What are the responsibilities and job description for the ECSE Teacher/Consultant position at Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency?
QUALIFICATIONS
- EDUCATION: Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree Preferred
- Early Childhood with Special Education Endorsement
- LICENSURE: Early Childhood Special Education (BOEE Licensed – standard teaching license)
- EXPERIENCE: Previous experience with children, families, early childhood programs and school districts is desired.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Adhere to all Early ACCESS and Special Education Procedures
- Participate and guide the Child Find Process
- Complete screening and assessment with appropriate tools
- Complete required Early ACCESS and Special Education paperwork
- Implement Family Guided Routines Based Interventions for children and families
- Collaborate with families and team members to complete assessment, planning and development of the IFSP/IEP
- Collaborate with AEA staff, families, districts and community partners in planning, development, and delivery of services
- Provide IFSP Special Instruction and Service Coordination services
- Meet timelines and complete required paperwork as defined in procedures/agency requirements
- Meet with Pre-School teachers to support the development, implementation, and monitoring of interventions and data
- Coordinate and participate in transition planning for IFSP/IEP
- Respond to referrals using appropriate process
- Ensure children in special education receive FAPE (Free Appropriate Education), education in their LRE (least restrictive environment), and appropriate SDI (Specially Designed Instruction)
- Participate in professional learning (department meetings, conferences, workshops)
- Other duties as assigned
COMMON TO ALL EMPLOYEES:
- Contributes to a positive and productive work, learning and team environment
- Believes in, advocates for, understands, supports and delivers the priority work of the AEAs, Iowa Public and Accredited Schools, the Iowa Department of Education and Prairie Lakes AEA
- Focuses upon agency and team efforts to deliver equitable, efficient and effective educational services that prepare Iowa children for a life well-lived
- Anticipates and responds to needs, requirements and expectations of clients resulting in acceleration, inspiration and innovation
- Demonstrates effective verbal, non-verbal, written, listening and visual communication
- Possesses effective interpersonal, collaboration, facilitation skills and is committed to relationships and partnerships, within and outside of the agency
- Exhibits self-motivation, reliability, organization, detail and quality and engages in continuous improvement of professional practice to build skills needed to perform job duties and meet agency goals and expectations
- Manages time effectively so that timelines are met and improved results are evident in learning, professional capacity and system effectiveness
- Problem solves by utilizing data-based decisions, preventing and resolving conflicts and providing comprehensive, high quality solutions
- Works with integrity and maintains confidentiality
- Models and integrates technology into daily work
- Leads professional development for at least one course, internally, externally or both
- Understands other duties and responsibilities may be assigned, according to current needs of the agency or districts served
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to travel between schools and sites served.
- Normal, routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, lifting, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average levels of activity at times that can’t always be anticipated.
