Education Specialist - Mild/Moderate

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, 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 (. 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 (. lifting, assisting with mobility, access to

• 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

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 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

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

• Bridge Authorizations for Mild-Moderate Credentials received prior to June of 2022

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred

Competencies:

• Expertise in applicable grade-level Common Core State Standards and Academic IEP goal development

• Knowledge around the models of co-teaching and serving students with disabilities in an inclusive model

• Ability to learn quickly and to be effective in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment: able to work autonomously and thoroughly with independent self-reflection, as well as take direction as needed

• Alignment to and urgency around Aspire’s mission, vision and values

Minimum educational level:

• Bachelor’s 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 teammate's well-being! 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/long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program.