[Hiring] Early Childhood Special Education Teacher @Rainbows United, Inc.

Role Description

The Early Childhood Special Education Teacher serves on a transdisciplinary team for families enrolled in the Infant Toddler Program. They provide comprehensive and integrated support, as is outlined in the Part C Program Manual for Infants and Toddlers in Kansas.

Essential Job Functions (Responsibilities)

• Work as a transdisciplinary team member to collaboratively serve eligible infants and toddlers.
• Participate in team evaluations to determine the eligibility of referred children, as well as participate in team assessment to determine the functional developmental strengths/challenges of eligible children.
• Work together with families and other team members to develop appropriate Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSPs) based upon family-identified priorities.
• Provide Family Service coordination including identifying, mobilizing, and coordinating community resources and services to enable the family to receive the maximum benefits from early intervention services.
• Collaborate with other community resources for assigned families.
• Complete appropriate documentation for accountability, compliance, billing, data entry and communication with other providers according to state, federal, and logical guidelines.
• Deliver ongoing home and community-based intervention utilizing a coaching model of caregiver support to integrate developmental activities into the child’s daily routines.
• Participate in teaming process.
• Monitor parent-child progress in terms of goals met.
• Support Rainbows mission, goals, and Part C Employee expectations.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator or designee.
• Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds in person.
• Ability to determine and identify items and children in the periphery, near, and far visual fields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education required.
• Valid teaching licensure in the state of Kansas.
• Teaching licensure endorsement of Early Childhood Unified, High or Low Incidence Adaptive Special Education (PreK-12), High or Low Incidence Functional Special Education (PreK-12), Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Handicapped, or other applicable Early Childhood Special Education endorsement.
• Certification in ECH, ECD, ECSE or ECU required.
• Maintain current licensure.
• Prior experience working with children with special needs preferred.

Skills

• Work collaboratively with team members of other disciplines (OT, PT, SLP, LMSW, Nurse, Interpreter).
• Work in partnership with parents/family members.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
• Maintain strict confidentiality.
• Able to take responsibility for individual professional growth and licensure by staying current with literature, research, and/or practices.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Complete all documentation in a time-sensitive manner.

Work Environment

• This is a remote position that also operates in family homes, and community settings as needed.
• Requires travel between RUI sites, family homes, and other community agencies.

Physical Demands

• Manage all job duties with mobility, agility, and dexterity.
• Ability to lift a maximum of 40 pounds.
• Sometimes will work in a noisy environment with many interruptions.
• May be exposed to communicable diseases.
• Sitting: 6 - 7 hours in an 8 hour work shift; may occasionally alternate to standing or walking.
• Standing: 1 - 2 hours in an 8 hour work shift. Alternates to sitting on a frequent basis.
• Walking: 1/2 - 1 hour in an 8 hour work shift.