Resource Specialist (2024-2025 School Year)

Discovery Charter School Resource Specialist - Special Education JOB DESCRIPTION: To provide an individual educational program to assist students in remediation of or compensation for disabilities toward functioning in a regular classroom situation.

Develop and administer the "Learning Center" model for the delivery of services to learning disabled students. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provide instruction and assistance to individuals with exceptional needs, and their parents. • Provide consultation, resource information, and materials regarding individuals with exceptional needs to their parents and to regular education staff members. • Provide consultant services to regular classroom teachers in the identification and assessment of learning and behavioral patterns in pupils. • Provide consultation and assistance in the utilization of evaluation data for the modification of instruction and curriculum. • Provide consultation services in the application of classroom management techniques. • Provide consultant services as to resources (appropriate to individuals with exceptional needs) to regular staff members, parents, and guardians. • Consult with regular classroom teachers and students as to their acceptance of students with exceptional needs. • Coordinate special education services with the regular school programs for each individual with exceptional needs enrolled in the resource specialist program. • Coordinate referral and assessment procedures as requested. • Coordinate instructional planning - i.e., the development and implementation of Individual Educational Programs for individuals with exceptional needs. • Coordinate the implementation of special education services provided to individuals with exceptional needs. • Assist in the coordination of Designated Instruction and Services. • Coordinate individualized instruction and activities of the Resource Specialist Program with regular classroom curriculum. • Coordinate in-service workshops and workshops for staff and/ or parents. • Coordinate follow-up activities to ensure service delivery to all individuals with exceptional needs. • Coordinate instructional aids assigned to resource specialist. • Delegate activities for instructional aids. • Provide in-service as necessary for assigned instructional aids. • Monitor the development of Individual Educational Plans, and conduct review meetings in accordance with legal requirements. • Monitor pupil progress on a regular basis. • Participate in the review and revision of individual educational plan as appropriate. • Write all assessments on I.E.P. forms prior to I.E.P. meeting. • Prior to I.E.P. meeting prepare recommendations for goals/objectives to meet assessed needs. • Assess each assigned student annually or semi-annually with diagnostic educational instruments. • Refer regular education pupils who do not demonstrate appropriate progress to the individual education program team. Maintain individual case records and write reports as necessary. • As requested, assess regular education students referred to the I.E.P. team. • Assist in the development and provision of in-service and/or workshop for both regular and special education staff and parents. • Comply with Federal and State special education regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS: Credential and/or License: Appropriate California Teaching Credential Knowledge and Abilities: • Knowledge of principles, curriculum, methods, basic theories, diagnostic instruments, and instructional techniques for K-8 regular and educationally handicapped students. • Knowledge of PL 94-142 requirements. • Ability to gain and maintain rapport with students, staff, and parents and to work cooperatively; willingness to participate in individual educational program meetings at a time convenient with parents in accordance with PL 94-142 regulations. • Ability to work cooperatively with classroom teachers; to coordinate and supervise implementation of Individual Educational Plan (I.E.P.). • The understanding and interpretation of appropriate assessment tools. • Ability to select and to modify appropriate instructional methods and materials; ability to apply behavioral management techniques to classroom environment; ability to enhance social and emotional development of exceptional individuals within educational environment of the regular classroom. • Ability to work cooperatively with parents; be knowledgeable of basic home enrichment and home management techniques to help special education children in their homes. Ability to council parents in areas related to special education children to include strengths and weaknesses and child's needs and goals.

To be aware of community sources available to parents. REPORTS TO: Executive Director

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