BSA-Behavior Support Aid

Ncpsk12; Machipongo (VA); On-site; USD 19,699; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Virginia is seeking a part-time Behavioral Support Aid to assist students in achieving their academic and behavioral goals. This role involves providing direct support to students, maintaining confidentiality while ensuring a high standard of care. Candidates should possess a high school diploma and demonstrate strong organizational abilities. The position offers a pay rate of $14.30/hr with no additional benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to assist students with physical and behavioral needs.
• Experience in following Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
• Ability to write and document observations.

Responsibilities

• Provide accommodations to students for academic objectives.
• Assist with the supervision of students during various activities.
• Monitor student performance and behaviors.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management skills

Teamwork

Record keeping skills

Confidentiality

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - Northampton County Public Schools

• Position Type: Student Support Services/ BSA-Behavioral Support Aid

BSA-Behavior Support Aid

Salary: $14.30/hr. (Hourly Position-No Benefits Included) Please visit the NCPS website to determine salary specifics according to the current salary scale: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P15c1zCOGw1dkVfMsZeKvSLmQiygiBtF

Primary Purpose

Under the direction of the teacher, the behavioral support aide will provide accommodations to students in order for them to achieve academic and behavioral objectives.

Depending upon the classroom assignment, the Behavioral Support Aide will:

• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students.
• Follow the requirements of the student’s Individualized Education Plan.
• Provide supplemental support for the assigned student in complementary skills such as staying on task, keeping focused, and developing social skills for working in groups, etc.
• Assist with the supervision of the student in all school environments: all classes, transitions within the day, lunch periods, emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assist student with physical, personal, behavioral, and health needs.
• Participate in professional development as required.
• Support instruction by monitoring student, checking work, answering questions, writing, etc.
• Maintain a daily journal recording significant student behaviors, interventions used, and the results of those interventions.
• Support instruction by writing, showing, or demonstrating with the use of concrete examples for the student to understand.
• Work with individual student to reinforce learning of material or skills.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing academic material and behavioral skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual student, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Read to student, listen to student read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with the student.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the teacher or Director of Special Programs.

Additional Duties

Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of student performance.

Note

The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Equipment

• Uses standard office equipment such as personal computer, copy machine, fax machine, telephone.
• Uses calculating devices.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good record keeping/documentation skills.
• Demonstrate ability to supervise and provide academic and behavioral accommodations to students.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, performs complex arithmetic operations and use calculators.
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
• Ability to problem‑solve issues.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

Qualification Profile

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

• High School Diploma or GED

FLSA Status: Hourly No Benefits

Postings current as of 12/28/2025 12:26:23 PM CST.

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