Inclusive Practices Support Community Field Coordinator (SY25-26)

Boston Public Schools • Boston, MA

15d

About The Position

The Boston Public Schools and Office of Special Education Supports and Services believe that students with disabilities can be academically and behaviorally successful in inclusive environments. The level and type of support our students with disabilities can vary based on their individualized educational plans (IEPs) and schools sometimes need additional technical support to ensure this academic and behavioral success. The District is looking for dynamic and innovative individuals to work collaboratively with Inclusion Support Specialist and school based teams to provide direct support to general, inclusive and substantially separate classrooms that need assistance in developing and implementing instructional strategies in academics, behavior, and/ or social skills . These may vary from individual, small group, or classroom support. The Inclusive Practices Support Team members will consist of two Inclusion Practices Specialists and one Inclusive Practices Paraprofessional. There will be four district wide Inclusive Practices Support Teams. The teams will be charged with providing direct consultation and coaching support, including modeling to classroom staff. The teams will identify and develop tools and professional development to support all students. The Inclusive Practice Support paraprofessionals need to have extensive experience as a paraprofessional working with students with disabilities and implementing and supporting successful instructional, behavioral, and social strategies in a variety of educational settings.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Forty-eight (48) Credit Hours of College Coursework or an Associate's Degree, or a passing score on one of the two following Formalized Standardized Assessments: ParaPro Assessment ( http://www.ets.org/parapro/ ) or WorkKeys Certificate of Proficiency for Teacher Assistants ( http://www.act.org/workkeys/profcert/index.html )
• Extensive experience in supporting direct, small and whole group instruction to students with disabilities
• Extensive experience in assisting with the implementation of individual and classroom behavior management plans
• Possess a minimum of three years of experience as a Special Education Paraprofessional in a large urban district
• Demonstrate experience in culturally and linguistically responsive practices
• Experience with supporting complex cases
• Demonstrate the ability to assess and address the academic and behavioral needs of students
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with others
• Current Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification
• Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment
• Other tasks as requested by the Executive Director of Special Education and Student Services.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual or fluent in a second language

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to schools that are beginning to develop classroom strategies on how to efficiently deploy paraprofessionals to support instructional, behavioral, and social challenges in individual classrooms
• Providing support to paraprofessionals in ABA and PBIS strategies
• Modeling on the how a paraprofessional can support challenging behaviors such as high intensity chronic behaviors, physical aggression, self injurious behaviors, classroom disruption
• Participate in developing short and long term strategies for classrooms and schools that are working on improving instructional, behavioral, and social supports for students, with a focus on the role of the paraprofessional
• Participate intensive intervention and support sessions for paraprofessionals
• Provide modeling of strategies to paraprofessionals in the classroom
• Assist Inclusive Practices Support Specialists in developing an understanding of the supports schools and classrooms needs across the district
• Assist Inclusive Practices Support Specialists in developing and delivering professional learning experiences for paraprofessionals based upon an understanding of the areas of support needed
• Other tasks as requested by the Executive Director of Special Education and Student Services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees