Early Childhood Intervention Specialist; Mild to Moderate Qualifies

Early Childhood Intervention Specialist (Mild to Moderate)

Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (ESCCO) – Columbus, Ohio

Job  – Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled – Starting Date:
Immediately – Posted:
May 20, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

These positions are in special education classrooms located primarily in central Ohio school districts, including:

• South Western City School District
• Reynoldsburg City Schools

• Valid Ohio Special Education Teaching Certificate/License to teach children with disabilities and appropriate for the position.
• Documentation of a clear criminal record.
• Compliance with drug‑free workplace rules and board policies.
• FLSA Classification:
  Exempt.
• Reports To:
  
  Director of Student Services and Coordinator of Special Education.
• Job Objectives:
  Using a differentiated curriculum, plan, implement, and evaluate student learning experiences. Help students manage behavior and make appropriate choices. Encourage parental involvement. Comply with state and Federal laws pertaining to the education of students with disabilities.

• Provide an educational program for students as defined by the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
• Work cooperatively with general education classroom teachers, teaching assistants, and other service providers to modify the curriculum and assist with research‑based and evidence‑based interventions.
• Utilize appropriate assessment, data collection, and progress monitoring methods to assess academic and social performance and inform instruction and progress.
• Communicate regularly with parents and professional staff regarding students' educational, social, behavioral, personal, and adaptive needs.
• Incorporate instructional, assistive, and other types of technology and uphold the acceptable use policy.
• Seek professional growth and learning opportunities to advance knowledge and skills and to meet Step Up to Quality requirements.
• Comply with Federal and state model policies and procedures for the education of students with disabilities, complete all required reports and record keeping per timelines and deadlines, maintain confidentiality, and report to child protective services as mandated.
• Comply with the ODEW policies and procedures for Early Learning Licensing.
• Use effective classroom management strategies to create a safe, positive, and engaging learning environment and be responsible for students' care, custody, and supervision.
• Follow prescribed medical plans and/or assist students with personal hygiene care (e.g., toileting, catheterization, feeding, etc.) as trained by licensed health care professionals.
• Uphold ethical standards and professional responsibilities (e.g., comply with governing board policy/administrative guidelines, district, state, and Federal regulations, maintain satisfactory attendance and punctuality, promote a favorable image of the Agency, etc.).
• Complies with Federal and state laws, model policies and procedures, rules and regulations for educating students with disabilities. Ensures paperwork is accurate, all timelines and deadlines are met (annual reviews, progress reports, etc.), maintains confidentiality, strictly adheres to HIPAA and FERPA, respects personal privacy, and maintains confidentiality of privileged information.
• Adapts to unique circumstances and factors such as travel, extended hours, student behaviors, lifting/transferring students, transporting students using Agency vans, etc.
• Completes other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
• Job performance is evaluated according to the policy provisions adopted by the Governing Board of the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.
• Each staff member shall remain free of alcohol or non‑prescribed controlled substances and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Agency.

• Each staff member shall be a role model for students to conduct themselves as citizens and responsible, intelligent human beings. Each staff member has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of…