JobID: 1495

Position Type:
Student Support Services/Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Date Posted:
8/23/2021

Location:
Havemeyer Building

Date Available:
immediately

Closing Date:
until filled

   Board Certified Behavior Analyst for District Wide Behavior Team

The BCBA is part of a district behavior team that provides district wide consultation and support in all areas of behavior management. The BCBA will provide clinical and educational support for individual students and be responsible for the training of individual team members. The BCBA will provide ongoing behavior consultation to all Greenwich staff, as well as provide modeling and support to individual student teams.

Job Description :

• Extensive knowledge in the areas of autism, behavior disorders, behavior management and behavioral intervention techniques
• Serve as an information clearinghouse for school personnel regarding appropriate behavior management techniques.
• Provide ongoing consultation to staff who work with students who exhibit behavioral difficulties.
• Engage in a coaching and learning approach that effectively supports educators and students
• Collaborate with school staff and families to improve communicative, social, academic and behavioral outcomes for all students
• Supervise RBT/ DT interventionists
• Effectively communicate and collaborates with educational teams, school administrators, students and parents to identify goals, plan and implement evidence-based practices in the delivery of assessment, instruction and behavioral principles
• Share research, effective instructional practices and emerging trends that can be applied in classroom settings
• Participate in program and classroom team meetings
• Provides training and support to staff in the development of Functional Analysis Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans
• Provides support to staff in effective teaching practices so that students are able to progress in accordance with their IEP
• Assesses the school staff development needs, researches and designs training programs based on those needs
• Participates in staff development through conferences, training and seminars to maintain and develop core competencies
• Develops and monitors systems designed to meet the needs of individual students, classrooms and the site as a whole
• Develops strategies for fading students from 1:1 staffing ratios to small group staffing ratios
• Conducts regular quality assurance checks at the individual student, staff, classroom and site level to make recommendations for improvement
• Conducts Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBA) for individual students.
• Evaluates assigned students and designs Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) including data collection systems.
• Designs visual supports that allow for the independence of students.
• Collaborates with others and serves as a resource and/or consultant to parents, students, and school personnel on topics related to student behaviors.
• Provides ongoing consultation to individual student teams, school faculty, parents, and staff in behavioral analysis and characteristics and evidence-based practices.
• Supports and trains special educators and other staff to complete FBAs, implement BIPs, and collect and analyze data.
• Designs and assists special educators to implement inclusive programs that educate students in the least restrictive environment.
• Works collaboratively with special educators and classroom teachers to design lesson plans that
• specify how students will be included in classroom activities meaningfully with the use of curriculum overlapping.
• Works collaboratively with related service personnel (Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, and Physical Therapist) to design services, supports and accommodations that support individual learners with developmental disabilities in the general education environment.
• Provides leadership in the organization and implementation of ongoing professional development and training for special educators, classroom teachers, paraeducators and interventionists.
• Maintains professional competence and knowledge of best practices in behavior therapy.
• Maintains current best practice for identification, assessment, and diagnostic techniques through readings, attendance at conferences, workshops, memberships in professional organizations, and other relevant activities in accordance with district guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS :

BCBA License in addition to a Professional Educator Certification in Special Education, School Social Work or School Psychologist