What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavior Support Aid position at Northampton County Public Schools?
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Salary: $13.00/hr. (Hourly Position-No Benefits Included)
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Primary Purpose
Under the direction of the teacher, the behavioral support aide will provide accommodations to students in order for them to achieve academic and behavioral objectives.
Depending upon the classroom assignment, the Behavioral Support Aide will:
- Maintain high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students.
- Follow the requirements of the student’s Individualized Education Plan.
- Provide supplemental support for the assigned student in complementary skills such as staying on task, keeping focused, and developing social skills for working in groups, etc.
- Assist with the supervision of the student in all school environments: all classes, transitions within the day, lunch periods, emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
- Assist student with physical, personal, behavioral, and health needs.
- Participate in professional development as required.
- Support instruction by monitoring student, checking work, answering questions, writing, etc.
- Maintain a daily journal recording significant student behaviors, interventions used, and the results of those interventions.
- Support instruction by writing, showing, or demonstrating with the use of concrete examples for the student to understand.
- Work with individual student to reinforce learning of material or skills.
- Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing academic material and behavioral skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual student, their needs, interests, and abilities.
- Read to student, listen to student read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with the student.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the teacher or Director of Special Programs.
Additional Duties
Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of student performance.
Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Equipment
- Uses standard office equipment such as personal computer, copy machine, fax machine, telephone.
- Uses calculating devices.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Organizational and time management skills.
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good record keeping/documentation skills.
- Demonstrate ability to supervise and provide academic and behavioral accommodations to students.
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, performs complex arithmetic operations and use calculators.
- Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
- Ability to problem-solve issues.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards
- Works in standard school building environments.
*See the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Job Duties for this position.
Qualification Profile
Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
- High School Diploma or GED
FLSA Status: Hourly No Benefits
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $13.00 per hour
Schedule:
- No nights
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
Salary : $13