Education Specialist - Mild​/Moderate

We are accepting applications for immediate opportunities and for the '26-'27 school year.

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

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…