What are the responsibilities and job description for the SUMMER ESY 2026 (CERTIFIED Internal Candidates Only) position at Lawrence Unified School District?
2026 EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR JOB SUMMARIES
Paid @ Certified Teacher Hourly Rate
ESY Days/Dates: Monday - Thursday, June 8th - July 9th, 8:00 am - 11:30 am
(unless otherwise stated below)
Teacher Work Day: 7:30 am - 12:30 pm (Plan Days June 3rd & 4th)
(unless otherwise stated below)
Para Work Day: 7:45 am - 11:45 pm (Plan Day June 4th)
(unless otherwise stated below)
Locations
Early Childhood Services – TBA
Elementary Services – TBA
Middle School Services – TBA
Senior High Services – TBA
Vocational/Work Experience – TBA
Transition Services – TBA
Early Childhood Special Education Teachers - Current Kansas certified teachers with earlychildhood special education certification needed to provide a developmentally appropriate earlychildhood instruction/experience for preschool-age children. Teachers also need to provide homeactivities to extend the learning opportunities for children and their families.
o Three classroom positions at Kennedy; 3.5 hours a day, Monday-Thursday 7:30-11:00
o 1 community position; hours and dates TBD; approx. 18-20 hours thru summer
o 1 evaluation team position housed at Kennedy: approx. 3-14 days over summer, starting early June.
Special Education Teachers - (Elementary, Middle School, Secondary, & Transition): Musthave certification in one or more of the following areas: Adaptive, Functional, LearningDisabilities, Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Intellectual Disability, or Multiple Disabilities. Positions available for Autism, Adaptive, Functional, Transition & ED classrooms. Provide dailyplanning, direct instruction, and paraeducator supervision for students who qualify for ESY,working on the individual goals and benchmarks of the student’s IEPs. 4.5 hours per day;Monday-Thursday 7:30 am-Noon
SPED Vocational / Work Experience Educator - (High School & Transition): Must be certified inone area of special education, vocational, or transition. Dates and times TBD; 5 hours per day, 5days a week. Provide daily supervision of job coaches and oversee vocational programs ofindividual students. Prep day: 4 hours.
Part-Time On-Call Special Education Teachers – Kansas licensed special education teachersare needed to be on-call to substitute at ESY school sites.
High School Secondary Therapeutic Classroom – Time and Dates TBD
ESY Related Service Providers: (District-wide) Hours determined by need and caseloads
Autism / Behavior Consultants – To support district staff and the students they serve byproviding program development, instruction, and interventions for students with Autism SpectrumDisorder and behavior challenges.
Braillist - Transfer curricular documents into a braille format. Experience required in working withbraille software, such as Duxbury, and in creating tactile graphics, braille charts, and graphs.Hours to be determined (approximately 20 hours a week thru summer). Location TBD.
Deaf Education Consult – Current certification in special education or related field to deaf andhard of hearing instruction. This person will provide consultation to special education teachers who have students with hearing impairments in their classrooms. It is expected that this job will be for approximately 10 hours over the summer.
Nurse Positions – Two registered nurses (licensed by the state of Kansas) to provide nursingservices primarily for special education; may be on-call for other summer programs. The twopositions can be filled by multiple part-time nurses as well. School nurse experience preferred.Job responsibilities include supervision of medication administration/procedures and first aid forpreschoolers through high school. Hours: 4.5 hours a day; Monday - Thursday.
Occupational Therapist - (Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School & Secondary): Work withstudents who require occupational therapy as outlined in their IEPs. Must be a licensedoccupational therapist by the state of Kansas. Anticipated requirements are 10-15 hours per weekbased on student needs. (COTA may apply at their current hourly rate).
?Physical Therapist - (Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School & Secondary): Work withstudents who require physical therapy as outlined in their IEPs. Must be a licensed physicaltherapist by the state of Kansas. Hours approximately 3-7 hours per week.
Social Worker / Therapist for Specialized ED Classrooms: Prior experience working with USD497 ED Specialized classrooms preferred. Staff will provide individual and group emotionalsupport, along with helping families access resources. Hours: 4.5 hours per day; 4 days per week
Speech-Language Pathologists - (Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School & Secondary)Must be licensed as an SLP by the state of Kansas. Work with students both individually and insmall groups within a classroom and/or clinical setting according to speech/language goals aswritten in the individual students’ IEPs. Several positions are available for various hours.School-based hours: 4.5 hours per day; 4 days per week. Part-time is optional.
Vision Teacher: Licensed special education teacher with an endorsement for visionimpairments. To provide direct instruction, and/or consultation, to support students with visionimpairments. Hours TBD based upon student needs.
Early Childhood Screening and Evaluation Team Members: One each: School psychologist,ECSE teacher, occupational therapist, and speech pathologist with current licenses in theirrespective field to participate in ECSE screening and evaluation for 8 - 15 days this summerdepending upon referrals.