Special Education Technician

The main purpose of the Special Education Technician role is to assess the needs of students through applied behavioral analysis or other research based tools and to ensure appropriate program modification, class integration and progress evaluation of students with special needs. To foster independent skills according to the student needs.

• Toassessacademicandbehavioralneeds ofstudentsthroughavarietyoftools:observation, informal assessments, ABA and/or other standardized testing.
• Todeterminethefunctionallevelofstudentsintermsofcommunication,learning,behavior,etc.
• Toworkcloselywithotherspecialists(speech pathologist,occupational therapist,psychologist, etc.) to determine students’ needs and appropriate support.
• Tocollaboratewithandassistthe Resource Teachersinthedevelopmentof IEP’s.

• Inconsultationwith Teachers,todevelop, implementandmonitortheeducationalprogramming and strategies that address the students’ needs.
• Toensureindividualprogramsbecomepartofstudents’IEPs.
• Toevaluateprogresswithintheprogramsandmodifythem asnecessarytobestsupport students’ needs.
• TosupportteachersandTA’sinimplementingtheprogram aswellastheappropriateeducational strategies.
• Tocloselycollaboratewithandassistthe Resource Teachers .
• To prepare informal progress reports for the parents.

• Toprovidedirectsupporttospecialneedsstudentsbymodelingproperbehavior.
• Toaccompanyspecialneedsstudentsasnecessary(classtime,transitions,recess,in-class, lunch time, etc.).
• Toprovidespecialneedsstudentswithrelevantwork/assignments.
• Tocreateawarenessofstudentconditionthroughcommunicationwith the Teachersandthe TA’s.
• Toeducateotherstudentsaboutspecialneedsstudents’condition and needsinanappropriate manner in order to ensure successful inclusion.
• To collaborate with the classroom team and student services team in the best interest of the special needs students. To provide the teaching team the tools and strategies to support the special needs students in the classroom.

Skill & Competency Requirements

Core Competencies:

The necessary core competencies for this position include:

• Strong leadership,teambuilding,organizationandnegotiationskills.
• Stronginterpersonalcommunicationskillsandcompetenceinconflictresolution.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment when providing services to students with diverse or special needs and their families.

Required technical competencies for this position include:

• Expertise in the use and interpretation of assessment tools used to evaluate students with special needs.

• Bachelor’sdegreein
  
  Psycho
  
  Educationorrelatedfield(preferred) or DECin Special Care Counselling  or Early Childhood Education with specialization or Certificate in special needs
• Minimum3years’related experience
• Specialneedsincontextofeducationknowledgeand/or experience
• Crises prevention, CPR is an asset
• Knowledge or certification in non-violent intervention techniques is an asset