ABA Instructor Tier 1

ABA Instructor - Bloomfield, Connecticut

Since 1966, the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) has been dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective educational programs and services to meet the diverse needs of children and adults in Greater Hartford. Serving 33 member districts and reaching additional communities statewide, CREC supports approximately 12,000 students annually through more than 120 educational programs. Our offerings include professional learning and coaching for educators, specialized programming for students with diverse needs, and PreK-12 education across 16 interdistrict magnet schools.

Additionally, CREC provides school construction, operations, and cooperative business services, while also delivering programs that help adults build real, job-ready skills.

Under the supervision of the school administrator or designee, to support one-to-one classroom instruction, provide academic and behavioral intervention, and other general instructional support duties throughout the school utilizing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) methodology.

• Support daily functions of the school, including but not limited to arrival, dismissal, snack, lunch coverage, recess, and covering classrooms as needed.
• Provide Individualized 1:1 and/or small group instruction under the direction of the classroom teacher.
• Collect, track, and enter student data in the moment, as well as enter data into the school and district database.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other school staff.
• Remain proficient in and perform competency-based training in principles of learning and applied behavior methodology.
• Implement academic and behavioral programming.
• Implement individualized Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP).
• Supervise students during instructional and non-instructional times.
• Implement continuous and discontinuous data collection.
• Complete all necessary paperwork for data keeping.
• Clean and organize instructional materials, supplies, and the classroom.
• Participate in clinical reviews.
• Assist in creating student materials.
• Take all necessary precautions to protect and maintain the safety of students at all times.
• Maintain annual certification in Safety Care procedures.
• Assist with toileting and other daily living skills activities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position has no supervisory responsibility.

• Ability to pass the competency checklist within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to pass Safety Care/PMT training within 90 days of hire.
• Apply individualized student behavior management strategies.
• Speaks and writes clearly;
  Listens and gets clarification;
  Responds well to questions;
  Speaks and writes clearly and informatively;
  Varies communication style to meet needs;
  Demonstrates group presentation skills;
  Participates in meetings.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities;
  Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views;
  Gives and welcomes feedback;
  Contributes to building a positive team spirit;
  Puts success of team above own interests;
  Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives;
  Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year working with students with disabilities.

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