Aide, PBIA

Position:
Positive Behavior Intervention Aide (PBIA) – supervises and supports students in achieving academic and behavioral goals.
Reports To: Principal |
Wage: Exempt |
Pay Grade: Para 3 |
Days per Year: 187 |
Salary Range: $23,188 – $27,272.

The PBIA will provide leadership and direction at the school level, designing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating a comprehensive behavior support program. The PBIA works directly with identified students to develop positive social and academic habits, improve academic performance, and support school-wide behavior management strategies. The PBIA collaborates with classroom teachers to proactively intervene and provide appropriate supports.

• Required
  • Completion of at least two years of higher education study (48 semester hours) or an associate’s degree, or passing Spring Independent School District’s NCLB test in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics.
  • 3 years of experience working with students as a learner advocate, reflective practitioner, and active support for teaching and learning, community education, or social service.
• Preferred
  • Associate’s or higher degree, preferably a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
  • 5 years of experience working with students as a learner advocate, reflective practitioner, and active support for teaching and learning, community education, or social service.

• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of behavior de‑escalation strategies.
• Ability to prepare reports and correspondence and maintain accurate records.

• Coordinates PBIA activities with the appropriate administrator.
• Organizes PBIA supports for effective classroom management and supervision of each student.
• Receives, secures, and returns students’ assignments from specific teachers/subjects.
• Monitors students’ progress on assignments and communicates with teachers if students have difficulty.
• Assists students in completing assignments.
• Reviews assignments before returning them to the teacher.
• Arranges for supplies and resource materials to be available to students.
• Provides additional assignments from resource materials as needed.
• Assigns students to specific desks and inspects the desks and area daily for damage.
• Enforces school expectations.
• Maintains necessary records for attendance, behavior, and grades to report to appropriate school personnel and to parents as needed.
• Monitors attendance closely.
• Contacts parents whenever necessary concerning behavior and completion of assignments.
• Counsels with students to proactively address behavior.
• Maintains open communication with counselors to arrange assistance for students needing additional support.
• Communicates with parents regularly regarding student progress.
• Provides recognition of a variety of student accomplishments and positive behaviors.
• Works cooperatively with building administrators and teachers to promote positive student behavior by providing professional development that targets research, strategies, and modeling of instructional practices.
• Continuously supervises students to ensure a safe, non‑threatening, nurturing environment where students can thrive.
• Engages in on‑going professional development to increase knowledge and skills of positive student behavior support for all students, targeted students, and sub‑group populations.
• Engages with parents in the "student behavior intervention plan" process and empowers parents with skills and techniques to support positive behavior development.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require physical mobility, standing, prolonged sitting, stooping, bending, some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling. Mental demands include problem solving, interpreting data, interpreting policy, applying knowledge of current research, effective oral and written communication, and maintaining emotional control under stress.