Summer School Early Childhood Physical Therapist

2026 Summer School Early Childhood Physical Therapist

Job : 5468821

Final date to receive applications: May 31, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Re-Posted: Yesterday

Starting Date: Jun 3, 2026

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

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

Summer School sessions will begin as follows:

• Wednesday, June 3rd – Thursday, June 25th
• Students will either attend on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday.
• 8:30am – 11:00am

Summer employment is contingent upon enrollment.

Physical Therapist

Early Childhood Site Coordinator

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.

• Provides Physical Therapy 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.

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

• 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 the ability to identify and distinguish colors, are required.
• Lifting up to 60 lbs., which would include students and equipment.

Education: Doctorate in Physical Therapy required and license in Physical Therapy required. Experience in pediatrics/school-based occupational/physical therapy preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations in Missouri: Missouri Physical Therapy Licensure is required.

Experience: One-year of Physical Therapist experience is preferred.

• Apply commonsense understanding to complete instructions 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 continuously work to upgrade own professional knowledge and technical skills.
• Must possess positive, effective “people skills”.

Position Type: Part-Time

Salary: $50 Per Hour