Education Specialist - SPED

Job Title:

Education Specialist (Special Education)

Work Year: 10.5 months

Employment Type:

Exempt, Full-Time

Salary Range: $60,375-$95,126

Supervisor:
Director of Special Education

Invictus Academy of Richmond prepares 100% of students in grades 7-12 to thrive in the colleges of their choice, solve relevant problems, and communicate with confidence.

Invictus Academy is a high performing independent public charter school located in El Cerrito, and we are seeking teachers who want to join our team and create an exceptional school.

Invictus creates joyful, rigorous classroom cultures where students understand the importance of the content they are learning, and how it connects to their everyday lives and ambitions. We work to ensure that in every lesson, the heavy lifting is done by our students.

We build trusting, authentic relationships with students, families, and colleagues. With these relationships as our foundation, we work closely with each other to support students in meeting the highest academic and behavior expectations. At Invictus, we are eager to learn about and implement restorative approaches to support students to be their best selves.

Invictus Academy of Richmond embodies humility and constantly strives to strengthen our knowledge, skills, and practice. We crave feedback and welcome opportunities to grow through observations, coaching meetings, and professional development.

We are fiercely solutions-oriented. We never shy away from a problem that we must solve to achieve our mission, but always bring potential solutions to the table.

As an Education Specialist, you will support students with diverse learning needs in a full inclusion setting. You will collaborate closely and co-teach with core content teachers to ensure that course work is accessible for students, develop small group lessons to help build students foundational skills, track student progress, and collaborate on students’ IEP teams.

The quality of our school cannot exceed the quality of our Special Education team. In that spirit, we are seeking exceptional individuals to execute the following essential job functions and professional responsibilities:

• Scaffold and differentiate your lessons to support students towards independent mastery of content.
• Develop and administer a variety of formal and informal assessments to measure student growth and mastery and to improve instruction.
• Collaborate and co-plan with general education staff, Student Supports Team, Special Education team, and school leadership to ensure we continuously improve as a school and meet students’ needs.
• Schedule and facilitate IEP meetings.
• Develop and coordinate an annual schedule of IEPs.
• Draft IEPS and ensure compliance with all components of the IEP.
• Ensure that all service minutes are provided and appropriately documented through meticulous special education records.
• Monitor progress toward IEP goals and provide parents with quarterly progress reports.
• Facilitate the evaluation/reevaluation process.
• Ensure compliance with all Federal, State, and District Special Education laws and regulations.
• Adhere to all operational and programmatic systems and procedures, ensuring sub plans meet criteria and expectations provided.
• Communicate regularly with families, striving for a ratio of three positive communications for each corrective one.
• Plan and lead advisory, tutorial, and elective activities as assigned.
• Meet instructional deadlines included but not limited to: daily preparation of teacher copy, updating the gradebook, and submitting end of semester grades.
• Uphold PBIS System including participating in student celebrations/awards, entering daily Deans List data, and consistent and frequent communication with families.
• Actively supervise students during transitions such as arrival, homeroom, passing periods, lunch, and dismissal.
• Attend and participate in school-wide events including Back to School Night, Parent/Teacher conferences, End of the Year events, Grade Level Meetings, Department Meetings, Summer Professional Development, weekly Professional Development during the school year, and other assigned meetings.
• Demonstrate…