Position Type :

Exceptional Student Services / Diagnostician

Date Posted : 4 / 4 / 2024

4 / 4 / 2024

Location :

Calhoun Elementary School

Date Available : 07 / 22 / 2024

07 / 22 / 2024

Closing Date :

Division / Department : CCS School Sites

Pay Grade : Salary Schedule

Pay Type : Salary / Exempt

Evaluation Instrument : Certified; Non-TKES

Contract Work Year : 10.5 Months

Reports to : Director of Exceptional Student Services

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Education and Experience : Education Degree- Masters Level, Bi- Lingual desired

Certification / Licensing : Valid Georgia teacher's certificate.

Interrelationships : This position has frequent contact with teachers, ESS leads, ESS director, school administrators, school counselors, family advocates, student support team leaders, instructional coordinators, parents and students.

GOAL :

The Diagnostician is a system-wide position who has frequent contact with teachers, special education leads, special education director, school administration, school counselors, family advocates, student support team members, academic specialists, parents and students.

The diagnostician conducts and interprets educational evaluations and screeners for students being considered for special educational services, re-evaluations and 504s.

In addition, they consult with teachers, parents and other school personnel and attend meetings to support students.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

Data Collection, Assessments, and Data-Based Decision Making

Aid teams by conducting achievement testing and SST screenings to provide information for team meetings, re-evaluation meetings or for a students' eligibility for special education and other educational services.

Conduct bi- lingual achievement testing and screenings

Coordinate dissemination, receipt and scoring of behavior rating scales.

Coordinate dissemination and receipt of medical releases.

Use a problem-solving framework as the basis for all professional activities

Consultation and Collaboration

Effectively communicate information for diverse audiences, such as parents, teachers and other school personnel, policy makers, community leaders, and others.

Consult and collaborate at the individual, family, group, and systems levels.

Attend SST, redetermination and other meetings designated by the Exceptional Student Services Director or School Psychologists

Provide support to teachers to acquire required components of evaluation and eligibility information including observations, work samples and progress monitoring.

All other duties as assigned.

Ability to be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.

Constant and consistent ability to supervise students required.

ESSENTIAL DUITES :

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization.

Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer / supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job.

Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. It should also be noted the order of duties / responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

Employee is physically capable to lift 50 pounds.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established.

The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed.

Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.

Last updated : 2024-04-08