Physical Therapist (26-27)

About the Role

Provides physical therapy services as determined by the individual education plan (IEP) for each student.

Responsibilities

• Provides physical therapy services as determined by the individual education plans (IEP).
• Conducts evaluations of students with suspected visual, sensory, and fine motor delays and writes evaluation reports.
• Plans, writes, and implements individual education plans for students whose gross motor skills warrant physical therapy.
• Consults with early childhood teachers, K-12 teachers, and parents regarding student's progress and appropriate reinforcement activities.
• Assists in conducting training programs for early childhood staff, K-12 teachers, and parents regarding visual, sensory, and fine motor development.
• Works in conjunction with other staff members (OT, SLP, K-12 Special Education teachers, Regular Education Teachers, and ECSE teachers) to meet the needs of the students, specifically related to gross motor tasks in an educational environment.
• Consults with ECSE teachers, K-12 teachers (regular and special education), and any IEP team member regarding gross motor development of ECSE and K-12 students.
• Maintains attendance, ongoing evaluation, and progress records for students.
• Attends IEPs, parent conferences, and staffing meetings as needed.

Physical/Visual Demands

• Walking, sitting, stooping or crouching, kneeling, crawling, talking, and hearing.
• Normal attention with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less as well as 20 feet or more, depth perception, and ability to identify and distinguish colors.
• Light to moderate physical demand with regular lifting of very light to light (1 to 25 lbs.) items, and occasional lifting of average to heavy (25 lbs. to over 60 lbs.), by hand.

Environmental Conditions

Subject to both inside and outside (playground duty) conditions.

Requirements

• Broad knowledge of physical therapy, involving the use of broad theoretical knowledge equivalent to complete college or university education.
• Minimum of one year up to and including three years of experience in physical therapy.
• Registration with the American Physical Therapy Association.
• Licensed Physical Therapist by State of Missouri.

Skills and Abilities

• Apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Perform arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of all units of measure, including common and decimal fractions.
• Compute ratio, rate, and percent.
• Perform reading, writing, and speaking at an intermediate level.
• Continuously work to upgrade professional knowledge and technical skills.
• Express positive, effective "people skills".

Tools and Equipment

• Computer and related software.
• Suspended equipment such as swings.

Pay

The certified salary schedule is followed with consideration given for experience and training at the discretion of the Associate Superintendent of Personnel.