Position: Assistant School Services Director – Behavior Consultation, Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled (MSSD)
Reports to:
Area Director
Department:
Elementary and Secondary Education
Classification:
12-Month, Professional
Office:
Special Education
Location:
MSSD
Section:
Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled
Pay Range SP8
Job Group:
204
Annual Salary: $55,128.00
Position is responsible for assisting building staff with the provisions of appropriate educational services for students with severe disabilities. This position provides leadership and direction at the building level, working to design, implement, coordinate, and evaluate a comprehensive behavior support program. This position provides continuous support to the overall educational environment by utilizing effective behavioral strategies to address staff and student behaviors. Under the supervision of the Area Director and Director for Program Services, the Assistant Area Director will provide diversified strategies and activities specifically designed for targeted students.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The incumbent must have the ability to perform the essential functions listed below with or without reasonable accommodations.
Regularly visit each school in assigned area to assist staff in defining and measuring behavior, understanding principles of reinforcement, teaching new behavior, implementing strategies for replacing behavior, and identifying antecedents.
Consult with staff to design behavior intervention plans (BIPs); address classroom management, effective instruction, social skills instruction, de-escalating techniques, functional behavior assessments, 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.
Work closely 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. Participate in Individualized Education Program (IEP) conferences and staffing meetings when requested by Building
Communicate effectively in both oral and written forms, using correct grammar, punctuation, clarity, and consistency of thought.
Maintain confidentiality of parent’s, student’s and the staff’s personally identifiable information.
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.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain certification of Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
Maintain CPR certification at the level determined by the American Heart Association or Red Cross as Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers.
Complete assignments within established deadlines.
Travel for training, assistance, and meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Lift and move 50 pounds to included assisting in changing positions of students.
EDUCATION REQUIRED/PREFERRED:
Bachelor’s Degree
Missouri Teaching Certificate in an area of special education.
Five years of successful classroom teaching experience in which the teaching of “at risk” and/or “behaviorally challenged” students is preferred.
Exceptional knowledge in the use of assessment and assessment data to inform instruction and prescribe work plans for individual students.
Experience with students with severe disabilities is preferred.
(Other qualifications and experience which in the opinion of the Commissioner of Education meet the requirements of the position may be accepted in lieu of the above.)
