Education Specialist - Mild​/Mod Bay Area

Description

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• Non-Credentialed - transcripts, passing test scores, intern eligibility letters.
• Credentialing Program - transcripts, passing test scores, appeasement letter.
• Intern Credential - transcripts, passing test scores, intern program documentation.
• Preliminary Credential - upload copy of your credential and/or include your credential number.
• Clear Credential - upload a copy of your credential and/or include your credential number.

Behind every successful student is a team of passionate and dedicated educators. As an instructor at Aspire, you will deliver high-quality instruction within a small school environment where every student is known and valued as an individual. In addition, you will empower students to take control of their own learning and contribute to the continuous improvement of our nationally recognized model.

Your professional learning community will provide a supportive and collaborative environment to fuel your growth and development. Together, we will change the odds for underserved students, ensuring that every student is prepared to earn a college degree.

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high‑performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK‑12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward‑thinking open‑enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post‑secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well‑Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self‑Determination, and Joy.

The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate Support Needs instructs students with Individualized Education Plans in an inclusive environment. This role works directly within a school site and collaborates regularly with Special Education staff and may work with outside consultants and district personnel as needed.

• Administer academic assessments, write the academic assessment reports and present at IEP meetings.
• Consult and communicate with faculty and parents via meetings, phone, and email regarding the needs and progress of students.
• Maintain knowledge of current regulations pertaining to special education.
• Collaborate with faculty to ensure that student modifications and accommodations are being appropriately implemented in the general education classroom.
• Assist with the development of the master schedule to plan for all student IEP needs.
• Meet the minimum IDEA requirements related to case management.
• Input weekly IEP service tracking and meet all IEP timelines.
• Maintain a high level of rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core standards.
• Develop progress monitoring tools for student goals that are shared with the IEP team.
• Regularly collaborate with team members and related service providers for reviewing student data, ensuring IEP and behavior plan implementation, co‑planning and/or co‑teaching.
• Daily oversight of paraprofessional support, including support with creating a schedule and implementation of the IEP.
• Demonstrate effective organization skills in order to create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state,…