Educational Support Professional (ESP-1) Job ID 1309

Responsibilities

• Support classroom routines and procedures; reinforce the principles of social interaction programs by modeling positive behavior, e.g., Responsive Classroom, RULER, PBIS and assist with providing behavioral support to students in accordance with school expectations.
• 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, and escorting students to designated areas throughout the building (activities, fire and crisis drills) with guidance from teaching/counseling/administrative staff.
• 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); and 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.
• Assist teacher(s) with such tasks as basic data entry, word processing, printing, and copying, as necessary.

Requirements

The role requires 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.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Psychology, Education or related area preferred.

Benefits

In accordance with the Bedford Education Support Professional Contract. Salary range: $35,006 to $43,028. Benefits are outlined at Benefits | Bedford Public Schools.