Position Title: Teacher Assistant- Behavior Support

Term of Employment: Full-Time; Full Benefits; 10 months

Reports To: Principal

Pay Information: Salary Grade 56

General Statement of Job

An employee in this class provides support to the teacher in the classroom management of students. A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning and classroom management process for students. The work is directed by specific instructions, precedents and established policy. The Behavior Support Teacher Assistant will use established strategies to promote positive behavior, prevent disruptions, and provide support for students who may be facing behavioral difficulties. The work is performed under the limited supervision of the teacher and/or principal.

Essential Job Functions

• Planning/organizing the Behavioral Program
• The behavioral assistant aids the Liaison with planning and organizing behavioral

interventions, developing classroom procedures and preparing necessary materials

• Implementing the Behavioral Program
• The behavioral assistant maintains awareness of goals and objectives in helping to

implement the planned program and assists in the evaluation of its outcomes

• Clerical/Technical
• The behavioral assistant demonstrates clerical and technical skills necessary to assist with the implementation of the program
• Professional Behavior
• The behavioral assistant is involved in the total Behavioral Support Program and

maintains positive behavior towards students, parents, administration and staff

• Public Relations
• The behavioral assistant conducts self as a positive role model, communicates the needs of students, and works to facilitate the accomplishment of the Behavioral Support Program
• Performs other duties as deemed appropriate and assigned by the supervisor

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with children
• Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made
• Some knowledge of the school organization and its community
• Working knowledge of expected behavior of children, that is, basic characteristics of ages and stages
• Skill necessary to operate classroom based technology and standard office equipment
• Skill to make learning aids which will strengthen lesson plans
• Ability to comprehend the purpose of teacher-designed strategies as a fulfillment of the instructional objective
• Ability to discern significant student behavior and refer this to the supervisor
• Ability to impart information to the child’s level of comprehension
• Ability to apply impartially and consistently proper methods of recognition, reward, and correction
• Ability to solve independently most minor problems
• Ability to follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision
• Ability to record and store data accurately
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information
• Interpersonal skills necessary to work cooperatively and effectively with individuals and groups

Minimum Training and Experience

• Associates Degree (or higher) required; or a minimum of 48 semester hours college-level coursework
• Prior experience in instruction and/or supervision of students

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Physical Requirements: The work regularly requires standing and walking around the classroom and school. It requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing. The work requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. The work often requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights and rarely, the lifting of weights above 30 pounds. The work occasionally handles/works with biohazards and/or risks for potential job-related injury, such as those found in a laboratory or shop environment. The work requires activities occasionally involving driving automotive equipment. 
• Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.