Eligible for $8,000 annual stipend (paid out evenly monthly) $2,000 signing

Role Summary

Voices Academies’ Behavior Support Technician (BST) will be a caring and patient individual who can work independently, exercising good judgment. The BST will assist educators with maintaining a productive classroom environment in special education and general education classrooms, lunchrooms, and play environments, including field trips and other educational environments. The BST will work in an assigned capacity designed for students with specialized needs with the goal of building skills to promote independence. Under the supervision of the Student Support Manager (SSM) or designee, provide supervision to behaviorally-challenged individuals or small groups of students; monitor, redirect, modify, and record student progress regarding inappropriate behaviors and performance, teach and reinforce replacement behaviors, manage difficult behaviors and facilitate peer interactions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor the needs and behaviors of students with behavioral support needs and provide appropriate one-on-one and group interventions to respond to inappropriate behaviors.
• Maintain alertness to changing environments (both group and individual) that could lead to disruptive, aggressive, and/or self-injurious behavior and intervene and/or defuse as appropriate.
• Follow guidelines for crisis intervention and physical restraint of students who become combative and/or physically abusive to themselves or others in accordance with network trainings and applicable state laws, codes, regulations, etc., if other means of redirection are not successful.
• Assist individual students with daily assignments, remedial, or make-up work; may use a variety of study aids and techniques to reinforce skills or present new academic concepts in accordance with IEP.

• Utilize behavior intervention techniques to assist the assigned teacher(s) with maintaining classroom discipline.
• Complete daily or weekly logs and complete incident reports.
• Help students learn social skills.
• Be attuned to triggers and proactive in redirection, de-escalation, and crisis intervention techniques according to established protocols, when needed.
• Alerts appropriate staff to any special problems or information concerning students
• Collaborate with general education and special education staff regularly to review behavioral data and consult on progress towards independence for students.

Professional Activities: 

• Actively participate in professional development activities
• Assure the health and safety of students by following health and safety practices and regulations
• Judgment to deal with emergency situations, including those involving blood and/or other bodily fluids
• Provide proper examples, emotional support,a friendly attitude, and general guidance for students
• Work cooperatively with staff toward the resolution of mutual concerns
• Other duties as assigned

Voices Academies BST candidates will have the following

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
• Be trained and certified in crisis prevention/restraint within 30 days of hire and maintain ongoing certification
• Maintain confidentiality of student records and information
• Demonstrated passion for the mission, vision, and values of Voices Academies with a deep commitment to improving the lives of students from low-income communities
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Spanish
• Ability to respond quickly to changes in student behavior and/or the learning environment
• Previous experience working with school-age children
• Ability to work well independently and with flexibility and within a team environment; working efficiently and exercising excellent judgment in making decisions
• Works well within a high-pressure environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Higher education desirable
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Previous experience working with students with special needs, including students with autism, emotional disturbance, and ADHD
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Google Apps

Working Conditions:

• Regular requirement to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch
• Sufficient physical ability to restrain students of varying weights
• Lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Occasional evening and or weekend work
• Occasional travel
• Willingness to be trained as needed

Prior to Employment: Once an offer has been extended, a candidate must meet the following criteria to receive a final offer:

• First Aid/CPR Certification
• Clear Criminal Background Check
• Valid TB Clearance

Key Compensation:

• $22.00-30.00/hour
• Medical benefits for Full Time only
• Retirement plan

Employment:

• Reports directly to SSM, Principal
• Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time, Non-Exempt Position
• Position follows 10-month calendar
• At-Will Agreement

Voices College-Bound Language Academies is an equal-opportunity employer. It is the policy of Voices to afford equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, citizenship status, medical condition, or any other legally protected status.