Behavior Interventionist

Behavior Interventionist

Our Behavior Interventionists impact students' lives by:

• Implementing with fidelity the school discipline and behavioral support systems
• Collaborating with student support team members and teachers to help students maintain high behavior expectations
• Working closely with the classroom teacher to support instruction for more than 50% of the workday
• Building effective relationships with students and families and professionally communicating with families to encourage behavior changes at the school
• Maintaining a school culture conducive to raising student achievement including, but not limited to, monitoring behavior pull-out rooms, hallways, cafeteria, after-school detention, and recess
• Collecting and analyzing behavioral data to inform discipline decisions and improve practice
• Providing supportive interventions to families and students
• After CPI training, implementing de-escalation techniques when working with students in crisis
• Responding with urgency to student support needs
• Transitioning disruptive students quickly and without escalation from the classroom
• Monitoring behavior pull-out rooms so students have a calm and orderly place to redirect themselves
• Implementing weekly feedback and goal-setting into daily practice
• Participating in daily, weekly, and quarterly meetings about student achievement
• Participating in the life of the school, including student activities and events
• Embodying, advocating, and operationalizing the mission, vision, and direction of the school
• Taking on other tasks as needed

What We Offer:

• Innovative compensation system. This role may be on the Support Scale or the Associate Scale (depending on the applicant's experience and qualifications). It may include bumps for taking on leadership responsibilities, summer work, doing work outside of your regular duties, or longevity with CCS.
• Award-winning benefits package, which includes fully-paid health insurance, immediate 4% 401k match, employer-paid mental health services, and generous leave policies.

Apply now if you:

• Believe in the mission and values of Crescent City Schools
• Have demonstrated past success working with students in urban settings
• Have a BA or BS degree (preferred)
• Knowledge of social-emotional and behavioral interventions (preferred)
• Bilingual (preferred)

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, kneel, crouch, operate a computer and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
• After being trained in CPI, one may be required to restrain a student
• This is an in-person role

About Crescent City Schools

Crescent City Schools is a nonprofit Charter Management Organization whose mission is to support and develop open-enrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college. Crescent City Schools currently operates three PreK-8th grade open-enrollment charter schools: Harriet Tubman and Dorothy Height Charter Schools on the West Bank and Mildred Osborne Charter School in the Kenilworth neighborhood. Our organization creates life-changing educational experiences for students and, through this work, transforms a city.

At Crescent City Schools, we believe in inspiring people. And we firmly believe our success is driven by dedicated and talented employees. Crescent City Schools is committed to attracting and retaining the best professionals in education with an array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.