Behavior Teacher Assistant
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Job Location:
Westport, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
REPORTS TO: School Principal Director of Special Education and BCBAJOB GOAL: To work directly with Special Education students and their families to develop appropriate learning and social behaviors through the implementation of ABA programs as directed by the BCBA. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Provides ABA therapy sessions under the direction of the BCBA. 2. Assists BCBA in implementing behavioral programming and collecting data.3. Coach and train staff to ensure behavior strategies and plans are followed. 4. Serve as an ABA shadow in school to help generalize training for student. (A shadow is an ABA trained technician who accompanies the student in an integrated classroom setting in order to ensure that the appropriate behaviors developed during separate ABA therapy sessions are generalized and applied in the classroom setting.)5. Alert classroom teachers and BCBA to needs and concerns of individual students including incidents and/or complaints. 6. Participate in appropriate in-service training programs.7. Assists teachers in implementing strategies for reinforcing positive behavior based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students their needs interests and abilities.8. Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students.9. Regular reliable attendance.10. Perform reasonable professional tasks or duties as may be required by the Superintendent of Schools Director of Special Education and/or Building DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the major responsibilities of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individual with disabilities to perform major functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit talk and hear; use hands to finger handle or operate tools objects or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk stoop or kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds without assistance and up to 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. The position requires the ability to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment at efficient speed. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as rules policies instructions correspondence and procedures. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to employees students and the general public. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the major functions of this position. The position requires an individual to work inside a classroom setting where noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: As per collective bargaining agreement between the Westport School Committee and AFSCME Council 93 Local : Evaluation will be in accordance with district policy and collective bargaining agreements.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Early Childhood Education
- Customer Service
- Infant Care
- Classroom Management
- Classroom Experience
- Daycare
- Lesson Planning
- Preschool Experience
- Teaching
- Training & Development
- Child Protective Services
- Experience with Children
About Company
Westport Community Schools is a public school district located in Westport, Massachusetts. Located on the South Coast of Massachusetts, Westport is a small community that is well known for its beaches, farmland and beautiful setting. There are three schools in the district, dedicate ... View more
