Special Ed Behavior Interventionist/Team Lead

SPED Behavior Interventionist DMS 2026-2027

Start date 8.24.26 1.0 FTE $52,071 - $100,025 depending on experience and education

The Special Education Behavior Interventionist/Lead is responsible for providing comprehensive, proactive behavioral support to students receiving special education services through expert behavioral analysis and data-driven plan implementation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Behavioral analysis & plan implementation providing classroom and behavioral support for students through data analysis to identify behaviors, planning, implementing, and tracking individual behavioral plans.
• Facilitates transitions for learners receiving special education services.
• Assists IEP teams in problem-solving and creating plans to manage behaviors that affect a student's learning.
• Acts as the primary point of contact for learners transferring into the district/school with an existing IEP.
• Provides a comprehensive and proactive approach to behavior management that includes evaluation, data collection, interventions, and regular monitoring to produce socially significant improvement in children's behavior.
• Collaborates with student support staff, the general intervention team, special education staff, and paraprofessionals to support students with complex social-emotional or behavioral matters.
• Collaborates with special education staff regarding due process compliance.
• Assists and guides initial evaluations for special education eligibility, ensuring compliance and robust behavioral data integration.

Tasks involved in fulfilling the above duty/responsibilities:

• Ensure that appropriate interventions and services are highly relevant to the unique needs, interests, and culture of students.
• Create targeted behavior interventions, track the effectiveness of implementation, and meticulously analyze data to determine their success.
• Provide tiered behavior intervention professional development for staff, focusing on factors that affect learning, behavior management, and the execution of interventions.
• Measure the effectiveness of this training through data.
• Provide expert input and intervention strategies on student behaviors such as shutting down, off-task behavior, difficulty disengaging with peers during class time, poor boundaries with peers/adults, inattentiveness, escape, avoidance, work refusal, and emotional regulation.
• Observe students within the classroom and across various school settings to evaluate behavior, help determine the root purpose (function) of the behavior, and develop strategies for management and replacement behaviors.
• Help staff frame student behavior through a trauma-informed lens to understand the behavior as a tool that currently makes sense for the student.

Education/Certification Requirements

• Licensed Special Education Teacher, preferably in Emotional or Behavior Disorders (EBD). Other Special Education licensure will be considered.
• Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Social Worker, Licensed School Counselor, or Board Certification Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Other degrees and licensure may be considered if the individual is skilled in behavioral analysis, functional assessment and crisis intervention.

Full listing of benefits can be found in the Collective Bargaining agreement Teacher contract Benefits include: Health, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, sick and personal leave, 403(b) available.

Application Deadlines: Internal Candidates: open until filled External Candidates: open until filled Application Procedure: Applicants please apply online.