Elementary School Registered Behavior Technician [M-F, School Day Schedule, $32.96 per hour]

About the Role

The Newington Public Schools is dedicated to recruiting, hiring, growing, and retaining a culturally diverse workforce that represents the racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of our community. We value and strive for excellence in:

• Family and Community Engagement
• Culturally Relevant Organizational Practices
• School Climate
• Student-Centered Learning
• Diverse Staff of Excellent Educators
• Equitable Student Access
• Fiscal Equity

We seek candidates passionate about these values, who represent the diversity of our community, and who will engage fully in our continuous improvement efforts to achieve equity for all.

Responsibilities

The following duties describe the general nature and level of work for this position, including paraeducator responsibilities:

• Prepare for data collection.
• Implement continuous measurement procedures (e.g., frequency, duration).
• Implement discontinuous measurement procedures (e.g., partial & whole interval, momentary time sampling).
• Implement permanent product recording procedures.
• Enter data and update graphs.
• Describe the behavior and environment in observable and measurable terms.
• Conduct preference assessments.
• Assist with individualized assessment procedures (e.g., curriculum-based, developmental, social skills).
• Assist with functional assessment procedures.
• Identify the essential components of a written skill acquisition plan.
• Prepare for the session as required by the skill acquisition plan.
• Use contingencies of reinforcement (e.g., conditioned/unconditioned reinforcement, continuous/intermittent schedules).
• Implement discrete-trial teaching procedures.
• Implement naturalistic teaching procedures (e.g., incidental teaching).
• Implement task analyzed chaining procedures.
• Implement discrimination training.
• Implement stimulus control transfer procedures.
• Implement stimulus fading procedures.
• Implement prompt and prompt fading procedures.
• Implement generalization and maintenance procedures.
• Assist with the training of stakeholders (e.g., family, caregivers, other professionals).
• Identify the essential components of a written behavior reduction plan.
• Describe common functions of behavior.
• Implement interventions based on modification of antecedents such as motivating/establishing operations and discriminative stimuli.
• Implement differential reinforcement procedures (e.g., DRA, DRO).
• Implement extinction procedures.
• Implement crisis/emergency procedures according to protocol.
• Report other variables that might affect the client (e.g., illness, relocation, medication).
• Generate objective session notes by describing what occurred during sessions.
• Effectively communicate with supervisor.
• Perform additional tasks and duties as requested.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• General knowledge of student disabilities.
• Ability to independently and effectively deal with student behaviors.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to develop and follow schedules.
• Ability to work independently.
• Effective interpersonal skills with staff, students, supervisors, and the general public.

Physical and Mental Effort

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, lift, squat, stretch, kneel, push, and pull.
• Ability to lift at least 30 lbs.
• Ability to assist in physical management and personal hygiene of students.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to hear normal sounds with some background noise and to communicate effectively.
• Ability to concentrate on fine detail with constant interruption.
• Ability to attend to task/function for more than 60 minutes at a time.
• Ability to remember multiple tasks/assignments given to self and others over long periods of time.

Qualifications

• Required: Certified Registered Behavior Technician™ (RBT®).
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree; or coursework in psychology, education, social work, behavioral science, human development, or related fields.