Behavior Interventionist Elementary (Immediate & 26-27 SY)

Position Overview

The Behavior Interventionist is responsible for leading the support for students to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth.

• Coordinates, provides, and supervises behavioral activities for students.
• Provides critical guidance to Teachers to ensure that all staff comply with and meet students’ needs, especially those with special needs.
• Responsible for managing and reducing risk within the classroom with the support of the Lead teacher and seeking assistance when needed to resolve the matter.
• Works closely with the Dean of Scholars/Students to establish a positive, structured, and achievement-oriented school culture.
• Affords support to students with IEPs, 504s, and behavior plans to ensure they have the support necessary to succeed.
• Assists in implementing positive school investment systems that provide consistent rewards and consequences for student behavior.
• Helps students adjust, learn, socialize, and report to teachers about possible behavioral issues.
• Collaborates with the Student Support team, Teachers, Parents, and Students to create and implement support plans for struggling students.
• Facilitates the implementation of specific behavioral intervention plans.
• Reinforces the effective use of the school-wide behavior plan, including the school’s merit and demerit system.
• Maintains monitoring of behavioral pull-outs and resets during the school day.
• Coordinates assignments and activities with classroom teachers of students who received behavioral referrals; provides tutorial assistance as needed and monitors students' classwork while in ISS or the classroom.
• Supports students in examining misbehavior and developing strategies to prevent recurrences.
• Collaborates with other school personnel to assist students in developing techniques to control and express emotions constructively, encourage positive student behavior, and promote safety in the school.
• Assigns and oversees additional assignments related to student infractions.
• Contacts parents regarding student conduct and behavior modification plans.
• Maintains monitoring of hallways and conduct restroom checks to ensure the safety and well-being of students.
• Available for critical school events, including staff meetings, open houses, parent-teacher conferences, and more.
• Performs routine administrative office tasks as required, including but not limited to preparing reports and correspondence, copying and filing documents, answering the telephone, sending and receiving documents and emails, and entering and retrieving data.
• Assists the Teachers by problem-solving and making timely determinations with classroom issues solution focused.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Minimum of 1 year of successful experience as an assistant/aide in a classroom setting or equivalent profession dealing with youth.
• Prior experience working in schools and urban communities is preferred but not required.
• Aptitude to create and work within an inclusive environment that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods were spent sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee needs to read, write, and speak English fluently.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use fingers to type, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance; stoop/bend and reach, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear.
• Dexterity requires writing and operating standard office machines such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, phones, and calculators.
• Able to occasionally lift and move up to 20 pounds.

Work Perks

• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Aggressive employer 403(b) contribution match.
• Childcare benefits.
• Unparalleled work/life integration.
• Casual dress code.
• Relocation stipend (conditions apply).