Behavior Intervention Aide

Behavior Intervention Aide

Yu Ming Charter School seeks dynamic, innovative, and experienced educators to join our team, committed to nurturing lifelong learners who are bilingual, bicultural and able to create change in their own lives and in our community. We seek teachers that are excited by the possibility of transforming the traditional model of education to be learner-centered through personalized and project based learning that cultivates both the cognitive and social emotional skills our students need to thrive in school and beyond.

Yu Ming teachers are leaders that thrive on exploration, collaboration, and seek to continuously learn and grow as individuals and team members.

Yu Ming Charter School is a non-profit, tuition-free network of public schools located in Oakland and San Leandro and open to all residents of California. As a leader in Mandarin Immersion education, our mission is to nurture our inclusive and diverse community to become empowered, engaged, and outstanding global citizens. We currently serve 1061 students across three campuses, and continue to grow our enrollment each year.

Our intentionally diverse student body comes from many racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds representing 70 zip codes across the Bay Area and 29 home languages. Founded in 2011, Yu Ming is the first Mandarin immersion public charter school in the state.

We believe every child, regardless of their background or zip code, deserves a free, high-quality education that prepares them today to succeed tomorrow. Ranked the #7 Elementary School and the #2 Elementary Charter School in California by U.S. News, Yu Ming is a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2020 California Distinguished School. Yu Ming's future-forward model prepares young people to succeed and thrive in an interconnected and multicultural world through personalized and rigorous learning experiences, active student agency, whole child and community focus, and multilingual education.

As a result, our students far outperform their peers in the district, county, and state, regardless of socio-economic status, race, language background, and learning differences. We are closing the opportunity gap for our historically underserved students every day.

The Behavior Aide reports to the Director of Student Services and provides behavior and academic support services to identified students in the general education classroom. Behavior intervention draws on multiple disciplines, including psychology, education, community health, social work, and counseling. The aide assists students to eliminate or replace disruptive, harmful, or negative behaviors with positive actions. The role of the Behavior Aide is to improve students' success in the classroom by supporting the student in reaching goals for behavior changes, monitoring the student, assessing progress, and modifying behavioral plans if necessary.

Specific responsibilities are:

• Work under the supervision of a certificated Education Specialist who will provide weekly oversight, training and direction
• Manage student behavior for the purpose of providing a safe and optimal learning environment.
• Use appropriate applied behavior teaching, communication, and reinforcement techniques consistently.
• Document student progress/activities/outcomes and provide regular feedback to classroom teachers, parents, and administration regarding student progress, expectations, goals, etc. Accurately complete all required documentation and data collection daily.
• Follow through on treatment or behavior plans for Yu Ming students who require special education services as outlined in their IEPs and reinforce learning of material or skills as described in the IEP.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of the individual student's needs, interests, and abilities.
• Assist the student throughout the school environment as necessary.
• Supervise testing and make up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Alert the classroom teacher to any problem or special information about the individual student in the classroom
• Supervise,…