Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Company: Andover Public Schools
Location: Andover
Posted on: February 15, 2025

Job Description:

Description

All candidates should make sure to read the following job description and information carefully before applying.

This position if for a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) who will operate as part of the district's behavioral support team. Within each schoolhouse, BCBAs are partnered with a multidisciplinary team of mental and behavioral health staff (i.e. psychologists, social workers, RBTs) to provide wraparound support for inclusion-setting higher needs students.

Responsibilities



Assessment: Competency to complete FAs and FBAs, behavioral observations, creation of organized data collection systems.


Planning:Creation of Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs), systems of individual and group reinforcement, design of structured postvention for behavioral incidents


Oversight of care for specifically identified students:Organize and maintain student information associated with each student, including student needs tracking forms, data collection results, and collateral information.


Consultation:Provide teacher and staff consultation to promote inclusion of students in the general education setting.
Provide in-class support for students.
Design classroom-based interventions, and training for general staff, to promote in-class functioning and access to academic instruction.
Participation on MTSS teams to identify students who are at risk of educational challenges.
Help design tiered interventions to support students in the classroom.


Supervision of Registered Behavioral Technicians (RBTs)
Member of assigned buildings' SafetyCare response team.
Understanding of Special Education:Provision of Grid A consultation to identified building staff
Consultation to Sp.Ed. teams regarding the design of IEP goals.





Qualifications





Credentialing through the BACB
Appropriate credentialing by MA DESE


Application Materials:

APS application form
Work samples strongly encouraged (i.e. FBA, BIP, assessment report)



Supplemental Information

Andover Public Schools (APS) seeks candidates who embody our ethos, which includes valuing the identities of all students, high expectations for all students, teaching excellence, collaboration, innovation, respect, and responsibility.
APS is committed to hiring and supporting a racially and ethnically diverse faculty and staff. Racially and ethnically diverse teachers produce a myriad of positive outcomes for all students, especially the most historically marginalized students.

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