Resource Specialist

Overview

Resource Specialist –
Special Education  School Year

Stipends

• $2,800 for MA
• $2,000 Special Ed one time Signing
• $2,000 Special Ed Retention

To provide an individual educational program to assist students in remediation of or compensation for disabilities toward functioning in a regular classroom situation.

• Provide instruction and assistance to individuals with exceptional needs, and their parents.
• Provide consultation, resource information, and materials regarding individuals with exceptional needs to their parents and to regular education staff members.
• Provide consultant services to regular classroom teachers in the identification and assessment of learning and behavioral patterns in pupils.
• Provide consultation and assistance in the utilization of evaluation data for the modification of instruction and curriculum.
• Provide consultation services in the application of classroom management techniques.
• Provide consultant services as to resources (appropriate to individuals with exceptional needs) to regular staff members, parents, and guardians.
• Consult with regular classroom teachers and students as to their acceptance of students with exceptional needs.
• Coordinate special education services with the regular school programs for each individual with exceptional needs enrolled in the resource specialist program.
• Coordinate referral and assessment procedures as requested.
• Assist in the coordination of School Appraisal Team meeting.
• Coordinate instructional planning – i.e., the development and implementation of Individual Educational Programs for individuals with exceptional needs.
• Coordinate the implementation of special education services provided to individuals with exceptional needs.
• Assist in the coordination of Designated Instruction and Services.
• Coordinate the collection of relevant information for those students referred to the School Appraisal Team.
• Coordinate the organization and distribution of media and materials for both resource and regular classrooms.
• Coordinate individualized instruction and activities of the Resource Specialist Program with regular classroom curriculum.
• Coordinate in-service workshops and workshops for staff and/ or parents.
• Coordinate follow-up activities to ensure service delivery to all individuals with exceptional needs.
• Coordinate instructional aids assigned to resource specialist.
• Delegate activities for instructional aids.
• Provide in-service as necessary for assigned instructional aids.
• Schedule and monitor School Appraisal Team Referral Procedures in accordance with legal requirements.
• Monitor the development of Individual Educational Plans, and conduct review meetings in accordance with legal requirements.
• Process all information leading to approval of services by child’s parent or guardian.
• Provide leadership for assuring full compliance with legal requirements.
• Monitor pupil progress on a regular basis.
• Participate in the review and revision of individual educational plan as appropriate.
• Schedule annual I.E.P. review meeting for each student in the resource program.
• Schedule I.E.P. meeting for students in the resource specialist program within 5 days after parent, principal, or other staff member request.
• Write all assessments on I.E.P. forms prior to I.E.P. meeting.
• Prior to I.E.P. meeting prepare recommendations for goals/objectives to meet assessed needs.
• Assess each assigned student annually or semi-annually with diagnostic educational instruments.
• Refer regular education pupils who do not demonstrate appropriate progress to the individual education program team.
• Maintain individual case records and write reports as necessary.
• As requested, assess regular education students referred to the I.E.P. team.
• Assist in the development and provision of in-service and/or workshop for both regular and special education staff and parents.
• Comply with Federal and State special education regulations.

Credential and/or License:
Appropriate California Teaching Credential

• Experience:
  
  Three years regular and special education teaching; experience in participation, writing, and implementation of individual programs.
• Knowledge and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of…