Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

The Stepping Stones Group, LLC; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 117,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stepping Stones Group, LLC seeks a BCBA for an Early Intervention & Professional Supports School-Based Consultant in Baltimore. You will collaborate with teachers and paraprofessionals, applying behavior analysis to classrooms and school systems to strengthen practices.

This role offers hands-on coaching, data-driven progress, and professional development opportunities through ABLE and BACB-approved courses in Maryland.

Qualifications

• Active BCBA certification required.
• Maryland Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA) license required.
• Experience in early childhood, early intervention, or school settings preferred.
• Experience consulting with school or district leadership preferred.
• Experience designing or evaluating professional development and MTSS programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coach teachers and paraprofessionals in real classrooms through modeling and feedback.
• Design classroom environments, routines, and supports to engage young children.
• Strengthen IEP goals, co-teaching, and small-group instruction.
• Support children with autism and complex behavioral, communication, and social-emotional needs.
• Lead hands-on workshops and quick-turn consultations with school teams.
• Partner with school and district leaders and involve family voices.
• Use classroom data to show progress and guide next steps.
• Audit PD plans and resources for quality and alignment.
• Guide systems design with principals and district leaders, including adult roles and coaching routines.
• Help plan for extending effective supports across settings.

Skills

Experience training teachers

Experience with autism

School leadership consulting

Professional development design

MTSS experience

Education

BCBA certification

Maryland LBA license

Job description

BCBA | Early Intervention & Professional Supports School-Based Consultant

Baltimore, Maryland | Full-Time, Hourly

Hourly Range: $85.00-$90.00

Take behavior science beyond the caseload through early intervention and professional support in Maryland.

SSG is expanding its early intervention and professional support initiatives for young children and the educators who serve them in the Baltimore area. We are identifying uniquely skilled individuals to support this work. As an Early Intervention & Professional Support Systems Consultant, you will collaborate in early learning environments, working side by side with teachers, supporting professional learning, and helping strengthen practices across educational settings. Your behavior science expertise makes you a natural fit, and this role takes it beyond individual cases into educator development, classrooms, and school systems.

Why you will love this role

• Help shape meaningful practice. Contribute your expertise to evolving early intervention and professional support initiatives.
• Get insider access to cutting-edge tools before anyone else. You'll be mentored by SSG's systems leaders and product builders, apply innovative tools in educational settings, and see your field insights built into what comes next.
• See your impact. Watch classrooms transform over the school year, with the data to prove it.
• Your ideas travel. Help translate effective practices into approaches that can support additional classrooms and programs.
• Do the work you love. Hands-on time in real classrooms with young children and the educators who teach them.
• A team behind you. Join a national company with a deep clinical team of BCBAs, school psychologists, SLPs, and OTs.
• Grow your practice. Coach with SSG's ABLE framework and Behavior Coaching methods, with access to BACB-approved continuing education.

What your days look like

• Coach teachers and paraprofessionals in real classrooms through modeling, practice, and real-time feedback
• Design classroom environments, routines, and visual supports that help young children engage and learn
• Strengthen IEP goals, co-teaching, and small-group instruction
• Help teams support children with autism and complex behavioral, communication, and social-emotional needs
• Lead hands-on workshops and quick-turn consultations with school teams
• Partner with school and district leaders, and bring family and staff voices into the work
• Use classroom data to show progress and guide next steps
• Audit existing PD plans, resources, and practices for quality and alignment
• Guide systems design with principals and district leaders, including adult roles, coaching routines, and data use
• Help plan for strengthening and extending effective supports across settings

What you bring

• Active BCBA certification
• Active Maryland Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA) license (required)
• Experience in early childhood, early intervention, or school settings
• Experience training teachers and paraprofessionals
• Experience supporting children with autism and complex needs
• Experience consulting with school or district leadership
• Experience designing or evaluating professional development
• Systems-level experience, such as MTSS or program implementation