AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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LICENSED VACANCY
Position is for the 2024-2025 school year
POSITION: Teacher, Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Itinerant
LOCATION: District
PAY RANGE: Licensed Salary Schedule $60,004 - $124,634 Annual Salary
CALENDAR: 190 Days
REPORTS TO: Preschool Director
MAPLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
Rigor, relevance, relationships, and choice make Mapleton Public Schools a destination district for both families and staff. In 2006, Mapleton challenged the traditional delivery of education by introducing schools that are small-by-design. Standards-based instruction is offered through the lens of engaging education models, including EL, International Baccalaureate, Big Picture, STEM, Performing and Visual Arts, Project-based Learning, Young Adult, and online.
In Mapleton’s full-choice system, families select their school based on how their child likes to learn, not where they live. Mapleton serves more than 6,700 students – from toddlers to young adults – in unincorporated Adams County, Thornton, and north Denver. With an unyielding commitment to academic success and personal growth, Mapleton is committed to raising expectations by removing obstacles to learning and supporting all students in achieving their dreams.
According to a recent community survey, parents/guardians are proud that their children attend Mapleton Public Schools and believe Mapleton schools are full of highly skilled and compassionate staff. Students view the quality of their education as favorable, and most students say they enjoy coming to school.
For more information about Mapleton Public Schools please visit our website.
WORK LIFE AND BENEFITS:
In Mapleton, we believe you deserve every opportunity to maximize your unique potential. We offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on choice, quality, and value. To learn more about any one of the benefits and advantages of being a part of the Mapleton family, please visit our Benefits page.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Itinerant Early Childhood Special Education Teacher works with preschool students aged 3-5 years old. The itinerant teacher/provider serves students in various preschool classrooms/buildings throughout MPS. The itinerant evaluates students, provides ECSE services, works collaboratively with building special education teams and supports the preschool classroom team with inclusion and support to all identified students.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Colorado teaching license with an appropriate Early Childhood Special Education endorsement required.
- Have at least one or more years’ experience.
- Additional endorsement in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education preferred, \*or willingness to pursue endorsement or equivalent coursework. \*
- K-3 teachers must provide documentation of evidence-based literacy training, Read Act Designation, per CDE requirements.
- Special Education assignments may require training from the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) on non-verbal de-escalation and physical restraint. The District will provide the training/certification at no-cost to the employee and in accordance with Board Policy. New employees in assignments in which CPI is required will attend training within 30-45 days of their start date and will be required to attend a refresher course every 18-24 months.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be frequently required to talk or hear; stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and/or stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may be required to lift/carry up to 50 pounds without assistance, and push/pull 200 pounds while assisting students in wheelchairs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Completion of a pre-employment agility/physical is required.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants need to be highly motivated, flexible, dedicated, and creative to promote a positive climate and culture.
- Willingness and ability to meet the diverse needs of learners (including special education, at-risk, linguistically and culturally diverse) by adjusting curriculum and working cooperatively with other staff through inclusion.
- Qualified to determine special education eligibility and design appropriate services.
- Experience with Colorado preschool special education laws and regulations.
- Lead IEP meetings in a timely, family friendly and strength-based approach.
- Write clear and effective IEPs.
- Conduct parent teacher conferences, home visits and ongoing communication with parents.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of early childhood education and developmentally appropriate practices.
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of screening and assessment tools appropriate for young children; including but not limited to the use of the Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment and Teaching Strategies GOLD.
- Be able to provide individualized, specialized instructional support for students.
- Designs instructional intervention that is clearly focused on the standards and assessments established by the District and the State.
- Provides expanded opportunities and support for learner success.
- Aligns all instruction with and designs instructional interventions with State and local standards and assessments.
- Knowledge of progress monitoring and tier II and tier III supports of early intervention.
- Be able to lead and coach teachers and paraprofessionals in the classroom.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to a standards-based system of designing and delivering instruction and assessment.
- Demonstrate a willingness to collaborate and solve problems with professional peers.
NOTE: Preschool teachers are hired and assigned to schools and programs based on the level and type of student needs. Staff members may be reassigned in accordance with applicable law and policy, when any of the following occur: program modification, enrollment decline, or change in level and/or type of student needs.
METHOD OF APPLICATION:
- External applicants must complete a career application online through Frontline Recruiting & Hiring.
- Current Mapleton employees should create an account and submit their interest as an internal candidate through Frontline Recruiting & Hiring.
SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDINGS OR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
Pay: $60,004.00 - $124,634.00 per year
Work Location: In person