ESL Teacher/Support Specialist
About the Employer
Key Responsibilities
• Provide instruction using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, including discrete trial task analysis and naturalistic teaching.
• Implement individualized academic and behavior plans.
• Reinforce the principles of social interaction programs by modeling positive behavior, e.g., responsive classroom, Ruler, PBIS.
• Assist with providing behavioral support to students in accordance with school expectations.
• Provide supervision and/or student support services in all environments of the school for activities including but not limited to recess, lunch, arrival, dismissal, and field trips.
• Provide small group or individual instructional support with guidance from teaching/counseling staff aligned with student goals, benchmarks, IEPs, and related behavior plans.
• Consult with teachers in preparation for daily classes to become familiar with the learning targets, success criteria, and other classroom expectations.
• Support academic programs (re-teaching, reinforcing, reviewing, assessing, scribing, note-taking, data collection) and behavioral programs (data collection, cueing, providing motor breaks, implementing behavior plans).
• Provide regular feedback to the teaching/counseling staff on the progress and challenges experienced by assigned students in addressing their goals.
• Work in conjunction with the classroom teacher to support learning experiences in the classroom, focusing first on identified priority students and then for the broader group of students.
• Support implementation of behavior intervention plans and social skill facilitation across various school settings.
• Support crisis intervention as needed in a culturally responsive manner, including verbal de-escalation/processing of events with students and staff and the application of physical intervention methods to reduce risk of injury to students or staff as assigned/trained.
Requirements
• Ability to integrate into the classroom setting when appropriate, working under the direction of administrative/teaching/counseling staff to support student engagement and learning.
• Collect, record, and analyze data across multiple data points.
• Record data collected into spreadsheets and provide graphs to visually display student progress with multiple data points using Google Tools.
• Adapt and acquire new skills and knowledge and use them consistently to support student engagement with learning activities, behavior interventions, social interactions, and the school day.
• Maintain flexibility in day-to-day priorities set to reflect changing student needs.
• Work in multiple classrooms or environments during the school day.
• Maintain the high level of confidentiality and professionalism expected of teaching staff.
• Anticipate and effectively address unforeseen events associated with working with large groups of children.
• Maintain positive relations with students, parents, staff, and the public.
Job Title and Summary
Bedford Public Schools invites applications for the position of Educational Support Professional SAIL 1 Program (ESP-4). A SAIL 1 ESP is responsible for providing direct support to students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder or related disorders in a sub-separate classroom, implementing individualized academic and behavior programs.
Specialty Area
• Passion for working with children/students.
• Knowledge of child growth and development.
• Knowledge of basic learning strategies.
• Knowledge of social emotional learning (SEL).
• Knowledge of proper de-escalation strategies and restraint protocols.
• Ability to work with diverse learning styles.
• Ability to collaborate and participate as a member of a teaching team.
Physical and Environmental Demands
The physical and environmental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Able to move with students from one school environment to another. Physical agility and strength, with proper safety protocols.
Salary/Benefits
In accordance with the Bedford Education Support Professional contract. $28.18/hour to $34.64/hour; annualized for 184 work days at 6.75 hours/day, $35,006 to $43,028. Benefits are outlined at Benefits - Bedford Public Schools.
School Committee Approved
August 8, 2024
Position Control
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