Assistant: Decision Making Room – Marley Middle

Job Details

Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) provides a challenging and rewarding educational experience for every child. We offer a comprehensive system‑wide multicultural curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade. At every level, the focus is on success for every student. Quality instruction, combined with teacher commitment, provides excellence in our instructional programs. Explore career opportunities with a progressive school system dedicated to providing the very best services to our students, our educators, and our community.

Located on the magnificent Chesapeake Bay, Anne Arundel County is conveniently located near the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and is home to the state capitol, Annapolis, which has a rich historical past. Notable landmarks include the United State Naval Academy, Fort George G. Meade, the National Security Agency, and Baltimore Washington International Airport. The county encompasses urban, suburban, and rural areas, with 432 miles of tidal shoreline.

Fine dining, state parks, major cultural attractions, the best in entertainment and professional sports are within easy access to our central location.

Title Code:
Assistant:
Decision Making Room

Responsible for the delivery of intervention strategies, protocols, social skills instruction and techniques for students exhibiting a variety of disruptive, challenging, and/or aggressive behavior in secondary schools who are referred to the Decision Making Rooms (DMR). The nature of the work involves implementing and using behavioral intervention techniques to de‑escalate, monitor, and control disruptive behaviors, utilizing behavior management techniques, and to teach social skills replacement behaviors in order to enable students to perform successfully in school.

• Works directly with students in small groups and individually to implement instructional programs, plans and activities for students who are disruptive to the educational environment.
• Teaches social skills for replacement behaviors that contribute to disruptive, challenging behaviors.
• Monitor student behaviors as they return to the classroom through follow up with the referring teachers and to provide feedback and suggestions for successful functioning in school/classroom.
• Participates in training of school staff on the development of Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans.
• Provides support to school staff on Cooperative Discipline Techniques.
• Implements Second Step in the DMR. Keeps daily records and logs for students in the DMR. Completes daily data tracking and uses the data for decision making for students referred to the DMR. Assists students with development of reentry plans following the DMR referral.
• Uses intervention techniques to help the student de‑escalate, including non‑violent crisis intervention (CPI).
• Assists in the re‑establishment of relations between the students and referring teacher, mediating, and resolving issues or difficulties to create a cohesive learning environment in which every student participates and feels comfortable.
• Participation in on‑going staff development.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or Equivalency Certificate required.

• Two (2) years experience required.

• Considerable patience and ability to work with students with challenging behaviors.
• Willingness to learn and implement instructional methods, strategies, and techniques to assist students.
• Ability to exercise patience, courtesy, tact and good judgment in dealing with challenging students.
• Ability to establish effective and cooperative working relations with professional and support staff.
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