Title of Position: 

Summer Behavior Technician

Work Year:

Summer 2024

Effective Date of Employment:

July 1 through August 1, 2024

(Monday - Wednesday the first week. Monday - Thursday all other weeks)

Location and Hours:

ECC: PreK, 8:15am - 1:45pm

Goodnow: K-5, 8:15am -1:45pm

MHS: 6 - 12, 7:45am - 1:15pm

Compensation:

$25.00 per hour

Organizational Relationship:

Reports to the Summer Supervisor for Special Education and Assistant Superintendent of Student Services and Equity

State of Duties:

• Provide a highly structured approach that relies on behavioral principals

• Run programs that specify pre-determined skills including: academic, communication, motor, social, adaptive daily living skills (including: toileting (may require lifting), grooming, dressing and eating) using a systematic prompting sequence

• Collect data and record progress of skill acquisition

• Graph all programs daily to track progress

• Assist students in generalizing learned skills within the general education settings
• Implement play plans and facilitate interactions
• Collect student work as directed by special education teacher or summer supervisor for special education
• Gather/create/organize materials for educational programs, behavior charts, reinforcement systems, etc. as requested by special educator
• Work with students who may exhibit behaviors such as: aggression, property destruction, self-injury, non-compliance, disruption, inattention to task, social deficits, non-verbal communication skills and safety concerns
• Implement specific behavior protocol (including data collection and graphing as needed)

• Maintain current crisis prevention certification (e.g. Safety-Care) and implement physical restraints and escorts as needed

• Consult with special educator, general educator and behavior specialist

• Complete home communication log

• Attend required meetings and trainings
• Responsible for other general duties as indicated by the Summer Administrators, directives of the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee, and policies of the Marlborough School Committee

Qualifications:

• Familiarity working with specific students in the program is highly preferred.
• 1-2 years of supervised experience using ABA methodologies, preferably in a Public school setting, with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder or related disabilities

• Minimum an Associate's degree or 2 years of college (48 credits) or Passing the ParaPro exam preferred. A Bachelor’s degree is a plus. Degree in the field of education or psychology is also a plus. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the Marlborough Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, color, homelessness, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its education programs, services, activities, or employment practices.