Education Specialist - Mild / Mod

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Qualifications

• CA Special Education Teaching Credential (Mild/Moderate Education Specialist, Mild-Moderate Support Needs) required
• Bridge Authorizations for Mild-Moderate 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 $72,113 to $129,129. Our salary schedule will be updated for 2026-2027 salary.