School Based BCBA

Learn Academy / Desert Choice Schools is seeking a School-Based BCBA for our South Phoenix, AZ location. Part-time and full-time positions available.

What Desert Choice Schools Offers

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Professional development opportunities
• 401K retirement plan
• Part-time benefits offered
• License and professional association dues reimbursed
• Tuition reimbursement

Responsibilities

• Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings
• Spend 75% of time in direct interactions with staff and students, 25% on other tasks
• Coach and train classroom staff, track levels trainings for all staff
• Supervise data collection, create data sheets, and evaluate data regularly
• Complete functional behavioral assessments as necessary
• Develop behavior plans and protocols
• Deliver and assist in staff training of behavior plans and protocols
• Develop behavior and social IEP goals, collaborate on VB goals with classroom teacher at least 2 days in advance of the due date to the Director’s timeline
• Report progress on goals and provide graphs for behavior goals to classroom teacher at least 2 days in advance of due date to the Director’s timeline
• Develop data sheets for behavior, social, or VB goals in collaboration with classroom teacher or other professionals
• Collect, graph, and interpret behavior data
• Assist in conducting assessments
• Regularly update students' data books in collaboration with classroom teacher
• Complete staff performance reviews per Directors
• Provide crisis intervention as needed
• Complete and review incident reports, report to Directors when necessary
• Maintain communication with other DCS professionals, SLPs, SLP-As, ADL Specialists, OTs, and any other professional per the Directors
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Directors
• Act in a manner consistent with Desert Choice Schools' mission, values, and policies and procedures

Requirements

• Master’s degree
• BCBA certificate and license
• State of Arizona BA license
• First Aid Certification
• IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card
• Must have strong positive communication and interpersonal skills—works well with parents, children, and other professionals
• Maintain requirements set forth by the BACB and State of Arizona Board of Psychology
• Attend trainings per the Directors
• Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs; employees must be able to bend, stretch, reach, twist, walk, run, and stand for an extended period of time

Skills

• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Speaking formally when communicating all types of information, including discussing IEP goals, behavior plans, and incidents with parents and providing feedback to staff
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things
• Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action
• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do
• Teaching others how to do something
• Actively looking for ways to help people
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
• Managing one's own time and the time of others
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Familiarity with children's educational software, including AAC devices
• Ability to read and interpret documents and record data
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, loud environment