SPED Teacher - Occupational Therapist (Apply directly to school - DO NOT apply online to DCSD)

About the Role

At STEM School Highlands Ranch, we place innovation at the heart of learning to unleash the potential of all students and prepare them for an exponentially changing world.

Responsibilities

• Shares information about agencies and services available in the community as appropriate. Collaborate with outside agencies/service providers when relevant.
• Guides teachers and other involved personnel in observing fine and gross motor, visual-motor, sensory motor, and visual perceptual deficits which may be interfering in the educational process of a student. Serves as a resource to school staff members on these topics and may include increasing staff awareness and in servicing staff members.
• Provides reports and maintain ongoing records on those students receiving O.T. intervention.
• Performs screenings and evaluations to assist in the identification of physical/motor deficits that may be impacting the child's ability to function in a school environment. Provides information from assessments that will assist the parents and the educational staff in the development of programs for individuals who have identified needs in the motor area.
• Serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team working in cooperation with parents, other support services, educational staff and administration personnel. Participates in the development of the IEP evaluation, goals and objectives, and accommodations/modifications which are relevant to a child's needs in the educational environment.
• Provides direct and indirect O.T. intervention where appropriate in the educational setting.
• Documents health related services in Designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program.

Requirements

• CPR/First Aid Certification - American Heart Association
• DORA registration for Occupational Therapy - Colorado Department of Regulatory Affairs
• NBCOT Certification - National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
• Special Service Provider License - Occupational Therapist - Colorado Department of Education
• Bachelor's Degree: Occupational Therapy (Required)

Compensation

• Base pay: $62,150.00 - $96,747.50/yr
• Career range upper: $131,345.00/yr

Benefits

• This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.