Teacher, Structured Behavior Support (SBS)

Spring ISD • Spring, TX

76d • $62,750

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university
• Valid Texas teaching certificate with required special education endorsements for assignments

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 coordinating and documenting 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.

Benefits

• Salary starting at $62,750
• Exempt status under wage/hour laws
• Participation in Teacher Salary Scale

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees