License Required:
Minnesota PELSB issued license in K-12 Special Education (any area), School Counseling, Social Work or School Psychologist
Compensation:
Click here to view the 2024-25 teacher salary schedule. Rates for this position can be found in Appendix -a-, Schedule A.
This Position Is/Not Medical and/or Dental Benefit Eligible.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement social/emotional/behavioral interventions with special education students on an individual and/or small group basis including counseling and providing crisis intervention services as needed. Implement interventions including: family change, friendship, emotional and self-regulation groups, and others determined by student need
- Support implementation of RTI (Response to Intervention) specific to social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students.
- Support teachers in the development of classroom-based accommodations to meet students social-emotional needs.
- Implement interventions and/or services on IEP’s including: family change, friendship, ADHD groups, and others determined by student need.
- Conduct developmental guidance lessons in classroom settings, as planned in conjunction with the students IEP team classroom teachers conjunction with building support for teachers and principal.
- Assist families to better understand the school and its programs and to strengthen the communication link between school and home.
- Complete required Due Process procedures within mandated time frames.
- May be responsible for case management of special education students.
- Serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team to assess and/or reassess students referred for special education services.
- Prepares and implements appropriate service plans for special education students, documents progress in the Individual Education Plan (IEP), attends IEP meetings.
- A liaison to administrators, teachers, and families in identifying referrals to outside support agencies.
- Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Help students both directly and indirectly with their educational, personal, social, emotional, or career oriented needs; it may be part of the guidance curriculum, individual planning, responsive services, system support or, in many cases, a blend of those factors.
- Serve on student support team.
- Provide assessments which involve preparation of social and developmental histories.
- Other tasks include administering social interaction instruments, interviewing parents, child and staff, observation of child in school, collection of agencies reports, and review of school information.
- Collaborative work in a fast-paced environment interacting with students, staff, administrators, parents, and the community with multiple requests and concerns.
- Support and communicate with other administrators and staff.
- Respond in emergency situations.
- Know, interpret, and follow school District policies.
- May be responsible supervision of paraprofessionals
- Participates in a professional learning community on a regular basis.
- Participates in training on third party reimbursement and implement third party reimbursement tasks as needed.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to apply appropriate skills in performing daily routines.
- Demonstrated ability to operate a computer, software and necessary technology.
- Ability to develop effective and positive working relationships with students, staff, administrators, parents, and the community.
- Maintain professional composure while dealing with a variety of personalities and situations.
- Show initiative and function as a self-starter.
- Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Hiring Administrators:
Christine Breen, Executive Director of Student Support Services
Anjie Flowers, General Counsel and Executive Director of Human Resources
Shanna Lecy, Director of Special Education
Bryan McGinley, Principal
Application Procedure:
External Applicants:
Please upload a letter of interest, resume, 3 letters of professional recommendation, transcripts and Minnesota Teacher license information with your online application.
Internal Applicants:
Current educators do not need to attach letters of recommendation or transcripts
