Behavioral Interventionist

Francine Delany New School for Children • Asheville, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The behavioral interventionist works alongside teachers and teacher assistants to help individuals/groups of students who may need support with behavioral issues that may have a negative impact on themselves and others or disturb the learning environment.

Requirements

• College graduate with teaching experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree or other behavioral certifications

Responsibilities

• Follow School Policies and Procedures
• Carry out the school philosophy as it pertains to instruction and individual and community behavior expectations.
• Reviews the handbook annually and upholds FD policies
• Demonstrates the NC Code of Conduct
• Follow Safe School’s Plan when working with students
• Manage and support a caseload of approximately 5% of the overall school population
• Observe students to draft behavior plans
• Review the caseload roster quarterly with the Directorate
• Write and manage behavior and safety plans for students on the 5% roster
• Communicate directly with families of students on their caseload, with lead teacher consent.
• Observe classroom structures and recommend changes to assist teachers and students in achieving better outcomes.
• Model implementation of behavior plans, suggest adjustments, and collaborate with the classroom team on behavior plans.
• Support Lead teachers with writing and managing behavior and safety plans for students not on the 5% roster.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers on general behavior management (consequences, behavior plans, rewards, meetings with families)
• Help with the investigation of behavior incidents and writing of incident reports (with feedback from the classroom teacher, Operations Coordinator, and EC Coordinator)
• Offer behavior consequences suggestions to the classroom teacher and Coordinators assisting with behavior referrals
• Lead the beginning-of-year assistant teacher training.
• Schedule assistant teacher meetings K-4 and 5-8, and Americorps.
• Teach and support assistants to structure transitions, snack, recess, lunch, and electives/ specialists.
• Teach assistants how to do “check-ins”, give appropriate consequences, and determine student readiness to be in class. (Proactive behavior management strategies, De-escalation strategies)
• Coordinate and provide monthly supervision check-ins between teachers and assistants.
• Provide group supervision monthly (K-4, 5-8) for half an hour.
• Supports classroom teachers in supervision and evaluation of assistant teachers in the areas of classroom and behavior management
• Attend the beginning-of-year Directorate meetings, administrative days, and end-of-year Directorate meetings
• Attend Intervention Team meetings when it pertains to a child on the 5% roster
• Attends at least the first hour of every directorate meeting
• Be included on directorate emails
• Demonstrate Directorate's values: efficiency, engagement, purpose, compassion, understanding
• Maintain confidentiality
• Two formal observations a year
• EC Coordinator will be the Behavior Interventionist’s supervisor
• The Behavior Interventionist will have an Executive Council check-in person

Benefits

• medical and dental insurance
• NC Teacher’s and State Employees Retirement System contribution
• 10 days of paid leave
• Computer

What This Job Offers

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