Paraprofessional - Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)

Job Description Code: 4M.010

Division/Department: School Leadership and Operations or Academics and Accountability

Pay Grade: RBT Paraprofessional Salary Schedule

Pay Type: Salaried; Non-Exempt

Retirement: TRS

Contract Work Year: 183 Days; 7.5 hours/day

Reports To:  Principal or Director of Special Education Compliance

Evaluation Instrument: PEI

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must possess a valid Registered Behavior Technician Certificate or willingness to obtain and maintain RBT certification.  Minimum one year experience with students with significant disruptive behaviors and/or Emotional Behavioral Disorders.  Education level must be in accordance with federal, state and local guidelines; certification as mandated by the Professional Standards Commission.  Associate or Bachelor’s Degree, or passing of the GACE Ethics Assessment and GACE Paraprofessional Assessment required.

GOAL
Serve as a support to the classroom teacher in providing educational opportunities for each student.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support teachers of students and work directly with students displaying unsafe and disruptive behaviors in the classroom and those referred out of the classroom.
• Serve as a member of the behavior team to implement positive intervention plans to improve student performance.
• Uses appropriate instructional strategies and techniques as prescribed by the appropriate personnel to support learning.
• Provide support to selected students in resource, self-contained and/or regular classroom settings.
• Assist and adhere to all elements of plans or accommodations as required by the IEP, behavior plan, healthcare plan, etc.
• Assist with maintaining clear expectations for classroom rules, routines, procedures and enforce them consistently and appropriately; utilize positive behavior techniques to maintain appropriate student behavior.
• Perform special duties as required for meeting the unique needs of specific student populations; e.g., lifting physically disabled students, toileting/personal hygiene assistance, using physical restraints or other specialized behavior management techniques.
• Assist student/teachers in using hardware, software, and other technology including assistive technology.
• Provide ongoing feedback to the appropriate personnel regarding student performance including issues potentially impacting the student’s performance.
• Act as a resource in the development and implementation of specialized behavior intervention plans to teachers, staff and administrators for students with severe behavioral challenges primarily in the resource or self-contained classroom setting.
• Provide specialized training in classroom organization and management, academic and behavioral programming, utilizing established principles of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), for teachers of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Emotional Behavioral Disorders (EBD), and other developmental disabilities, from pre-K through high school.
• Provide trainings and on-going staff development in the area of ABA, including discrete trial intervention.
• Provide trainings in the administration of assessment measures such as the ABLLS-R and AFLS.
• Ensure compliance of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Professional and Ethical Code for Registered Behavior Technician.
• Collect data on support provided to teachers and students.
• Maintain composure during stressful situations.
• Conduct small group or individual classroom activities based on lesson plans developed by the teacher.
• Assist with routine recordkeeping, as prescribed by appropriate personnel.
• Locate, operate and return needed equipment.
• Assist with classroom housekeeping.
• Assist in ordering and inventory of classroom equipment and materials.
• Assist with the supervision of students including classroom and school-wide supervision such as loading/unloading buses.
• Assist with the supervision of students including bus monitoring for travel to and from school-related activities.
• Possess and maintain valid and appropriate license, certificate and/or credential as may be required for this position.
• Follow work scheduling and attendance requirements in a regular, predictable and punctual manner.
• Participate in training programs to increase skills and proficiency related to the assignment.
• Review current developments, literature and technical source information related to job responsibilities.
• Ensure adherence to appropriate safety procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws, as well as Board policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

IMPORTANT NOTES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed – even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Chief Human Resources Officer.) It should also be noted the order of duties/ responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.

Fringe Benefits
FICA is paid by the employee and matched by the School District. Temporary workers do not qualify for employee benefits.

Adopted: July 2021
Revised: July 2023, July 2024, July 2025