MTSS Behavior Interventionist
Hazelwood School District
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Job summary
Hazelwood School District in Florissant, Missouri seeks an MTSS Behavior Interventionist to support positive behavioral change and develop intervention plans for students, promoting equitable achievement. The role collaborates with district staff to implement best practices and utilizes community resources where available.
The position requires experience in applied behavior analysis, trauma-informed approaches, and strong communication skills to engage with students, families, and school
Qualifications
- Must have a foundation of applied behavior analysis.
- Must have an understanding of behavioral characteristics as it relates to trauma.
- Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Able to stay grounded in emotionally charged situations.
- Has ability to create written correspondents with all stakeholders and present data.
- Maintains appropriate records and information.
- Create training presentations and presentations.
Responsibilities
- Works as part of multi-tiered systems of support teams to provide holistic, student-centered behavioral interventions.
- Provides ongoing consultation and treatment planning support for administrators, counselors, social workers, and teaching personnel to meet student and program needs.
- Offers evidence-based assessment, intervention, consultation, and referral services for students/families with behavioral, environmental, and social-emotional concerns.
- Collaborates with the student services team to improve academic success and team efficiency.
- Formulates and facilitates positive behavioral plans using appropriate interventions and community resources.
- Keeps current through professional reading and workshops aligned with district guidelines.
- Assists in screening, identification, management and treatment of behavioral health.
- Engages in ongoing assessment and quality improvement for behavioral and social-emotional integration strategies.
- Delivers consultative services to school care team members and provides training as needed.
- Completes required documentation related to student success in a timely manner.
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Job description
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This job is also posted in Hazelwood School District
Job ID: 5241282
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Oct 29, 2025 5:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Jul 1, 2025
POSITION TITLE: MTSSBehavior Interventionist
REPORTS TO: Assistant Superintendent-Student Services
POSITION SUMMARY: Assist in supporting positive behavioral change in students by developing interventions and behavior plans for the purpose of promoting equitable student achievement. Assists in helping schools determine best practices and assists with supporting school needs. Funding for the Behavior Specialist position is reimbursed by Special School District.
Essential Functions
- Works as a part of a multi-tiered systems of support school-based teams to facilitate the provision of holistic, student-centered behavioral interventions.
- Provides ongoing consultation and treatment planning support for school administrators, counselors, social workers, and teaching personnel to meet the needs of individual students and school programs.
- Provides evidence based assessment, intervention, consultation, and referral services for students/families with a variety of behavioral, environmental, and social-emotional concerns.
- Works cooperatively as an integral part of the student services team with the goal of improving student academic success and increasing team efficiency.
- Formulates and facilitates the implementation of positive behavioral plans through the use of appropriate interventions, and available community resources.
- Master proficiency competence through professional reading and attending appropriate workshops, courses, and conferences in keeping with the needs of students and in accordance with district guidelines.
- Assists school administrators, social workers, teaching personnel with screening, identification, management, and treatment of behavioral health.
- Engages in ongoing assessment and quality improvement strategies to assist in the implementation of ongoing behavioral and social-emotional integration strategies.
- Provides consultative services to school care team members within the scope of care definitions and provides training as needed.
- Completes, in a timely manner, all required documentation related to student success.
- Engages in conducting observations, functional behavioral assessments, and behavior support plans.
- Maintains working knowledge of and collaborates with district and community agencies and resources.
- Communicates with school, teachers and parents regarding behavior needs of students.
- Provides equity and access for all students.
Skills and Abilities: These skills may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position.
- Must have a foundation of applied behavior analysis.
- Must have an understanding of behavioral characteristics as it relates to trauma.
- Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Able to stay grounded in emotionally charged situations.
- Has ability to create written correspondents with all stakeholders and present data.
- Maintains appropriate records and information.
- Create training presentations and presentations.
- Create training presentations and presentations.
- Five years teaching experience or providing related behavioral services.
- Experience with working with patients with special needs.
- Three years of successful experience working with students with behavioral regulation needs.
- Knowledge of tests/measures
- Skilled in systems thinking and analyzingSkilled communicator
These may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position:
Personal computer and related software, typewriter, calculator, fax machine, photocopier.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.
Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
"Commonly associated" is not intended to mean always or only. There are different experiences that suggest other ways or circumstances where reasonable changes or accommodations are appropriate.
All activities, demands, conditions and requirements are linked to Essential Job Functions unless marked with an asterisk which denotes linkage only to marginal function(s).
- Sitting, walking, standing, talking, hearing, stooping or crouching to access file drawers.
- Normal mental attention with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less as well as 20 feet or more required.
- Nominal physical effort required ranging from moving very light (1 to 5 lbs.) items by hand to rarely moving light to average (5 to 60 lbs.) boxes of paper and other supplies with assistance.
Environmental and atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $47,826 to $94,097 Per Year
Job Categories: Special Education > Behavior Specialist / EBD
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required
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