Behavior Support Assistant - Elementary, Middle, High (for the 2024-2025 School Year)
Indian Prairie School District 204
- Illinois
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Communicates with supervising instructional staff, and/or professional support personnel for the purpose of assisting in evaluating progress and/or implementing IEP objectives.
- Monitors students during assigned periods within a variety of school environments (e.g. rest rooms, playgrounds, hallways, bus loading zones, cafeteria, parking lots, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.
- Provides under the supervision of assigned administrator or licensed staff, instruction to students in a variety of individual and group activities (e.g. academic subjects, social skills, daily living skills, etc.) for the purpose of reinforcing instructional objectives; implementing IEP plans; and ensuring students success in school.
- Assist classroom teachers to support students in accessing the school setting in their Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- Implement academic, social language, and behavioral programming, using principles of ABA and humanistic behavior
- Implement positive, humanistic behavioral strategies
- Create materials to provide behavioral supports that align with academic, social language, and behavioral programming under the direction of the classroom teacher and/or BCBA
- Assist school staff in collecting behavioral data and delivering behavior programming using the principles of ABA and humanistic behavior
- Support students in the school setting (i.e. during transitions between classes, beginning and end of the day, at recess, lunch, and specials) with optimizing social interactions and social pragmatic instruction in real life situations, using principles of ABA and humanistic behavior
- Assist in managing behavioral crisis situations
- Support student’s adaptive living skills such as toileting, feeding, dressing, etc.
- Employee is regularly required to see, speak and hear; frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb, climb stairs or balance, bend, twist, stoop,
- kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Employee must be able to push, pull, lift or carry up to 50 lbs.
Valid Illinois Educator License qualifying for a Paraprofessional required
Certification as a Registered Behavior Technician
Maintain certification through Safety Care
Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with individuals with disabilities in an educational setting, required. Two (2) to three (3) years, preferred
Minimum of one (1) year of experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), preferred.Rate of pay: Current step on SC schedule plus $2.00 per hourEQUIPMENT:
1. Use general office equipment.
2. Use personal computers.
3. May need to operate adaptive equipmentWORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work in standard school building environment.
Work outdoors during outdoor student activities.TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: Travel between schools may be required.Selection Procedure: Qualified candidates will be contacted by the appropriate hiring administrator.