Educational Support Professional - 3 Pre-School LOA (399596) Job ID 1297

Responsibilities

• Support classroom routines and procedures; reinforce the principles of social interaction programs by modeling positive behavior.
• Provide supervision and/or student support services in all environments of the school for activities including but not limited to recess, lunch, arrival, dismissal and field trips, as scheduled.
• Provide small group or individual instructional support with guidance from teaching/counseling staff aligned with student goals, benchmarks, individualized education plans, and/or related behavior plans.
• Consult with teachers in preparation for daily classes to become familiar with the learning targets, success criteria, and other classroom expectations.
• Support academic programs (reteaching, reinforcing, reviewing, assessing, scribing, note-taking, data collection).
• Support behavioral programs (data collection, cueing, providing motor breaks, implement behavior plans).
• Provide regular feedback to the teaching/counseling staff on the progress and challenges experienced by assigned students in addressing their goals.
• Work in conjunction with the classroom teacher to support learning experiences in the classroom, focusing first on identified priority students and then for the broader group of students.
• Adapt to varying needs of students.
• Perform other job-related tasks or duties at the discretion of administrators.

Requirements

• Must possess the ability to integrate into the classroom setting when appropriate, working under the direction of administrative/teaching/counseling staff to support student engagement and learning.
• Collect, record, and analyze data across multiple data points.
• Record data collected into spreadsheets and provide graphs to visually display student progress with multiple data points using Google tools.
• Adapt and acquire new skills and knowledge and use them consistently to support student engagement with learning activities, behavior interventions, social interactions, and the school day.
• Maintain flexibility in day-to-day priorities set to reflect changing student needs.
• Work in multiple classrooms or environments during the school day.
• Maintain the high level of confidentiality and professionalism expected of the teaching staff.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree or ABA experience.
• Experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and/or social/emotional/behavioral disabilities preferred.
• Strong organization and communication skills.
• Knowledge in Excel and Google Sheets for data entry and graphing.
• Demonstrated aptitude for work to be performed.

Benefits

In accordance with the Bedford Education Support Professional Contract. Salary range: $33.92/hour to $38.20/hour; Annualized for 184 work days at 6.75 hours/day, $40,118 to $45,180. Benefits are outlined at Benefits | Bedford Public Schools.