Intervention Specialist

Ravenna School District
Full-Time Intervention Specialist position available
Brown Intermediate School
Grade 3 - Resource Room

Please apply on our website www.ravennaschools.us

JOB ID#: 527

Job Summary

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Intervention Specialist to join our educational team. In this role, you will develop and implement individualized instructional strategies that support students with diverse learning needs.

• Please see below job description

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Valid driver’s license.

2. Appropriate State of Ohio teaching certification and shall be governed by Ohio law.

3. Demonstrates a sincere desire to aid all students, staff and the community.

4. Good health, high moral character, and good attendance record.

BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS:

1. Promotes cooperation and team effort through shared successes, achievement of best group outcomes and supports positive group contributions.

2. Demonstrates and fosters respect by building trust.

3. Demonstrates open thinking by generating new ideas, challenging rigid thinking and sees the big picture.

4. Communicates in a clear and logical manner.

5. Demonstrates the ability to actively listen.

6. Manages time effectively and displays a bias for action.

7. Seeks to acquire new skills and feedback. Learns from experience and applies knowledge to improve performance.

8. Fosters joint problem solving and encourages others to apply their skills.

9. Is responsive to the customer, recognizes who the players are and gives priority to handling customer needs.

10.Demonstrates self-confidence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provides a basic core program for multiple disability (MD) students consistent with state and local school district education requirements and designed to provide objectives leading to one or more occupational skills.

2. Provides training in modes of communication that are appropriate to the needs of the child, functional daily living skills, pre-vocational/vocational skills and adaptive behavior.

3. Confers frequently with parents and professional staff members regarding the educational, social, personal and vocational problems of such students.

4. Assists other professional staff members in resolving the unique psychological or disciplinary problems of each student.

5. Assists in screening, evaluating and recommending placements of applicants in the school’s MD program.

6. Counsels individuals and groups of MD students with educational, occupational and personal problems.

7. Assists the MD student and his parents in making a realistic assessment of his abilities and in establishing educational and occupational goals in keeping with these abilities.

8. Evaluates student progress and provides written reports to parents according to state and school district requirements.

9. Completes Individual Education Plans (IEP) and schedules yearly parent conferences according to federal and state regulations.

10. Participates in in-service training as assigned.

11. Has, as a full-time responsibility, the instruction of handicapped students.

12. Performs non-instructional responsibilities on the same basis as the general teaching staff.

13. Maintain records as required by district policy.

14. Daily lessons reflect an emphasis on individualized instruction and the child’s IEP.

15. Assists the school psychologist with placement recommendations and testing procedures.

16. Makes special efforts to keep parents informed (including home visits, parent conferences, and written reports.)

17. Is aware of current methods of instruction as they relate to multihandicapped.

18. Cooperates with other classroom teachers in the inclusion of students.

19. Present clear, complete, and accurate explanations suitable to level of learners.

20. Gives positive reinforcement to acceptable academic and social behavior; provide motivation to students who have a short attention span.

21. Demonstrates the ability to organize tasks to completion.

22. Identifies, analyzes and solves problems.

23. Seeks to improve personal and organizational performance by measuring and monitoring outcomes.

24. Is open to change and willing to be involved in the change process.

Pay: $42,279.00 - $72,012.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Work Location: In person