Specialized Academic Behavioral Assistant; SABA - ELP

Specialized Academic Behavioral Assistant (SABA) – ELP

Location:

Lemon Grove, California.

Schedule:

2:40 pm‑6:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 1:40 pm‑6:00 pm Wednesday.

Starting Date:
Immediately.

Position Type:
Part‑Time. Salary: $20.21 – $24.74 per hour.

Definition: Direct supervision by the Site Administrator and classroom teachers; coordinate and direct instructional tasks; collaborate with district Nurse; serve students in special education or general education settings; job site assigned by Director of Student Services.

• Assist in educating children identified as special education with academic, developmental, and behavioral needs.
• Assist teachers with presentation of learning materials by tutoring individuals or small groups.
• Record appropriate data regarding academic and/or behavioral information and file it in prescribed program format.
• Assist in organizing and preparing instructional materials and correcting student work.
• Assist teachers with supervision of students in classroom, playground, and on trips; may supervise students in teacher’s absence.
• Assist students in getting on and off school buses, meet buses, and escort to and from classroom.
• Attend in‑service training activities related to job description; maintain required student participation.
• 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.
• Learn and use assistive technology or other specialized equipment.
• Assist in 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 such as body awareness, spatial relationships, balance, sensory‑body coordination, sensorimotor integration, and fine or gross motor skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Discrete trial methods, pivotal response training, picture exchange communication system, and other applied behavioral techniques.
• Behavioral modification and management strategies, 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 strategies.
• Learn and apply behavior modification and management strategies and reinforcement methods.
• Learn and apply district‑accepted professional assault response techniques and self‑defense procedures.
• Supervise students with behavioral aggressiveness.
• Learn and utilize teaching aids, assistive technology, or communication devices for special education students.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding students and families.
• Follow written protocols and procedures.
• Follow universal precautions for personal safety.
• Administer First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
• Function adequately in emergencies.
• Learn procedures, functions, and limitations of assigned duties.
• Perform duties of a rigorous work schedule that may include sitting, standing, repetitive motions, behavior management, and data collection.
• Speak and write grammatically correct English and perform basic mathematical concepts.

• High school graduate or equivalency.
• Paid or volunteer experience working with children in an institutional, educational, or childcare setting; experience with children with autism or severe behavioral needs desirable.
• 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 extremities to assist students with mobility.
• Kneel, crouch, squat or sit on the floor with children for up to 30 minutes at a time.
• Run, move quickly to keep up with children.

• Contact with aggressive behavior, which may include scratching, biting, hitting or kicking.
• Contact with blood‑borne pathogens.
• Communicable diseases.