Orinda Union School District - Orinda, CA
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About the position
The Orinda Union School District (OUSD) comprises five schools serving grades TK-8 with approximately 2,500 students. Orinda is a small, vibrant, increasingly diverse suburban community that takes great pride in our top ranked schools. Orinda schools have received multiple California Distinguished School Awards in addition to being honored with both California and National Blue Ribbon Status. Orinda is fortunate to have tremendous parent and community support as evidenced by the passage of local bonds and parcel tax measures, ensuring that our campus facilities are as top notch as the superlative teaching and learning taking place inside our schools. We maintain the conviction that every Orinda USD student is entitled to a premium learning experience as we all work together to take on systemic challenges to educational equity. You are invited to come join our team!
Responsibilities
- Participates in the assessments of students' educational needs upon referral.
- Refers on to appropriate DIS (Designated Instruction and Services) personnel in all areas of suspected disability.
- Assists with the planning of IEPs (Individual Education Programs).
- Develops appropriate goals and objectives for students.
- Provides individualized and small group instruction and services at assigned site for students found eligible for special education.
- Monitors progress of pupils in the special education program regularly and reports progress to parents at grading periods.
- Uses appropriate materials and strategies suited to the needs of individual students in order to promote learning and progress on IEP goals.
- Provides appropriate support for students on the ISP caseload to access the general education curriculum in the regular classroom.
- Coordinates special education services for students at assigned site by facilitating and discussing assessments, IEP, program development, and program monitoring.
- Assists with assuring site compliance with Federal, State and SELPA regulations regarding special education procedures, eligibility and services to students.
- Consults with general education teachers to assist with adaptations in the regular classroom and to maintain accommodations/modifications for identified students' educational and student management needs.
- May participate in the site Student Study Team as a resource for teachers in modifying programs for their classrooms.
- Assists with the acceptance and inclusion of students with specials needs by site staff, students and parents.
- Provides information on other resources, alternative educational programs, and on pre-vocational and vocational resources and programs available in the district.
- Provides appropriate and needed staff development and inservice for the site about special education methods, materials, strategies, behavior management techniques, individual student needs, and handicapping conditions.
- Participates in professional growth activities that are especially appropriate to improve and enhance teaching skills.
- Utilizes a background of extensive knowledge about the normal learning processes.
- Utilizes appropriate background and skills in the identification of learning difficulties, and of teaching or remediation skills needed to promote students' learning up to capabilities.
- Works effectively with the principal and with others to promote the development of suitable educational programs for students identified as having exceptional needs.
- Guides and manages the special education instructional assistant assigned to the program and coordinates services provided by the assistant.
Requirements
- Valid/Appropriate California Educational Specialist credential, or appropriate California special education credential authorizing mild/moderate or equivalent authorization, EL authorization.
