Educational Diagnostician

Position Title:      Educational Diagnostician

Reports To:          Director of Special Education

Summary:  The purpose of this position is to 1) determine students’ eligibility for special education services by assessing their cognitive ability, academic achievement, processing strengths and weaknesses and behavioral functioning, and 2) to assist in the development of a specific educational program for the student.

Job Responsibilities:

Instruction and Learning – Student achievement/performance and staff growth

1. Participates as a team member in the multidisciplinary evaluation process.
2. Prior to a referral for a Wright City R-II evaluation consults with school staff including process coordinator requiring academic/behavioral interventions and appropriateness of referral.
3. Administers diagnostic/standardized tests and procedures to determine students’ processing strengths and weaknesses, cognitive ability, academic achievement levels and behavioral functioning.
4. Attends pre-evaluation conferences with parents and school officials to obtain pertinent background information, review school concerns, explain parental rights and responsibilities and secure permission to evaluate.
5.  Attends diagnostic conferences and reports assessment results and recommendations to parents, students, teachers, counselors and other interested and/or entitled parties.
6. May serve as Local Education Agency (LEA) at diagnostic conferences and is responsible for ensuring that diagnostic decisions are made in compliance with Department Elementary Secondary Education (DESE) criteria and best professional practice.
7. Maintains case records by preparing a final evaluation report of all educational assessments for the district in a timely manner.
8. Attends local/regional/national conferences and workshops, inservice training, staff meetings and credit courses (when necessary) in order to keep abreast of new developments and maintain certification and/or licensure.
9. Attends Individual Education Program (IEP) conferences, may serve as Local Education Agency (LEA) representative when necessary, to provide input on appropriate goals and objectives and individuals students.
10. Consults with colleagues, supervisors and consultants regarding the special education needs of individual students.
11. Follows all school board policies, district procedures and Wright City Special Education Handbook manual
12. Performs other tasks as assigned by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, special education administrator, or process coordinator.

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience:

Master’s in special education or related field and certification in one or more areas of special education. Prefer three to five years teaching experience in special education. 

Essential Functions:

(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following essential functions satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

Language Skills

1. Read and interpret test results (reading Requirement)
2. Prepares and maintains written reports (writing requirements)
3. Discusses individual student program with teachers, principals, and parents (communicating requirements)
4. Reports testing information at meetings (communicating requirement)
5. Observes and evaluates student performance (sight requirement)

Mathematical Skills

      1. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers,         common fractions, decimals and percentages.

Reasoning Ability

1. Requires travel to work sites within the district (mobility)
2. Transports tests kits between school locations (dexterity)
3. Administers tests and diagnostic procedures (dexterity)

Physical Demands

 While performing the duties of responsibilities of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, stand, move and walk at a brisk pace, sit, and use hands and arms to handle, feel and reach.  The ability to accompany students anywhere on school premises.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop or kneel.  Regular attendance on the job is expected and necessary.  Additionally, the employee must be able to implement all Board of Education policies, district procedures and to perform Safe Crisis Management procedures (when trained).  The employee must be physically able to react and intervene quickly during crisis situations.

-Exerts up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or

-Exerts up to 25 lbs. of force frequently, and/or

-Exerts greater than negligible up to 10 lbs. constantly

 Terms of Employment:

 Terms covering compensation, benefits, and working conditions are specified by the Board of Education.

 Approved Date:  January 22, 2015

Salary : $52,119 - $96,112