Behavior Intervention Implementation Associate (Part Time)

The Behavior Intervention Implementation Associate (BII) is an experienced and innovative school ambassador energized by our unique charter school environment. As a key part of a team of educators, BIIs provide and support with challenging and inclusive education for students with disabilities. BIIs support the classroom, outdoor play, and/or individualized students to build and maintain a robust school culture. BIIs exhibit a innate passion for working with children with disabilities, commit to a progressive, and interdisciplinary approach to education, and the desire to work within a highly collaborative staff culture.

Responsibilities

Classroom Support

• Assist the Lead Teacher in the ongoing student progress and achievement assessment by collecting and reporting on academic data using various means.
• Assist the Lead Teacher in using data to tailor instruction to meet individual students' academic and social needs.
• Support and create a strong classroom culture developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contribute to the broader school community.
• Support social-emotional learning in the classrooms and the yard
• Assist Lead Teacher with intervention support for struggling learners and English Language Learners.
  
  

Outdoor Play Support

• Support the creation of a strong play culture developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contribute to the broader school community.
• Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to students' intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development.
• Establish and enforce rules of conduct; supervise students on the playground, athletic fields, and recess/lunch areas.
• Collaborate with other Student Support Associates to plan physical activities that engage students in play.
• Demonstrate skills being taught; assist students in performing skills.
• Teach safety rules for each activity in the playground, athletic fields, and recess/lunch areas.
• Create and maintain a safe environment for students during lunch and recess.
• Support in creating and enforcing safe bathrooms while students play outdoors.
• Assist with the assessments of fitness levels; perform fitness testing once a year with 5th-grade students.
• Assist in creating and holding social-emotional learning lessons during outdoor play with groups of students that help facilitate student growth.
  
  

Individualized Student Support (RSP and Behavioral Intervention)

• Support with instruction to individuals or small groups of students with special needs as assigned.
• Assist students in prescribed learning activities.
• Assist students with behavioral challenges in and out of the classroom.
• Monitor student behavior and utilize approved behavior management techniques to redirect and modify inappropriate behaviors.
• Implement documented therapy plans for Behavior Intervention treatment.
• Monitor, observe, and report students' behavioral data according to approved procedures.
• Assist enrichment teachers, adapt activities to students with special needs, and develop appropriate modifications for I.E.P. and 504 plans.
• May provide adaptive support with eating and toileting.
  
  

School Culture Support and Collaboration

• Support in creating and maintaining a strong school culture (i.e., classroom and outdoor play) developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contributed to the broader school community.
• Collaborate with other Student Support Associates to assist with school-wide community events.
• Communicate and engage with students’ families, colleagues, and other school stakeholders, as coordinated and led by a school administrator.
• Participate as an active community member to provide stewardship of the school and adherence to its mission and guiding principles.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism, exhibited by meeting deadlines and commitments to self, students, and the community.
• Facilitate conflict resolution strategies with students when conflicts arise.
• Participate in professional development activities, both internal (led by the School Leadership Team and visiting experts) and external (visiting other schools, attending conferences, sharing best practices with others in the charter school community, etc.).
• Other duties, as assigned by the School Leadership Team.