Specialized Academic Behavioral Assistant; SABA - SpEd Pool

Specialized Academic Behavioral Assistant (SABA) - SpEd Pool

Location:

Lemon Grove School District, Lemon Grove, California.

Work schedule:

8:00 AM - 2:30 PM. School Year . Work year 204 paid days per year.

Job  | Final date to receive applications:
Jul 13, 2026 11:59 PM PT | Posted:
Jul 02, 2026 7:00 AM UTC | Starting Date:
Immediately.

Position Type:
Full-Time | Salary: $20.21 to $24.74 per hour.

Direct supervision by Site Administrator. Classroom teachers coordinate and direct instructional tasks. District Nurse provides health-related training and monitors health care procedures. Staff may be required in special education or general education settings. Job location is determined based on student need and may be assigned or reassigned by the Director of Student Services.

• Assist in educating children identified as special education with needs in academic, development, or behavioral areas.
• Assist teachers with presentation of learning materials by tutoring individual or small groups of students.
• Record appropriate data regarding academic and/or behavioral information and file in prescribed program format.
• Assist in organizing and preparing instructional materials and correcting student work.
• Assist teacher with supervision of students in classroom, playground, and on study/field trips. May supervise students under teacher’s direction in absence.
• Assist students in getting on and off school buses, meet school buses and escort children to and from classroom.
• Attend in-service training activities related to job description and maintain student participation as required by program.
• May participate in Individualized Education Program team meetings or home visits when feasible.
• Assist in care for student's physical needs including diapering, toileting, feeding, lifting and moving children as needed.
• Learn and use assistive technology or other specialized equipment.
• Assist in the management and shaping of student behavioral techniques or positive reinforcement strategies.
• Assist in management and shaping of student communication skills through picture exchange system, pivotal response technique or positive reinforcement strategy.
• Assist in training sensory-impaired students in areas of body awareness, spatial relationships, balance, sensory-body coordination, sensorimotor integration and gross or fine motor skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Discrete trial methods, pivotal response training, picture exchange communication system, and other applied behavioral techniques or strategies.
• Behavioral modifications or management strategies and reinforcement methods.
• Child development of students.
• Record management, storage and retrieval procedures.
• Assertive and assaultive behavior protection and basic self-defense methods.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, courtesy, and confidentiality.

• Learn and apply discrete trial methods, pivotal response techniques and other applied behavioral analysis techniques, strategies, and procedures.
• Learn and apply behavior modification or management strategies, techniques, and reinforcement methods.
• Learn and apply district-accepted professional assault response behavior techniques and self-defense procedures.
• Supervise students with behavioral aggressiveness.
• Learn and utilize teaching aids, assistive technology or communication devices used by special education students.
• Maintain confidentiality concerning students and their families.
• Follow written protocols and procedures as specified.
• Follow universal precautions to ensure personal safety.
• Administer First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
• Function adequately in emergencies.
• Learn procedures, functions and limitations of the assigned duties.
• Perform duties of a rigorous work schedule which may include periods of sitting, standing, repetitive motions, behavioral management techniques and data collection.
• Speak and write grammatically correct English and perform mathematical concepts.

• High school graduate or equivalency.
• Paid or volunteer experience working with children in institutional, educational or childcare settings, preferably with children with autistic or severe behavioral needs.
• Crisis Intervention or Professional Assault Response Training desirable.

• District pre-employment test.
• Post-offer physical examination and drug screen.
• Fingerprint clearance from the Department of Justice.
• Tuberculin skin test before employment and every four years thereafter or a chest X-ray.
• Current valid California driver's license.
• Current First Aid Certificate.
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate.

• Classroom.
• Outdoor playground.
• Bus supervision.
• Community-based instruction settings.

• Lift, carry, push, pull up to 40 pounds.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard.
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and on the telephone.
• Seeing to assess injuries and illness.
• Full range of motion in upper and lower…