Academic/Behavior Interventionist

Position Type :

High School Teaching / Specialist

Date Posted : 2 / 26 / 2025

Location :

Point Pleasant Jr / Sr High School

Date Available : 2024 / 2025

Closing Date : 03 / 04 / 2025

County :

Mason County Schools MASON COUNTY SCHOOLS

Job Description

POSITION : Behavior / Academic Interventionist - PPJSH (1)

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR : Building Level Administrators

FLSA STATUS : Exempt

EMPLOYMENT : 200 days annually, pursuant to WV Code §18-5-45; extended employment terms / Flexible Schedule / Hours

TERM : may be established by MCBOE

SALARY : Mason County teacher salary scale commensurate with experience and degree

level

EVALUATION : Performance in this position will be evaluated by the building level administrator and in accordance with WV State Code §18A-2-12, WV State Board Policy 5310, and MCBOE Policy C.2.3, Performance Evaluation of School Personnel - Administrative Procedures

JOB SUMMARY : The Behavior / Academic Interventionist has the knowledge and skills necessary to assist teachers, principals, and parents and systems through the application of positive behavior supports, research-based academic interventions. The Behavior / Academic Interventionist helps coordinate Functional Assessments of behavior and Behavior Intervention Plans that address students' inappropriate behaviors and provide a means to help the students become more academically successful. Behavior / Academic Interventionist also provides classroom and school-wide behavior management strategies and research-based academic interventions for use in the classroom.

Scope of Position : The Behavior / Academic Interventionist provides leadership and direction at the school level, working to design, implement, coordinate and evaluate a comprehensive behavior support program and academic support plans. In addition, the Behavior / Academic Interventionist works directly and aggressively with identified students to adopt behaviors that substantially increase their academic performance. These students are the lowest achieving students who have been identified in Child Study as requiring substantial supplemental behavior intervention and support. Under the supervision of the Special Education Director and Special Education Coordinator, the Behavior / Academic Interventionist will provide diversified strategies and activities specifically designed for targeted students.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Assist staff in defining and measuring behavior; understanding principles of reinforcement; teaching new behavior; implementing strategies for weakening behavior; and identifying antecedents.
• Facilitate team meetings with the identified student's teachers and parents / guardians for completing a Functional Behavioral Assessment.
• Facilitate team meetings that design Behavior interventions Plans; address classroom organization, effective instruction, social skills instruction, and ethical issues; School-wide Positive Behavioral Support; and factors that affect effectiveness including social validity and treatment integrity.
• Work with individual teachers, groups of teachers and / or the entire staff on issues such as crisis intervention, learning and collaboration issues, and factors that can affect development and implementation of interventions.
• Promote highly specialized positive behavior interventions in which "at risk" students thrive : behavior instruction that is explicit, intensive, accelerated and provides ample practice.
• Use ongoing assessments to maintain a record of student progress.
• Develop a repertoire of assessment strategies consistent with instructional goals, teaching methods, and individual student needs to more accurately assess student behavior skills and understandings.
• Regard assessment as a joint venture through which both student and teacher understanding is enhanced.
• Create fair and equitable assessments to assess higher-order thinking and problem solving as well as individual skills, knowledge, and understandings.
• Model good assessment processes that assist students in assessing their own work and behavior.
• Provide recognition of a variety of student accomplishments and positive behaviors.
• Work cooperatively with building administrators to promote positive student behavior by providing professional development that targets research, strategies and modeling of instructional practices to support teachers in their implementation of positive behavior support in their classrooms.
• Continually supervise students to ensure a safe, non-threatening, nurturing environment where students can thrive.
• Engage in on-going professional development to increase knowledge and skills of positive student behavior support for all students, targeted students and students who represent sub-group populations.
• Engage parents / guardians in the "student behavior intervention plan" process and empower parents by providing them with skills and techniques to support the positive behavior development of their child.
• Conduct conflict resolution and peer mediation sessions.
• Review behavior referrals.
• Participate in building level and / or grade level meetings, as appropriate.
• Consult with school social worker, counselor, and teachers.
• Attend professional development opportunities to maintain high level of skill and knowledge of current research and practices.
• Organize and schedule time commitments to meet demands of the job.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures; report all unsafe activities to supervisor and / or Human Resources.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve District, building, departmental and / or grade level goals.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Special Education or Superintendent.

QUALIFICATIONS :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach, stand, walk, lift, grasp, write, talk, hear, see, use technology such as computers and multi- media equipment, and use repetitive motions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and / or move at least 10 pounds of materials. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with the public and other staff members.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Most commonly, the educational setting is indoors with outdoor settings for recess and field trip activities. The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate (20-60 dB). Exceptions include gymnasiums as well as vocational / technical laboratories where the noise levels may be moderate to loud (60-90 dB).

The information contained in the job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed by this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned by the Superintendent or his / her designee.

The Mason County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, handicapping (or disabling) condition, marital status, or national origin in employment in its educational programs and activities. Inquiries may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, Mason County Board of Education, 1 Education Lane, Point Pleasant, WV 25550. Phone 304-675-4540 or to the West Virginia Department of Education's Director of the Office of Civil Rights.

This position is contingent upon Federal funding.