Behavior Mentor, Chester County Learning Center

Chester County Intermediate Unit; Coatesville (Chester County); Sur place; USD 38 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Excellent medical coverage

Vision and dental coverage

PSERS retirement

Life Insurance

Long-term disability

Résumé du poste

The Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU) Learning Center in Coatesville, PA is hiring multiple full-time Behavior Mentors (RBTs). You will implement ABA-based strategies, support PBSPs, collect progress data, and collaborate with staff to help students with behavioral needs.

Ideal candidates hold a high school diploma with ABA experience and are prepared to obtain CPR/First Aid and RBT credentials within set timeframes. Excellent benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience with emotionally and behaviorally challenged students.
• CPR/First Aid within 30 days of hire.
• RBT credential required within 90 days of hire.
• PA/ FBI clearances current as specified in the posting.

Responsabilités

• Serve as liaison to ensure PBSPs are implemented with fidelity.
• Model proactive, evidence-based strategies for staff.
• Collect data on goals, interventions, and referrals.
• Maintain PBSP highlights and data tools for staff.
• Arrange the learning environment and support classroom staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Relationship building

Data collection

Collaboration

De-escalation

ABA knowledge

Formation

High school diploma

Bachelor's preferred

Outils

PBSPs

Data templates

Description du poste

We are currently hiring multiple full-time Behavior Mentors(RBTs) at the Chester County Learning Center within the Student Services division of the Chester County Intermediate Unit, located in Coatesville, PA. This position involves providing direct behavior support to students with behavioral and emotional needs.

Are you motivated to create brighter futures for students, families, and the entire community? If so, we want you on Team CCIU! At the CCIU, we pride ourselves on the creativity, dedication, and collaborative spirit that our employees bring to their work every day, and we know that achieving success together takes a team approach! We strive to hire exceptional, motivated, and passionate individuals that help us achieve our vision of acting as educational leaders who contribute to a better Chester County and beyond.

Summary Of Position

The primary role of the behavior mentor is to implement proactive, evidence-based strategies both individually with students and with staff by modeling strategies. The behavior mentor uses principles of applied behavior analysis to extinguish negative behaviors and promote positive replacement behaviors as developed in students' IEPs. The mentor works collaboratively with classroom staff to implement Positive Behavior Support Plans (PBSPs), collect data on current IEP goals and interventions, and communicate noted trends to classroom staff. The mentor will utilize de-escalation techniques and management strategies for student-student or student-staff conflicts. The mentor works in conjunction with and reports directly to the Behavior Analyst.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

Assisting The Teacher

• Serve as liaison between Behavior Consultant/Behavior Analyst/administrative staff to ensure classroom staff implement students' PBSPs/teaching plans with fidelity.
• Model proactive, evidence-based strategies for classroom staff.
• Collect data on current goals, current interventions, discipline referrals, and ABC data for new Functional Behavior Assessments.
• Generate data tracking systems in collaboration with classroom staff to represent collected data graphically to ensure communication of student progress.
• Maintain paperwork for each student to support staff collaboration to include IEP at a glance, important personal information, most current PBSP highlights, the student's goals with tracking sheets, and pertinent data tools like ABC sheets or DBR scales.
• Arrange the learning environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Assisting With Students

• Implement universal expectations and follow established consequences for all students, while implementing strategies and individualized modifications for all students with specific programming.
• Work independently with students to provide opportunities to reinforce and practice newly taught replacement behaviors.
• Work independently with students to generalize learned replacement behaviors to new learning environments.
• Support students placing themselves or others in imminent risk by implementing Personal Emergency Interventions, after having been trained and demonstrating competency in the skills.

Assisting With Clerical Duties

• Work independently to represent collected data graphically.
• Work independently to enter all daily data into provided templates (Skill Card Database).
• Entering discipline referrals into the Student Information System.

Essential Job Skills

Skills required of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, staff and parents.
• Ability to apply sound judgment to resolve conflicts and problems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with educational and behavioral staff.
• Ability to work with emotionally disturbed and/or behaviorally disordered students in a calm, professional manner.
• Ability to collect, graph, and analyze data.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree (psychology, education, social work, counseling) preferred
• Previous experience working with students with significant emotional and behavioral needs; demonstrated ability to relate well to adolescent population desired.
• ABA experience preferred
• Experience working with secondary students preferred
• CPR/First Aid Certification required within 30 days of hire
• Registered Behavior Technician Credential required to be obtained within 90-days of hire
• PA Criminal and Child abuse Clearances current within 180 days prior to start date required
• FBI clearance current within 1 year of start date required
• Clearance as an MA provider by both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government required

RATE OF PAY: 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR

• Support, Level 12
• $27.82 - $33.86 Hourly
• Placement on the step salary scale based upon related experience

Schedule

• Monday- Friday. 7.5 hours/day, 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM
• 190 days/year, following the school year calendar

Support Staff Benefits

• Excellent medical, prescription, vision and dental coverage at minimal cost to employee
• If medical, prescription, vision and dental coverage is not needed, opt-out payments available
• Life insurance in amount of 1x annual salary paid by CCIU
• Long-term disability insurance effective 31st day of illness/injury
• Retirement through PSERS, PA's Public School Employees Retirement System
• Worker's Compensation
• New employees accrue 10 sick days and 2 personal days annually
• Tuition reimbursement - 100% of 12 credits per year
• ...and much more!

LOCATION

• 1635 East Lincoln Hwy; Coatesville, PA 19320
• Click to learn more about our school,CCIU Learning Center

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Chester County Intermediate Unit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Chester County Intermediate Unit ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Chester County Intermediate Unit has a policy of active recruitment of minority teachers and non-certified employees. Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the Department of Human Resources at 484-237-5085.