Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) District-Wide

Supervised by/Reports to: Director of Special Education

Job Goals and Essential Functions

1. Supervise, direct, instruct, and monitor district Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs).
2. Provide BCBA services for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) eligible students.
3. Work cooperatively and collaborates with Special Education Behavior Coaches and District Behavior Technicians, and Behavior Counselor.
4. Work cooperatively with special education administrators, resource specialists, school psychologists, school psychometrists and special education teachers in developing Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans (FBAs/BIPs) for students.
5. Plan, design, develop and assist with the implementation of programs, policies, and best practices related to instruction using the principles of ABA. Management and/or behavioral interventions.
6. Creatively solve problems and work through the conflict resolution process as part/member of an educational team.
7. Administer and/or train staff on the administration of behavior-related assessments including FBAs, BIPs, and the ABLLS assessments.
8. Design and assist staff with data collection, date review, and recommend modifications to behavior plans and BIPs (as needed).
9. Participate in behavior teams providing support and management for the implementations of behavior plans.
10. Maintain appropriate records, assist and provide guidance for teachers and other staff in the implementation of behavioral intervention strategies.
11. Provide coaching and professional development to staff on behavior interventions and supports.
12. Confer with regular classroom teachers, along with special education teachers regarding students with behavioral challenges.
13. Confer with members of IEP Teams, district staff, or individually in an IEP meeting, a conference, to discuss and evaluate student progress/performance for planning, modifying, for the coordination of individual programs.
14. Participate in the referral and/or re-evaluation process for selected students when a diagnosis of ASD is being considered for school-determined eligibility processes (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA).
15. Assist with maintaining student data and prepare pertinent reports requested by the Director of Special Education.
16. Develop training materials and provide professional development activities to administrators, teachers, instructional assistants/aides in ABA-based strategies, evidence-based strategies, methodologies to address the needs of students with a diagnosis of autism, autism spectrum disorder, as well as those students with other behavioral disorders.
17. Maintain a working knowledge of best practices and laws governing behavioral supports and interventions for students with or without disabilities.
18. Attend professional development activities as directed by the Director of Special Education.
19. Carry out other responsibilities as designated by the Director of Special Education.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of specified information as required
• Ability to conference with visitors in person or on the telephone in a pleasant, courteous manner
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and in written forms
• Ability to use excellent English, grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Ability to use computer skills required to do spreadsheets, word processing and record keeping
• Ability to distribute documents in an efficient and effective manner
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with others
• Ability to organize materials and maintain accurate records
• Knowledge of the Limestone County School System functions, departments, personnel, and schools necessary for the efficient communications
• Physical and emotional ability and dexterity to perform required work and move about as needed in a fast-paced, high-intensive work environment
• Ability to work an expected workday of eight (7.5) hours, or more if necessary
• Ability to lift twenty-five (50) pounds and transport a short distance
• Ability to drive from school to school in the school district and to professional meetings
• Demonstrates professional ethics

Qualifications

• Valid Alabama Special Education Teacher, School Psychologist, or School Social Worker certification
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) credentials
• Maintain credentialing in compliance with BCBA requirements
• Expertise in the field and knowledge of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders), experience working in public schools preferred
• Knowledge of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is preferred
• Knowledge and ability to implement physical management training required. Training in PMT preferred
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable

Physical Demands

The employee will be required to complete non-violent Crisis Intervention Prevention (CIP) training as well as other crisis management training as assigned by the district. The Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is required to physically restrain students when applicable and as trained. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands to finger, to handle, or feel objects, equipment, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull, carry and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Salary: Salary to be established by The Limestone County School's District Salary Schedule.

Terms of Employment: 202 days

AEA Approved: 5/14/2024

Board Approved: 5/14/2024

The statements included in this description are not intended to be representative of the duties and responsibilities of this job. They are not to be interpreted as being all-inclusive. The employee may be assigned other duties that are not specifically included in this job description.

LIMESTONE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER