Occupational Therapist (11 Months), Vassal Lane Upper School
Occupational Therapist (11 Months), Vassal Lane Upper School
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Position:
Occupational Therapist (11 Months)
Office of Student Services/Vassal Lane Upper School
Cambridge is a vibrant diverse city and a central hub and driver of the nations innovation economy. Home of the renowned educational institutions of Harvard and MIT Cambridge is also the center of an impressive array of biotechnology science and information technology companies.
Educating about 7000 students JK-12 the Cambridge Public Schools includes award-winning faculty cutting edge technology and innovative programs. While each of our public schools is unique they are joined in a shared vision of rigorous joyful and culturally responsive learning plus personalized support for every student. Over 30% of CPS students speak a language other than English at home and over 65 languages are spoken by our families. Among the most common are Spanish Haitian Creole Amharic Arabic Bengali and Chinese. Our schools proudly embrace this diversity.
The Office of Student Services (OSS) is responsible for providing a variety of supports and services to students in Cambridge Public Schools (CPS). Our programs are dedicated to ensuring equitable access and success for students with disabilities and students who have advanced learning needs. The Office of Student Services is comprised of special education 504 services and the office of advanced learning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with teachers other related service providers and parents to ensure understanding of students occupational performance strengths and needs through evaluation educational program planning and service delivery.
- Evaluate students through a variety of functional behavioral and standardized assessments skilled observation checklists histories and interviews.
- Synthesize evaluation results into a comprehensive written report which reflects strengths and barriers to student participation in the educational environment.
- Participate in multidisciplinary meetings to review evaluation results integrate findings with other disciplines offer recommendations and develop individual education plans and intervention plans to achieve IEP goals.
- Provides targeted evidence-based therapeutic intervention to facilitate student participation and occupational performance within the school environment.
- Collect data for decision making and progress monitoring.
- Schedule direct services using a variety of service delivery models including classroom intervention consultation/collaboration and pull-out sessions as appropriate to meet student needs in the least restrictive environment.
- Maintain easily accessible and accurate student files.
- Safeguard confidentiality of student records.
- Complete logging of services for third party reimbursement accurately and in a timely manner.
- Monitor and reassess the effects of specific occupational therapy intervention and the need to continue modify or discontinue services.
- Adapt and modify environments equipment and materials.
- Train instructional staff to meet individual needs and to help students function as independently as possible.
- Manage inventory of therapeutic equipment.
- Attend reconvened Team meetings and parent-teacher conferences.
- Chair team meetings and participate collaboratively with multidisciplinary educational teams to develop Individualized Education programs (IEPs) write measurable goals and objectives and complete all required documentation in a timely manner.
- Develop appropriate IEPs and/or 504 Plans based on students strengths and needs and demonstrates awareness of professional performance in due process matters and litigious environments.
- Plan coordinate and conduct educational trainings for staff parents and students.
- Participate in professional meetings and workshops directly related to the Occupational Therapy.
- Any related duties as outlined by the Assistant Superintendent Special Education Director and/or Coordinator of the Office of Student Services.
Your Skill Set:
As the incoming Occupational Therapist you will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree or higher from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
- Registered Occupational Therapist.
- Massachusetts License or the ability to obtain Massachusetts licensure in Occupational Therapy.
- Experience teaching and/or working in an urban school system with special needs students.
- Knowledge of sensory motor integration techniques.
How to Join Our Team:
Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity.
At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.
Employment Type
Full-Time
