Education Specialist - Mild​/Moderate

We are currently offering a $6000 hiring bonus for all new Education Specialists

We are accepting applications for immediate opportunities and for the '25-'26 school year.

About Aspire:

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.

JOB SUMMARY
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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• 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 or rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core standards.

• Develop progress monitoring tools for student goals that is shared with the IEP team

• Regularly collaborate with team members and related service providers for the purposes of: 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, and SELPA regulations

• Implement health and mobility supports (i.e. support student/s with toileting, g-tube feeding, administration of medication while under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (i.e. lifting, assisting with mobility, access to campus.)

• Oversee, teach and implement a student’s behavior intervention plan, including gathering and analyzing relevant data on a regular basis, and collaborating with staff members around student plan and progress

• Regularly co-teach/co-plan with General Education teachers

• Coordinate the development and implementation of a student’s Individualized Transition Program

Additional:

• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.

• Knowledge of special education principles, concepts, methodologies, and documentation requirements

• Knowledge of special education assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation

• Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles

• Ability and willingness to implement students’ IEPs

• Belief in inclusion and Aspire’s Equity Belief Statements and demonstrates high expectations for students with diverse learning needs

• Ability and willingness to reflect and improve

• Ability to follow and meet mandated deadlines and due dates

• Flex…