CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT Eligibility Pool (Special Education)

About the Employer

The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) is the fifth-largest school district in California located in southern Sacramento County. EGUSD covers 320 square miles and includes 68 schools : 43 elementary schools, nine middle schools, nine high schools, five alternative education schools, an adult school, one charter school and a virtual academy. Offering a multitude of educational programs, including over 60 career-themed academies and pathways within 13 industry sectors, we prepare our students for college and career by supporting them with the means to be creative problem solvers; self-aware, self-reliant, and self-disciplined; technically literate; effective communicators and collaborators; and engaged in the community as individuals with integrity. We integrate rigorous academics with career-based learning and real world workplace experiences and ensure that Every Student is Learning, in Every Classroom, in Every Subject, Every Day to Prepare College, Career and Life Ready Graduates.

Job Summary

Over 7,000 students qualify for special education and related services in The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD). Our staff of teachers, instructional assistants, speech pathologists, special education coordinators, licensed school psychologists, and other related service specialists is dedicated to providing exceptional individualized services to students. According to both federal and state law, the goal of special education is to help students with disabilities become as independent as possible as they move through the grade levels. Furthermore, the law requires each student become employable, if possible, when they leave the educational setting. This may include opportunities to pursue post-high school education. Each program and service provided through special education is devoted to these goals.

Requirements / Qualifications

Please complete our on-line application.

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• Certificate Copy (Valid certification issued by the National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT))
• Certification (Valid Occupational Therapy Assistant Certification from the California Board of Occupational Therapy (CBOT))
• Copy of Transcript (Associate of Science degree or higher from an accredited college or university with an educational program approved by CBOT and accredited by the American Occupational Therapy.)
• CPR / First Aid Certification (Valid First Aid, AED and CPR Certificate issued by an authorized agency)
• Letter(s) of Recommendation (Two (2) current Letters of Recommendation.)

Comments and Other Information

In addition, Full Time Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist and Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants, they will earn 23 days of vacation each school year.

Vacation accrual is prorated for less than full year and less than full time employees.

All accrued vacation is cashed out by the end of the school year. Please refer to the collectively bargained contract between Elk Grove Unified School District and National Union of Health Care Workers (NUHW).

The Certificate and Employee Entrance Evaluation requirements are available in the Information / Testing link above.

Nondiscrimination Statement : The Elk Grove Unified School District (District) is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in District programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints concerning student against student incidents, please contact : Jenifer Avey, Assistant Superintendent, PreK-6 Education / Title IX Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624, (916) 686-7795 x 67125 | TitlelX@egusd.net or Chad Sweitzer, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education / Title IX Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624, (916) 686-7795 x 67118 | TitlelX@egusd.net. For questions or complaints concerning employees, please contact : Elena Duenas, HR Compliance Coordinator / Title IX Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 | (916) 686-7795 x 67149 | HRCompliance@egusd.net or TitleIX@egusd.net. For questions or complaints concerning Section 504, please contact : Amreek Singh, Executive Director, School Supports / 504 Coordinator - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624, (916) 686-7568 x 67194 | amrsingh@egusd.net. For questions or complaints concerning facilities, please contact : Robert Teresi, Risk Manager - 9510 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 | (916) 686-7775 | rteresii@egusd.net. For questions or complaints concerning educational equity, please contact : Cory Jones, Director of Educational Equity - 9384 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 | (916) 831-2041 |cmjones@egusd.net.