goals.
• Model and teach positive peer interactions, conflict resolution, and appropriate communication.
• Maintain objective daily records of student behavior, including targets such as frequency, duration, and triggers.
• Help monitor and document progress toward academic and functional IEP goals, when applicable.
• Assist in compiling incident reports following physical restraints, de-escalation events, or severe behavioral disruptions.
• Maintain constant visual supervision in the classroom and during hallway transitions, lunch, and recreational periods.
• Help organize a predictable, tidy, and low-stimulus classroom environment to minimize sensory overload.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level