SSN Specialist 2024-2025 School Year JobID: 9736

• Position Type:

  Student Support Services

• Date Posted:

  4/15/2024

• Location:

  Educational Support Center

• Closing Date:

  Open Until Filled

SALARY INFORMATION:SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/teach)

STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40

FTE: 1.0

MONTHS PER YEAR: 9

JOB CODE: 174090

POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT – PERMANENT/REGULAR

LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission toelevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

SUMMARY:Provide information, guidance, training, and assistance to Significant Support Needs teachers and school administrators through observations, reviewing of records, attending meetings, side-by-side coaching, data collection, and consultation. Assist with the development of data collection systems, IEP development, para management/scheduling, curricular modifications and data analysis of individual students, classrooms, or schools in order to support students with Significant Support Needs. Provide professional development for classroom teachers, administration, paraprofessionals, and related service providers on Extended Evidence Outcomes, behavior management, assessment, crisis management, data collection, and analysis as related to students with significant support needs, Autism Spectrum disorders, and serious medical needs. Assist teachers and building support staff in incorporating assistive technology as needed to increase student independence and positive outcomes. Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of specialized programming and staff development. Collaborate with other district members, community services, outside providers, school based teams, administrators, and problem solving teams.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Minimum of three (3) years experience teaching in an SSN (severe/profound) classroom at the elementary level.

• Assistive Technology background preferred.

• Experience in a leadership role preferred.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:

• CDE Licensure as a Special Education Teacher (generalist, severe/profound)

• Must hold a valid Colorado teachers license with endorsement in, or be highly qualified in, specified core content area.

• Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.

• Criminal background check required for hire.

SALARY INFORMATION (FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES):

All salary placement on our Certified Salary schedule (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/teach) is dependent on the employees’ education and/or work experience.

Special programs teachers of students with significant support needs, structured learning services or affective needs, audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech language pathologists shall receive experience credit for each full year of previous experience and are not limited to ten (10) years as described in Appendix A, Item 3.

Additionally, one (1) step for each full year, as described in this Appendix, of service in the district as a contracted certified, classified, in-building substitute, and/or administrative employee for educators beginning a new certified contract or returning to a certified contract.

For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our Certified Master Agreement (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1658853885/adams12org/vocdgvbfzhxovelvx372/CertMasterAgreement.pdf) that can be found on our district website.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).

To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see ourBenefits Overview (https://www.adams12.org/human-resources/benefits-overview) .

THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

Rev. 3/24