Instructional Assistant, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Major Duties/Essential Functions

• Performs curricular, instructional, clerical, and support tasks to assist teachers and other professional staff in a classroom or other instructional setting using ABA principles and methodology.
• Works with the teacher to provide instructional or developmental activities for a special education population.
• Performs remedial instruction or tasks to reinforce learning initiated by a teacher or professional staff.
• Works with students requiring individual or close attention.
• Observes and assists individual students experiencing difficulties.
• Aids in the development of individualized programs.
• Prepares a variety of instructional materials and reports, as requested.
• Works with individuals or small groups of students.
• Reads to students, listens to their recitations, and collaborates on reading strategies.
• Facilitates activities with groups of students engaged in drawing, writing, independent study, or other work.
• Assists with teaching classes of basic skills and may monitor a computer, writing, or other technology laboratories under general supervision.
• May assist with instructing students with special needs under the supervision of the teacher, including monitoring students on independent work.
• Supervises and monitors students in off-site vocational training and community travel settings, as assigned.
• Helps maintain order and assists with managing the behavior of students, including behavior intervention plans, de-escalation strategies, and crisis management.
• Proctors tests and examinations, corrects and scores objective tests.
• Maintains inventory and distributes instructional materials and supplies.
• Aids in the maintenance of files containing student work and evaluation and assessment data; observes, gathers, and records assessment data on students; reviews observations/progress of students with instructional staff.
• Continues instructional activities during the teacher's absence from the classroom.
• Serves as a substitute teacher on occasion.
• Performs related duties as required or assigned.

Work Environment/Physical Requirements

• This job operates in a school environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate.
• This role routinely uses standard classroom equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, projectors, smartboards, filing cabinets, and assistive technology.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to regularly stand, sit, walk, bend, and/or kneel.
• This job requires lifting up to 35 lbs., and occasional lifting/moving up to 70 lbs. and/or use of a Hoyer lift.