Teaching Assistant - Early Intervention- Richmond Campus

Description

We are seeking a dedicated and energetic professional to support students by implementing daily educational programs and behavior treatment plans in a classroom setting. This role involves delivering one-on-one and group instruction, reinforcing positive behaviors, collecting and graphing data, and assisting with IEP-driven goals. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, compassionate, and committed to helping students build essential academic, social, and life skills. Responsibilities include facilitating instructional activities, monitoring behavior plans, completing daily communication logs, supporting community-based instruction, and maintaining a collaborative and professional classroom environment.

Essential Core Responsibilities

Instruction, IEP Implementation, and Facilitation of Instructional Activities

• •Conducts instruction (e.g., one-on-one, small group, whole group) to teach students new skills in a variety of environments
• •Reinforces appropriate behavior of students and corrects incorrect responses appropriately
• •Provides instruction at pace appropriate for student and curricular procedure/sequence, completing target level of learn units presented daily and weekly
• •Records daily learn unit responses for the students as directed and graphs learn unit data and related information daily
• •After achieving criterion on prerequisite training modules, makes data-based decisions to bring instructional needs to the attention of the teacher or program supervisor
• •Meets learn unit and learn-units-to-criterion objectives as outlined by the program supervisor or classroom teacher
• •Assists students in tasks designed to master goals and objectives from the IEP
• •Assist with completion of educational, preference, and behavior assessments, under the guidance of the classroom teacher or program supervisor
• •Facilitates participation in group activities, keeping students on-task
• •Physically assists clients with challenging tasks (i.e. toileting, feeding, walking, cutting and pasting)
• •Facilitates community-based instruction by adhering to and implementing school-specific procedures off school premises

Daily Activities

• •Writes notes in daily home/school communication log for each student according to standards outlined in professional writing trainings under the supervision of the classroom teacher
• •Follows posted classroom schedule of student/staff pairing, including following pick-up and drop-off schedule daily
• •Gathers and/or generates materials under the supervision of the classroom teacher
• •With all other team members, completes all cleaning and classroom assignments on a daily basis
• •Works on and completes modules on a schedule provided by the program supervisor or classroom teacher
• •Completes assigned trainings and implements procedures as outlined in trainings or in training materials
• •Works harmoniously on assigned team, engaging professionally with all internal and external consumers

Monitor and Record Behavior

• •Implements and monitors student behavior treatment plan to address maladaptive behaviors
• •Responds to targeted behaviors as outlined in plan and/or as directed by a behavior analyst supervisor
• •Collects and records daily data on occurrence of behaviors according to the schedule or guidelines outlined
• •Assists in maintaining updated records and graphs related to social behaviors through event recording, interval recording, duration recording, etc. for behavior treatment plans and IEP objectives
• •Shares responsibility with other staff in updating cumulative treatment records reflecting students current level of performance

Training

• •Models all Faison handbook policies and procedures as well as instructional and behavior management related competencies throughout the work day
• •Implements staff training protocols with Teaching Assistants, accurately utilizing any staff training resources (such as training handbooks, module assignments, and hands on training sequences)

Requirements

Experience Requirements

• •Ability to work with children with autism and their families
• •Ability to work on a team
• •Ability to independently follow instructions to complete assigned tasks
• •Ability to provide consistent behavioral feedback on educational objectives
• •Ability to work in a diverse environment
• •Previous experience working with children
• •Previous experience with autism preferred, using the tactics of Applied Behavior Analysis
• •Ability to serve as a consistent role model for other staff members

Education Requirements

• •High school diploma or equivalent required
• •Bachelor’s degree preferred

Essential Physical Requirements

• •Lift 50 pounds (and keep back straight while doing so)
• •Bend at all joints fluently
• •Move in and out of and maintain a kneeling position for up to five minutes
• •Reach in all directions
• •Grasp using both hands
• •Move quickly in both confined and open spaces to avoid safety issues
• •Run in order to retrieve an individual who is moving quickly away from staff
• •Maintain balance while lowering to a half squat position