Education Specialist - Extensive Support Needs (Mod/Severe) - 2026-2027 School Year- Bay Area

About the role

The Education Specialist Extensive 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.

Responsibilities

• Administer academic assessments, write the academic assessment report 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 students modifications and accommodations are being appropriately implemented in the general education classroom
• Aid in the development of the master schedule to plan for all student IEP needs
• Maintain a high level or rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core and/or alternate curriculum standards
• Regularly collaborate with team members for the purposes of: reviewing student data, ensuring IEP implementation, co-planning and/or co-teaching
• Develop, provide and oversee alternate curriculum and testing for eligible students
• Implement health and mobility supports (i.e. provide 1:1 support to student in classroom, support student/s with toileting needs, assist with health-related needs (g-tube, feeding, administration of medication) (under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (lifting/ assisting with mobility, implementing student stretching/exercise routines.)
• 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
• Input weekly IEP service tracking and meet all IEP timelines
• Create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations
• Coordinate the development and implementation of a student’s Individualized Transition Program, especially students in the 16-22 program
• Be able to effectively run a program for students with extensive needs with specially designed instruction to meet their IEP goals, and support students’ progress within the general education class with appropriately modified/accommodated work
• Collaborate with related service providers to ensure the proper implementation of AAC/functional communication, behavior intervention plans, physical/mobility needs, etc.
• Utilizes Aspire’s Alternate Curriculum guidelines to inform student programming
• Daily oversight of paraprofessional support, including the staff schedule and implementation of IEP services
• Develop a thorough progress monitoring tool for students, that is regularly shared with staff and parents and used for team decision-making
• Communicate on a frequent basis with parents of students around student progress, and collaborate to gain parent input
• Collaborate with outside providers as needed and appropriate, with parent consent

Qualifications

• CA Special Education Teaching Credential (Moderate-Severe Education Specialist, Education Specialist-Extensive Needs) required
• Bridge Authorizations for Moderate-Severe credentials received prior to June of 2022
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred

Compensation

Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammate's well-being! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools, we offer employees exceptional benefits, including paid time off, 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans, life insurance/long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program. Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type and ranges from $73,318 to $143,166.