LTS - Behavior Teacher Assistant (RBT)

LTS•Behavior Teacher Assistant (RBT) Westport Community Schools Westport Elementary School•Westport, Massachusetts Job Details

Job ID:

5797343

Application Deadline:

Posted until filled

Re-Posted:

Yesterday

Starting Date:

Immediately Job Description LTS•Behavior Teacher Assistant (RBT) 1 year appointment only (SY 26/27)

REPORTS TO

School Principal, Director of Special Education and BCBA

JOB GOAL:

To work directly with Special Education students and their families to develop appropriate learning and social behaviors through the implementation of ABA programs as directed by the BCBA.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides ABA therapy sessions under the direction of the BCBA. 2. Assists BCBA in implementing behavioral programming and collecting data. 3. Coach and train staff to ensure behavior strategies and plans are followed. 4. Serve as an ABA shadow in school to help generalize training for student. (A shadow is an ABA trained technician who accompanies the student in an integrated classroom setting in order to ensure that the appropriate behaviors developed during separate ABA therapy sessions are generalized and applied in the classroom setting.) 5. Alert classroom teachers and BCBA to needs and concerns of individual students including incidents and/or complaints. 6. Participate in appropriate in-service training programs. 7. Assists teachers in implementing strategies for reinforcing positive behavior, based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities. 8. Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students. 9. Regular, reliable attendance. 10. Perform reasonable professional tasks or duties as may be required by the Superintendent of Schools, Director of Special Education and/or Building Principal.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the major responsibilities of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individual with disabilities to perform major functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or operate tools, objects, or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stoop, or kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds without assistance and up to 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. The position requires the ability to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment at efficient speed.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as rules, policies, instructions, correspondence, and procedures. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to employees, students, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the major functions of this position. The position requires an individual to work inside a classroom setting where noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

As per collective bargaining agreement between the Westport School Committee and AFSCME Council 93, Local 2667.

EVALUATION

Evaluation will be in accordance with district policy and collective bargaining agreements.

Position Type:

Full-time