Special Education Assessment Specialist - District Wide

FLSA

Exempt

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Our employee benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long‑term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details.

Director or designee.

Provide assessment expertise to ensure student success and promote an exemplary education program that fosters achievement for all students.

• Conduct initial special education evaluations. [Annually 40%]
• Write evaluation reports for all initial eligibility meetings. [Annually 20%]
• Conduct initial eligibility meetings in conjunction with the building special education team. [Annually 15%]
• Confer with school special education teams to develop assessment plans for initial evaluations. [Annually 10%]
• Recommend IEP goals based on initial evaluation data. [Annually 5%]
• Conduct all private school and summer eligibility and IEP meetings, including annual reviews, reevaluations, and initial evaluations. [Annually 5%]
• Coach teams in Response to Intervention (RtI), assessment planning, evaluations, eligibility determination, and goal writing. [Annually, 2%]
• Assist school teams with reevaluation assessments. [Annually, 1%]
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. [Annually, 2%]

• Bachelor’s or higher degree from a regionally accredited college/university.
• Five (5) years of experience conducting special education evaluations.
• Experience in cross‑discipline assessment planning.
• Advanced knowledge of interventions to inform Response to Intervention (RtI) data decisions required for Specific Learning Disability identification.
• Advanced knowledge of assessments in discipline‑specific areas of motor skills, cognition, social/emotional, communication, academics, or behavior (including adaptive behavior) across all levels and abilities.
• Advanced knowledge of assessments that are racially, culturally, and linguistically unbiased.
• Advanced parent/guardian interview and student observation skills.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced time management and planning skills.
• Ability to proficiently use technology.
• Ability to effectively engage staff, children, and their parents/guardians in the assessment process.
• Ability to engage in ongoing professional growth, including district professional activities.
• Demonstrate positive working relationships, including the ability to collaborate with special education teams, students, teachers, staff, parents/guardians, and administrators.
• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.

All certifications, licenses, and registrations must be valid and unexpired.

• Valid Colorado Special Education License (SPED Severe Needs Affective/BD, SPED Generalist, or SPED Specialist) OR a valid Colorado School Occupational Therapist License OR a valid Colorado School Speech Language Pathologist License.

• Experience working in diverse educational environments.

• Light physical effort (lifting up to 10 pounds).
• Frequent standing and walking.
• Occasional bending and reaching.
• Occasional lifting, pulling, and pushing.
• Manual dexterity to operate a computer keyboard.
• Speaking and hearing.
• Concentrated reading/writing/mathematics.
• Normal school district environment.