REPORTS TO:
Program Director
WORK YEAR:
Full Time School Year (183 days) plus the option for Summer Program
THE ROLE:
The TEC Campus School BCBA is a member of an integrated team that includes teachers, nurses, therapists, and paraprofessionals who work collaboratively during the school day to support our students. Under the supervision of the Program Director, the BCBA is expected to offer direct, indirect and consultation services to assist in the achievement of educational goals and benchmarks for those students enrolled in TEC Special Education classes. Behavioral supports are provided within the context of an integrated related services approach whenever possible. Related services personnel are supervised by the Program Director, but their day to day functions are coordinated with classroom teachers. Specific responsibilities are outlined below.
OUR ORGANIZATION:
The Education Cooperative (TEC) is an educational collaborative and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in E. Walpole, MA that develops and coordinates educational and organizational programs to meet the needs of our 19 member communities and their students in a way that complements and strengthens their school programs and expands opportunities for their students, educators and communities in the most cost effective manner. TEC’s programs include three DESE approved public special education day schools, including the TEC Campus School.
Located at TEC’s beautiful 8-acres campus in E. Walpole, the TEC Campus Schools provides a small, caring, environment for students aged 3 through 21 that fosters the growth and success of each student. Working as an integrated team, TCS’s teachers, nurses, therapists, and paraprofessionals, provide personalized multi-sensory instruction to meet individuals’ learning, communication, social, emotional, motor, behavior, daily living, and transition goals. Our students’ profiles may include: neurological impairment, sensory impairment, intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, medical fragility, developmental delays, or multiple disabilities.
Requirements
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
-Write Behavior Support Plans -Create data collect systems and analyze data -Provide training to staff -Responsible for behavior management and restraints (Safety Care) -Write Functional Behavioral Assessments, as well as observations reports -Monitor student behavior plans -Provide behavior consultation to teachers, service providers, and support staff -Ability to effectively work with students, school staff, and administration; -Adept in working cooperatively with colleagues; -Able to demonstrate effective oral and communication skills; -Capable of handling stressful situations in a calm and professional manner
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor/Master’s degree; Board Certified Behavior Analyst
JOB ENVIRONMENT
Work takes place in classrooms and other school rooms/areas, including offices, within a school building setting, primarily indoors and on the outdoor grounds of the school. Community-based support is also included in this position. The position offers a friendly, supportive work environment.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation, on the telephone. Requires sufficient vision to read printed documents and to view detail on a computer screen for extended periods. Requires frequent standing, walking, sitting, bending, and reaching, as well as carrying and occasionally lifting up to 30 lbs. Ability to hear sounds clearly up to twenty feet.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Education Cooperative prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, active military/veteran status, marital status, familial status, homelessness, ancestry, ethnic background or national origin or any other class protected by law, and is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.