The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate Support Needs instructs students with Individualized Education Plans in an inclusive environment. This role works directly within a school site and collaborates regularly with Special Education staff and may work with outside consultants and district personnel as needed.
Requirements
- Administer academic assessments, write the academic assessment reports and present at IEP meetings
- Consult and communicate with faculty and parents via meetings, phone, and email regarding the needs and progress of students
- Maintain knowledge of current regulations pertaining to special education
- Collaborate with faculty to ensure that student modifications and accommodations are being appropriately implemented in the general education classroom
- Assist with the development of the master schedule to plan for all student IEP needs
- Meet the minimum IDEA requirements related to case management
- Input weekly IEP service tracking and meet all IEP timelines
- Maintain a high level or rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core standards
- Develop progress monitoring tools for student goals that is shared with the IEP team
- Regularly collaborate with team members and related service providers for the purposes of: reviewing student data, ensuring IEP and behavior plan implementation, co-planning and/or co-teaching
- Daily oversight of paraprofessional support, including support with creating a schedule and implementation of the IEP
- Demonstrate effective organization skills in order to create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations
- Implement health and mobility supports (i.e. support student/s with toileting, g-tube feeding, administration of medication while under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (i.e. lifting, assisting with mobility, access to campus.)
- Oversee, teach and implement a student’s behavior intervention plan, including gathering and analyzing relevant data on a regular basis, and collaborating with staff members around student plan and progress
- Regularly co-teach/co-plan with General Education teachers
- Coordinate the development and implementation of a student’s Individualized Transition Program
- Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.
- Knowledge of special education principles, concepts, methodologies, and documentation requirements
- Knowledge of special education assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation
- Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles
- Ability and willingness to implement students’ IEPs
- Belief in inclusion and Aspire’s Equity Belief Statements and demonstrates high expectations for students with diverse learning needs
- Ability and willingness to reflect and improve
- Ability to follow and meet mandated deadlines and due dates
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing conditions; ability and good judgment to take initiative to modify activities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate with general education and special education colleagues, parents and community
- Ability to excel as a member of a team and implement new learnings from professional development
- Ability to work with an ethnically and economically diverse student body
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid holidays
