SPED Teacher - IEP & Assessment Specialist
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
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Job Posting Title
SPED Teacher - IEP & Assessment Specialist
Job Description
Responsible for the development, implementation coordination, and assessment of Individual Education Programs (IEP), as well as for the planning, developing and coordinating of special education services for exceptional needs students.
Responsibilities
Position Specific Information (if Applicable):
Collaborate with Moderate Needs Interventionist in development of IEP. Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. May be required to travel within district boundaries. Document health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned. Coordinate and manage scheduling of all Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings including initials, reevaluations, annual reviews, special evaluations, amendments, transfer and matriculation meetings. Responsible for all IEP related tasks and paperwork for compliance (except for progress monitoring and reporting). Oversee building level Enrich reports to monitor compliance. Maintain student special education records. Attend and facilitate IEP meetings to act as the IEP recorder/writer. Facilitate manifestation determination meetings and complete manifestation determination paperwork. Identify, coordinate, schedule, administer appropriate academic assessments and communicate and summarize results.
Certifications
Special Education Generalist License - Colorado Department of Education
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Special Education (Required)
Position Type
Regular
Primary Location
Mountain Ridge Middle School
One Year Only (Yes Or No)
No
Scheduled Hours Per Week
20
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
- 50
Approx Scheduled Days Per Year
185 Work Days
Full Salary Range
$55,808.00 USD - $116,582.00 USD Annual
Position Salary Schedule Eligibility
Hard to Hire
Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire. DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire. Click HERE to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules*.
- All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.
Benefits
This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.
Time Off Plans
This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.
This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:
July 11, 2024
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