Education Specialist - MildModerate

JOB SUMMARY
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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• 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 coplanning and/or coteaching.

• 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 gtube 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 students behavior intervention plan including gathering and analyzing relevant data on a regular basis and collaborating with staff members around student plan and progress

• Regularly coteach/coplan with General Education teachers

• Coordinate the development and implementation of a students Individualized Transition Program

Additional:

• 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 Aspires 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• CA Special Education Teaching Credential (Mild/Moderate Education Specialist MildModerate Support Needs) required

• Bridge Authorizations for MildModerate Credentials received prior to June of 2022

• Bachelors Degree required; Masters Degree preferred

Competencies:

• Expertise in applicable gradelevel Common Core State Standards and Academic IEP goal development

• Knowledge around the models of coteaching and serving students with disabilities in an inclusive model

• Ability to learn quickly and to be effective in a fastpaced dynamic entrepreneurial environment: able to work autonomously and thoroughly with independent selfreflection as well as take direction as needed

• Alignment to and urgency around Aspires mission vision and values

Minimum educational level:

• Bachelors Degree required in a related field.

Experience required:

• 2 years working with students with special needs in an educational setting

Physical requirements:

• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces.

• Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.

• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.

• Assessing the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.

• Communicating with others to exchange information.

• Repeating motions that may include the wrists hands and/or fingers.

Work authorization requirements:

• Clear the Department of Justice background screening.

• Authorized to work in the United States.

• Provide health (TB) clearance (renewed every four years).

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation:

Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammates wellbeing! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools we offer employees exceptional benefits including paid time off 100 core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/longterm disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program. Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type is reflected here:

Aspire Public Schools Education Specialist Salary Scale

Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.

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