Full job descriptionSUMMARY:Join an innovative team of educators supporting students with special needs in a unique and specialized setting attached to a community school. To meet the needs of students with complex learning and developmental needs, Lewiston Schools has established a multidisciplinary intensive education program designed to support students with individualized programming while encouraging them to benefit from their peers and offer access to naturalistic teaching settings.This role is part of a highly supported team building on a strong programmatic structure for all classrooms with opportunities to individualize and innovate. The BHPs will support the special educator in facilitating a flexible class environment favorable to learning and personal independence; meaningful social interaction with peers; students to strengthen social, and executive functioning, and foundational learning skills needed for success in their elementary grade education. This role offers many opportunities for team collaboration in order to best help students generalize their learning across settings.

Keeping calm in unforeseen circumstances is being thoughtful of variables that may, or may not maintain challenging behavior.

Facilitate 1:1, 1:2 and small group instruction while meeting the needs of complex learners.This includes all academic, behavioral and functional skill instruction, generalization and maintenance. This would also include other areas throughout a student's day such as: lunch, recess, hallway transitions, social opportunities with peers as well as transportation.