POSITION TITLE: Early Childhood Special Education Teacher for Infant Toddler Team
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-time (this position requires additional summer hours to maintain caseloads)
FLSA status: Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Early Childhood Special Education or Early Childhood Unified license issued by the State of Kansas
- Masters degree preferred
- Experience with young children and families is preferred
- Valid Kansas drivers license
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board of education may find appropriate and acceptable
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
JOB GOAL: To deliver ongoing home and community-based intervention utilizing a coaching model of caregiver support to integrate developmental activities into the childs daily routines.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Conduct intake and screening visits (to determine eligibility for services) at the familys home, childcare or other natural setting.
- Work as a transdisciplinary team member to collaboratively serve eligible infants and toddlers.
- Participate in team evaluations to determine the eligibility of referred children, as well as, participate in team assessment to determine the functional developmental strengths/challenges of eligible children.
- Work together with families and other team members to develop appropriate individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) based upon family-identified priorities.
- Provide Family Service coordination including identifying, mobilizing, and coordinating community resources and services to enable the family to receive the maximum benefits from early intervention services.
- Collaborate with other community resources for assigned families.
- Complete appropriate documentation for accountability, compliance, billing, data entry and communication with other providers according to state, federal and local guidelines.
- Monitor parent-child progress in terms of outcomes.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be established by the board of education
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the boards policy on evaluation of professional personnel.
