Summer School Early Childhood Occupational Therapist

2026 Summer School Early Childhood Occupational Therapist

Hazelwood School District Hazelwood Central Early Childhood - Florissant, Missouri Open in Google Maps

Summer school support staff must be properly certified/licensed in the appropriate content area.

Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologist will be paid the following amount : $50/hr.

Summer School sessions will begin as follows:

• Students will either attend on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday.
• 8:30am – 11:00am

Summer employment is contingent upon enrollment.

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Position Title: Occupational Therapist

Reports to: Early Childhood Site Coordinator

Position Summary: Identifies specific delays or deficits in the development process of fine motor and sensory-motor dysfunction, assesses physical limitations, and provides intervention programs to establish the foundation essential to the learning process.

Essential Functions:

• Provides Occupational services as determined by the Individual Education Plan (IEP).
• Evaluates students for physical limitations, developmental delays, sensory-motor dysfunction, perceptual-motor abilities, self-help skills, functional daily living skills and adaptive equipment needs. Develops and administers educational programs based on evaluation results.
• Plans, writes and implements individual education plans for students whose motor delays warrant occupational therapy.
• Consults with Early Childhood teachers and parents regarding student’s progress and appropriate reinforcement activities.
• Provides training and consultations to teachers, assistants and aides regarding individualized handling and position techniques, adaptive equipment, materials and programs as needed.
• Works in conjunction with other staff members (PT, SLP, ECSE teachers) to meet the needs of the students, such as sensory-motor integration and integrated ECE curriculum.
• Recommends or fabricates adaptive equipment for ADL (Activities of Daily Living) needs, for communication, and for individualized classroom seating. Monitors utilization of prosthetics, orthotics, and adaptive appliances.
• Provides home programs for parents/guardians when appropriate.
• Participates in district and program required meetings, IEP meetings, Parent-Teacher Conferences and staff meetings.
• Participates in continuing education and professional conferences and workshops to keep abreast of current treatment methods and to disseminate information to other disciplines.
• Maintains student records, prepares reports (including Medicaid), on student performance; prepares other reports as requested.
• Maintains inventory of materials and supplies; submits requisitions as needed.

Marginal Functions:

• Assist with playground and bus duties as required.
• Copies classroom materials on copy machine as required.

Physical/Visual Activities or Demands: Physical/visual activities or demands that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of the job.

• Walking, sitting, stooping or crouching, kneeling, crawling, talking, hearing.
• Normal attention with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less as well as 20 feet or more, depth perception, and ability to identify and distinguish colors, required.
• Lifting up to 60 lbs., which would include students and equipment.

Position Qualifications Requirements:

Education: Master’s degree and license in Occupational Therapy. Experience in pediatrics/school based occupational/physical therapy preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Missouri Occupational Therapist. Licensure with the State of Missouri for Occupational

Experience:

One year of Occupational Therapist/Physical Therapist experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure. Perform the operations with like common and decimal fractions. Compute ratio, rate, and percent.
• Perform reading, writing, and speaking at an intermediate level.
• Must…