Program Inclusion Specialist: Head Start to Success

Program Inclusion Specialist:
Head Start to Success

Join to apply for the Program Inclusion Specialist:
Head Start to Success role at Clackamas Education Service District
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Pay range: $33.28/hr - $38.14/hr
. Salary is based on experience and meets the Clackamas Education Service District guidelines.

Head Start to Success and Preschool Promise offer free comprehensive preschool for 3-4 year olds experiencing poverty, in partnership with Canby, North Clackamas, and Oregon Trail school districts. Services include early education, health care, nutrition, and family support, with emphasis on whole‑child development.

The Program Inclusion Specialist supports inclusions services, ensuring classrooms meet Head Start Performance Standards, IDEA (Part

C), and Oregon regulations. Duties involve in‑class support, coordination with teaching staff, data tracking, and family engagement.

• Partner with teaching teams, families, wrap‑around staff, and ECSE services to promote full participation.
• Provide supplemental Tier 2 classroom support, modeling trauma‑informed practices.
• Facilitate completion of developmental screenings (Ages and Stages Questionnaires) with families.
• Participate in ECSE staffing, wrap‑around meetings, parent‑teacher conferences, and behavior support planning.
• Assess children impacted by trauma and with disabilities, monitoring growth and development.
• Use developmentally appropriate knowledge to deliver targeted social‑emotional interventions.
• Conduct objective classroom observations and debrief with wrap‑around team.
• Support design of FBA/BSPs, transition plans, and individualized classroom or child plans.
• Refer children for evaluation by the ECSE team and document in internal databases.
• Promote student safety, modeling Pyramid Model strategies during behavior incidents.
• Utilize Child Plus and TSGold data systems for data collection and tracking.
• Substitute in classroom ratio as needed during urgent staffing needs.
• Promote a classroom atmosphere encouraging family and volunteer involvement.
• Assist staff in understanding IFSP goals and integrating them into the classroom.
• Assist staff in employing referral procedures and submitting BIRs in CP.
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree (or Step 10+ on the Oregon Registry) with 2 years of direct experience, or 30 quarter/20 semester credits with 5 years of experience.
• Demonstrate knowledge of early childhood development and anti‑bias curriculum.
• Model positive interactions, work effectively with diverse communities, and communicate when English is limited.
• Handle sensitive information, assess crises, and solve problems responsibly.
• Enroll in the Oregon Child Care Division Central Background Registry (C ) and maintain enrollment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or related field.
• Bilingual, meeting intermediate‑high to advanced proficiency per CESD guidelines.

Range 22/23
* of the Classified Salary Schedule. New hires may start up to Step 4 depending on experience.

* Bilingual candidates follow a separate 23 salary range and meet proficiency assessment.

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance with generous district‑paid contributions.
• Retirement through the Oregon Public Retirement System (PERS), including pension and individual account.
• Paid time off, holidays, sick leave, and personal leave.
• Professional development expense reimbursements.
• Clackamas ESD covers full cost of fingerprinting for new employees.
• Read more about our benefits here
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Submit your application at  Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on 12/25/25.

Clackamas Education Service District is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We respect and seek to empower each individual, supporting diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce and among students and families.

Clackamas ESD policy provides veterans and disabled veterans with preference as required by law.

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