<p>The Franklin Public Schools, a Prek-12 district, is seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated individual to work as an educational assistant in the GOALS Program at the Washington St K-2 Elementary School. The GOALS Program provides a constellation of services for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The program is designed to help children with Autism reach their full potential by providing direct instruction and embedded support in the areas of social skills, academic skills, behavior, language, self-regulation and communication across all environments. The students also receive highly specialized instruction within inclusion classrooms as appropriate. This work of the assistant is performed under the direction of administration, lead teachers and BCBA.</p> <p>Responsibilities of the educational assistant include:</p> <ul> <li>Aiding in planning and implementing academic and behavioral programming for assigned students in collaboration with other members of the team </li><li>Recording and summarizing data </li><li>Work collaboratively with GOALS team members </li><li>Modifying general education curriculum/expectations to meet student's needs and skill level to insure successful inclusion experiences </li><li>Actively participate in on-going training </li></ul> <p>Qualifications include:</p> <ul> <li>Associates degree or higher or ParaPro Certification preferred </li><li>Experience with children with Autism required </li><li>Must be the kind of person who is warm, caring, respectful and have a strong desire to work with young children </li><li>Familiarity/training with the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis required </li></ul>