Teacher, Structured Behavior Support (SBS) (2025-2026 School Year)

Spring Independent School District•Houston, TX

14d

About The Position

The Structured Behavior Support (SBS) Teacher position is designed for the educator who strives to support and guide students who exhibit challenging emotional, physical or maladaptive social behaviors that may interfere with their ability to profit from instruction in the general education setting. The Structured Behavior Support (SBS) Teacher is responsible for providing services that range from monitoring and support facilitation, services inside the general education classroom to direct special education services outside the general education classroom as based on the level of need of the individual students monitoring and supporting of students eligible for special education as assigned by the Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee (ARD) to participate in the general education setting. Their responsibilities include providing intensive, individualized social skills instruction, monitoring student social and emotional progress in the mainstream classroom and correcting/re-teaching replacement behaviors when necessary. The SBS Teacher also provides staff (both general education and special education), administrators, and parents with resources, information and training on ways to support students in the mainstream through the implementation of Behavior Intervention Plans, behavior goals, and/or strategies to ensure the learning environment and instructional practices meet the individual needs of students. All employees of SISD are expected to act with integrity, support organizational goals, communicate in a clear and respectful manner, championing the needs of our students and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university
Valid Texas teaching certificate with required special education endorsements for assignments
Knowledge of special needs students in assigned area
Knowledge of Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee process and Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal setting process and implementation
General knowledge of curriculum and instruction and appropriate accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities in the general education curriculum
Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to work with children with disabilities
Strong organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
Strong technology skills including technology integration

Nice To Haves

One year of student teaching or approved internship
Valid Texas teaching certificate with general education content area endorsement(s)
Valid Texas ESL teaching certificate
Experience working with students eligible for special education supports and services
CPR and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training

Responsibilities

Develops and implements behavioral services with fidelity.
Utilizes knowledge of the behavior management system
Requisitions materials, equipment and supplies needed for implementation of students’ behavior programming.
Provides behavioral instruction and oversight of academic instruction while the student is participating in orientation or re-orientation.
Establish/maintain regular daily or weekly parent/guardian contact.
Supervise data collection and analyze data to revise or refine student behavioral instruction.
Organize weekly SBS team meetings and share student data with team members.
Provide staff development regarding the behavior programming for school personnel and parents.
Supervise the work of the SBS paraprofessionals.
Utilize campus positive behavior supports and manage crisis situations
Maintain Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) certification
Attend month SBS Connections facilitated by district personnel
Implements instructional program.
Utilizes knowledge of learning styles and modalities.
Correlates Individual Education Plans with regular education curriculum guides using the Standards Based IEP process
Ensures that accommodations, modifications and behavior intervention plans are implemented.
Designs lesson plans appropriate to each student.
Serves as the students’ Case Manager including responsibility for:
Coordinates and documents the Admission, Review and Dismissal/Individual Educational Plan Committee for each student.
Ensures that students have appropriately written Standards Based Individualized Education Programs (SBIEP)
Ensures that the IEP is being implemented, with fidelity in all school settings
Evaluates and monitors individual student progress based on academic and behavioral data collection.
Participates in placement decisions based on educational, social and behavioral data presented to the committee.
Maintains documentation of implementation of services in accordance with the students’ Individual Educational Plans, sociological and physiological data presented to the committee.
Assists regular school personnel in providing an appropriate educational environment for students included in the general education classroom.
Establishes new objectives based on the findings of the appraisal team to be presented as recommendations to the ARD committee.
Suggests and/ or provides alternative teaching methods.
Provides in class support for a specific subject area as appropriate.
Assesses relation between student performance and disabling condition.
Provides remedial or tutorial assistance to students.
Establishes frequent communication and cooperation with the student’s family to facilitate the environmental changes necessary to premeditate learning and/or behavioral changes.
Maintains confidential records of assigned students and completes end-of-year reports and other evaluations.
Fulfills the campus duties as assigned to other teacher’s subjects only to the program needs of the special education child.
Develops and implements Behavior Intervention Plans.
Performs all other duties as assigned.