STIPEND OPPORTUNITY: Special Education Assessor (SUM25)

JOB TITLE: STIPEND OPPORTUNITY: Special Education Assessor

BPS HIRING UNIT: Office of Specialized Services

REPORTS TO: Chief of Specialized Services or their designee

STIPEND OPPORTUNITY DATES: 6/24/2025 to 8/31/2025

STIPEND POSITION OVERVIEW:

1. The Office of Specialized Services (OSS) seeks to develop a talent pool of current licensed BPS Teachers/Related Service Providers to administer Special Education assessments.

1. Incumbents will need to be familiar with administering scoring and interpreting the assessment results in their respective areas.

1. This is an in-person opportunity. Assessments will be conducted at designated testing centers city-wide. All work will take place outside of regular working hours at an assessment center or at a school.

1. Assessors will be required to:
1. Administer the assessment in-person and complete the assessment reporting components. The assessment report will be an original document written by the assessor and will contain testing results description of subtests administered interpretation of the results and recommendations. *A generated test summary from testing platforms will not be an acceptable form of an assessment report.
2. Upload the assessment results and reports into EdPlan three days prior to the meeting.
3. For children & students found eligible for academic support goals must be provided.
4. Attend the TEAM meeting or contact the TEAM member presenting the assessment results to discuss findings at the TEAM meeting.

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

1. Currently working in Boston Public Schools;
2. Experience administering approved battery of tests; and
3. Appropriate licensing.

TERMS:

1. At the discretion of the OSS Chief or their designee travel costs (mileage parking public transportation fees) will be reimbursed in accordance with the existing BPS policy.
2. Some assessments require travel outside of the City of Boston to complete. At the discretion of the OSS Chief or their designee travel time will be reimbursed at the negotiated hourly rate.
3. Delivering Findings:
1. IEP meeting attendance will be reimbursed per BTU stipend hourly rate for up to 1.5 hours. Zoom timestamps must be submitted as proof that the meeting occurred. If the meeting is not held for any reason (ex. Not scheduled not conducted as anticipated due to lack of caregiver attendance) no compensation will be provided.
2. 30 Minute Pre-IEP Meeting: OSS will pay a staff member for reviewing the results with the parent/guardian of an assessment in a 30 minute pre-IEP meeting if they are unable to attend the actual IEP meeting. To be paid for the 30 minute pre-IEP meeting the staff member must complete the meeting over Zoom and submit the Zoom timestamp report when the staff member submits for payment.
4. The stipend will be paid out once the work is completed uploaded in EdPlan and approved by the Senior Director of Related Services or their designee.
5. A unique stipend per assessment area (please see breakdown below) per student will be provided to each assessor. See table below for rates.

Lead Department

Discipline

Assessment Tool

Stipend per Case

Related Services

Speech Therapy

SLP Assessments: Including but not limited to: CELF-IV CELF-P3 PLS-4 Communication Matrix

$400

Related Services

Occupational Therapy

OT Assessments: Including but not limited to: Peabody Developmental Motor Scales 3 Beery VMI DTVP3 BOT3 MFun Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)

$350

Related Services

Adaptive Physical Education

OT Assessments: Including but not limited to: Observation BPS APE Observation and Referral Assessment Test of Gross Motor Development

$275

Related Services

Orientation & Mobility

SeeTeacher of the Visually Impaired

$325

Related Services

Physical Therapy

PT Assessments: Including but not limited to: PDMS3 BOT3 SFA and ICF model

$325

Related Services

Teachers of the Visually Impaired

PT Assessments: Including but not limited to: Functional Vision Learning Media TAPS Oregon

$625

Related Services

Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

TOD Assessments: Including but not limited to: OWLS Test of Auditory Function Observation LIFE-R

$275

Related Services

Audiologist

See above

$285

Related Services

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

SETT Framework and Feature matching

$400

Related Services

Feeding Specialist

Provide and train in implementation and plans for safety

$400

Transitions

TPI 3 and ONet

$600

Early Childhood Specialized Services

Academic

Developmental Assessment Caregiver Interview and Observation

$300

Academic

WIAT

$400

Behavioral Health Services

Psychology

Psychological Assessments: WISC-V RIAS-2 Stanford-Binet others as needed

Behavioral Checklists: BASC Conners Brief others as needed

$600

Coordinators of Summer Assessments

THIS IS NOT A COSE ROLE

Coordinate schedule all summer assessments. Verify all reports are uploaded appropriately. Prepare payroll spreadsheets.

Hourly rate of $56.81/hour

Summer Assessment Manager

Coordination/ Management

Oversee/Manage Summer Assessment Program

$70/hour

Health Services

Nursing

Assessment of students requiring nursing assessments for specialized health care needs. EEC nurse specialist and the nurse liaison for students with special healthcare needs requiring 1:1 nursing services.

$350

ABA Evaluations

ABA

Assessment of students requiring highly specialized instruction using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in addition to tiered instructional interventions that have been attempted with limited impact.

$400

SPECIAL TERMS:

Transitions

1. The TPI 3 and ONet as well as other assessments depending on the vision current student performance work and life experiences need and transition related goals.
2. An interview and observation of the student in his current placement is also required.
3. A summary of findings and recommendations will be based on the data gathered as well as an interview with the student and a review of available records and student performance.