Behavior Education Assistant (BEA) - Gillespie - 0.5 FTE - 26-27 SY

About the role

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants for hourly positions. These roles are non-exempt and are part of a mobile response team designed to support students who are demonstrating challenging or dysregulated behavior.

Responsibilities

• Follow protocols and systems for supporting students
• Communicate with teachers, Dean of Students, Principals, Families in a professional manner
• Input data into EduClimber system to keep track of behavior calls
• Collaborate with the team of Behavior Education Assistants (BEAs), Dean, and other mobile response members
• Provide proactive support to students who need to regulate to learn
• Supporting students both in and out of the classroom
• Display mature, patient, and compassionate behaviors when working with all students
• Display professional behavior that includes refraining from cell phone use when working with children
• Other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Strong, positive, and professional communication skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Collaboration skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptive to what is needed at the moment
• Ability to physically move quickly and support students physically
• Ability to be calm and positive in very challenging situations with students and adults
• Ability to be on your feet for long periods - and able to move about a large school that includes stairs
• Ability to connect quickly and build relationships with children, families and staff
• Ability to provide individual and small group instructional reinforcement
• Ability to work independently with students in school, community, vocational, and domestic situations under the direction of a teacher
• Ability to keep accurate student data
• Ability to work with physically aggressive students
• Ability to work with students who are non-verbal or who do not have intelligible speech
• Ability to follow teacher direction, written plans, individual education programs, and behavior intervention plans
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse students, staff and community, orally and in writing
• Ability to maintain student confidentiality
• Ability to walk, lift (up to 50 lbs.), climb, bend, reach, and kneel
• Ability to learn and use basic computer skills (e.g., e-mail, internet, word processing)

Qualifications

• Have a work history of good attendance and being on time - following a schedule
• NVCI trained -- and availability after scheduled hours to be trained if not currently trained
• Experience working with students who have behavior challenges that include intensive physical and verbal actions
• Have an Associate’s Degree or 48 academic credits beyond high school or pass assessment taken onsite in lieu of college credits
• Experience working cross-culturally and/or commitment to work toward improving one’s own cultural competence (i.e., valuing difference/diversity, recognizing personal limitations in one’s skills and expertise, and having the desire to learn in these areas)

Skills

• Knowledge of basic computer skills (e.g., e-mail, internet, word processing)
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally
• Ability to work under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors is minimal and poses little to no risk of injury
• Ability to perform work in a variety of indoor and outdoor environments throughout the year, including in inclement weather, spaces without air conditioning, and areas where temperatures may be uncomfortable or fluctuate rapidly

Benefits

Visit our benefits page and compensation page for more information. The Madison Metropolitan School District offers a great compensation package and is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive.

Pay

Starting Compensation: $24.82

Schedule

Employment Type: Non-Exempt