What are the responsibilities and job description for the Educational Diagnostician District Office Posting 308 position at Los Alamos Public Schools?
Job Description: Performs initial and ongoing evaluation and diagnosis with use of standardized tests, and customized measures and/or observation with family input to evaluate the children in areas of cognitive, academics, visual perceptual-motor skills, self-care, daily living skills, adaptive behavior, processing and developmental delays.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for full independent comprehensive evaluation of children referred for initial evaluation and reevaluation of children with existing disabilities in accordance with federal and state timelines.
- In collaboration with the IEP/IFSP Committee, plans a program of services designed to establish/maintain appropriate progress and responses for children with disabilities and their parents.
- Responsible for involvement in program planning/review, in collaboration with appropriate staff and agencies, that results in improved and comprehensive services for children and the district.
- Conducts evaluation according to professional board standards and in compliance with the NM Technical Evaluation and Assessment Manual.
- Demonstrates knowledge and compliance with all professional standards of conduct and professional ethics.
- Collaborates with colleagues, other agencies, students and parents to determine successful positive intervention strategies and behavioral interventions that result in positive outcomes for children with disabilities and their families.
- Adheres to district policies and procedures while on district campus.
- Completes all record keeping, documentation, evaluations and reports in a timely, comprehensive and accurate manner.
- Participates in ongoing professional development activities determined in collaboration with the supervisor.
- Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the department.
Qualification Requirements:
- Must be current with the New Mexico Public Education Department trends in Education.
- Must be able to demonstrate strong educational/professional and working knowledge of federal regulations and state law related to special education, including special education evaluations and IEP development.
- Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
- Must be willing to carry out assigned tasks and perform responsibilities.
Education and Experience:
- Must be licensed by the State of New Mexico Department of Education as an Educational Diagnostician.
- Three years successful work experience in public schools/institutions of higher education or other agencies.
Working Environment:
- Sitting tasks
- Sitting tasks are a continuous necessary requirement of the job
- Duties performed during sitting are: 1. Evaluations 2. Report writing
- MDT/IEP meetings
- Walking tasks
- Duties performed during walking: 1. Getting children from classrooms for evaluations 2. Walking to classrooms for evaluations
- Standing tasks
- Duties performed during standing are:1. Classroom observations 2. Therapy observations
Physical abilities and activities:
- Adequate vision for reading and writing evaluations
- Adequate vision for reading and writing reports
- Hearing - Normal acuity
- Speech/Communication
- Communicating appropriately (oral and written) is a continuous and essential requirement of the job
License Status: Licensed/Contract
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Schedule: Related Services Salary
