Assistant: Decision Making Room - Bates Middle

Overview

Title Code: C21049

Title: ASSISTANT: DECISION MAKING ROOM

Job Details: The approximate start date for this position is 2/1/26

Responsible for the delivery of intervention strategies, protocols, social skills instruction and techniques for students exhibiting a variety of disruptive, challenging, and/or aggressive behavior in secondary schools who are referred to the Decision Making Rooms (DMR). The nature of the work involves implementing and using behavioral intervention techniques to de-escalate, monitor, and control disruptive behaviors, utilizing behavior management techniques, and to teach social skills replacement behaviors in order to enable students to perform successfully in school.

• Works directly with students in small groups and individually to implement instructional programs, plans and activities for students who are disruptive to the educational environment.
• Teaches social skills for replacement behaviors that contribute to disruptive, challenging behaviors.
• Monitor student behaviors as they return to the classroom through follow up with the referring teachers and to provide feedback and suggestions for successful functioning in school/classroom.
• Participates in training of school staff on the development of Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans.
• Provides support to school staff on Cooperative Discipline Techniques.
• Implements Second Step in the DMR. Keeps daily records and logs for students in the DMR. Completes daily data tracking and uses the data for decision making for students referred to the DMR. Assists students with development of reentry plans following the DMR referral.
• Uses intervention techniques to help the student de-escalate, including non-violent crisis intervention (CPI).
• Assists in the re-establishment of relations between the students and referring teacher, mediating, and resolving issues or difficulties to create a cohesive learning environment in which every student participates and feels comfortable.
• Participation in on-going staff development
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or Equivalency Certificate required.

• Two (2) years experience required.

• Considerable patience and ability to work with students with challenging behaviors.
• Willingness to learn and implement instructional methods, strategies, and techniques to assist students.
• Ability to exercise patience, courtesy, tact and good judgment in dealing with challenging students.
• Ability to establish effective and cooperative working relations with professional and support staff.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated proficiency with business technology applications (e.g. Video/Web Conferencing, Microsoft Office Suite
  -Word, Excel, Outlook, and/or PowerPoint preferred).

Employee must retain active licenses, certifications, and enrollment as a condition of employment.

• Hold or be eligible for Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification issued by AACPS/Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) preferred; or
• Hold or be eligible for Registered Behavior Technician(RBT) Certification issued by Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc preferred.

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Qualification Requirements for Employment in Higher Grade as a New Hire or Transfer requires:

• Two (2) additional years successful experience required.
• Achievement of Registered Behavior Technician Certification or Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification required.

• Two (2) years continuous successful experience in the…