Behavior Interventionist Teacher

Behavior Interventionist Teacher

Muscatine Community School District Muscatine High School - Muscatine, Iowa

Job

Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled

Posted:
Jun 03, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date:
Aug 13, 2026

Position Type:
Full-Time

Salary: $50,000 Per Year

Must hold Iowa teaching licensure.

Position Title:

Behavior Interventionist Teacher

Employee Unit:
Muscatine Education Association

Functional Area:

Instruction

Report To:
Principal

Status:
Contract

FSLA:
Exempt

Normal Workday:
Incumbent is expected to be present for 8.0 hours based upon the school day.

Certification Requirements:
The State of Iowa Department of Education sets certification requirements and such licenses are issued through the Board of Educational Examiners. Persons must hold an appropriate license to be employed.

Objective:
Assist in creation and development of the District’s infrastructure around SEBH.

• Support teachers in collecting data on student interventions.
• Build capacity of teachers around SEBH best practices.
• Provide guidance for implementing research based interventions.
• Coordinate alignment of student services.
• Support analyzing interventions to determine effectiveness.
• Provide training for teachers/staff to apply and monitor research based behavior techniques effectively.
• Home visits.
• Serve as a building representative in building the district infrastructure around SEBH.
• Attend weekly student support team meetings.
• Assist with student transition.
• Collaborate with SEBH Coach (TLC).
• Articulate, align and unpack district standards around SEBH prioritizing PK-6 to ensure a PK-12 guaranteed and viable curriculum aligned with the Iowa Core.
• Plan, design, and lead ongoing learning opportunities to improve instruction for SEBH based on district data.
• MTSS supports in implementation and development of universal SEBH practices (Tier
  1).
• Work to support the process by which kids and adults develop fundamental emotional and social competencies and experiences.
• Work to build and deepen a positive school climate and culture by training on how to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feeling and showing empathy for others, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, acknowledge student voice, and making responsible decisions.
• Work centered around the five core competencies:
  Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision

Knowledge skills and abilities required to carry out the job satisfactorily:

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Instructional/Presentations skills
• Knowledge of students’ needs
• Able to work well with students, teachers, counselor, parents and other job-related persons.
• Ability to work within the job description with independence and to make judgments and decisions.
• Operation of a personal computer that is linked to a network to access/enter student data and receive/send email
• Knowledgeable on ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) best practices

Location:

To be determined.

Employee must be capable of performing essential functions of the job including home visits with or without reasonable accommodations.

The physical demands described here 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 the job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, tools or controls, talk and hear. The employee must be physically capable of restraining an individual, from a standing position, of up to 110 lbs. in weight through non-violent crisis intervention. The employee must also be capable of executing a “take-down” restraint on an individual, from a standing position, of up to 110 lbs.

in weight. The employee must be able to kneel and squat for minutes at a time, crouch and bend forward multiple times, as well as reach above the head and forward up to 24 inches and on occasion up to 36…