Special Education Specialist Job at Opportunities for Learning

Opportunities for Learning Ridgecrest, CA

$73,000 - $105,000 a year

Job Description
Are you an educator that wants to make an impact in students’ lives? Do you believe that every student should have the opportunity for success? If so, then Opportunities for Learning (OFL) is the place for you! OFL is looking for educators that are warm, outgoing, authentic, passionate and inspiring. OFL places great emphasis on the student-teacher relationship, a critical component to the development of students’ personal, emotional, and academic well-being.

Who We Are:
Opportunities for Learning is a network of free public charter schools offering students a flexible, personalized approach to learning. OFL saw the potential that struggling students couldn’t see in themselves. When California’s Charter School Law passed in 1993, Opportunities for Learning became the first sanctioned charter school in California. For almost 30 years,OFL has helped more than 135,000 students find their passion and pursue their dreams. OFL believes in fostering the student’s vision; inspiring students inspires us. We believe the student-teacher relationship is critical to the development of a young person’s social, emotional, and academic well-being. If you believe this too, then you might be the educator that we’re looking for.

Our ideal candidate will:

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

You’ll need the following minimum requirements:

  • BA/BS Degree
  • CA Preliminary or Clear Education Specialist Instruction Credential (Mild/Moderate) with English Language Authorization (ELA)

Are you intern eligible? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Salary Range:
$73,000 - $105,000 Depending on Experience + $5,000 Geo Stipend

Location: Ridgecrest

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 and 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 take time to 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 who is passionate about education and who is excited about what we do, to connect with us! To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.oflschools.org.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $73,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person




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