Special Education Specialist Job at Options For Youth, Sacramento, CA

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  • Options For Youth
  • Sacramento, CA

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Functions include, but are not limited to the following:*

  • Provide instruction to students with special needs and identified learning disabilities in a special education program.
  • Tutor individual and small groups of students, reinforcing language and reading concepts.
  • Administer and score individual and group tests.
  • Schedule IEP meetings, coordinating schedules with parents, general education teacher(s), administrator, and all appropriate special education staff.
  • Conduct IEP meetings.
  • Communicate and coordinate special needs evaluation and testing with speech teachers, psychologists, and other service providers.
  • Communicate with parents regarding individual student progress and conduct.
  • Maintain progress records and record progress toward IEP goals.
  • Record progress within the independent study program.
  • Perform other duties in support of the Special Education Specialist program.
  • Support other academic programs offered within the independent study program.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

  • Special Education Specialist Certificate or ability to obtain Mild/Moderate Certificate.
  • Ability to teach students of grades K-12.
  • Ability to work with children of all ages.
  • Ability to understand, adopt, and support the independent study program, concepts and their philosophies.
  • Ability to organize and present ideas effectively in oral and written form.
  • Ability to make skillful decisions.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to operate a PC computer, word processor, copier, FAX, and other office machines.

Education and Experience:
  • BA/BS Degree required.
  • Valid California Teaching Credential in Special Education (Mild/Moderate) required.

Salary Range:

$81, 000 - $115, 000

Location: Arden

Company Benefits and Perks:
  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision, and dental coverage, incentives, and an employer-matched retirement plan.
  • Staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, China, Cuba, and in-country trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and a farm in Northern California.
  • We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make OFY and our students successful.

We are devoted to creating a team of diverse people and encourage anyone passionate about education and excited about what we do to connect with us! To learn more about our schools, visit us at

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time,

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