Physical and Health Disabilities Teacher

POSITION AVAILABLE 

Fulltime Physical and Health Disabilities (PI) Teacher
District wide position
Salary and benefits based on the 2024-2025 Teacher Contract

189 -day calendar
  
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide itinerant services to students who are disabled and need this therapy as a related service to benefit from their educational environment.
• Travel to different school buildings.
• Serve as a member of interdisciplinary child study teams (e.g. DAPE teachers, OTs, PTs, special ed teachers) and participates in meetings for the purpose of identification, assessment, ongoing evaluation, development of IEPs, follow-up, and termination of service.
• Develop and implement direct and indirect services based on individual evaluation and the IEP.  The focus of these services may include, but are not limited to
  1. facilitation of developmental motor skills
  2. postural awareness
  3. ambulation and gait training
  4. cardiovascular functioning
  5. wheelchair mobility
  6. supply adaptive equipment and/or adapt/modify existing equipment
  7. recommendation and monitoring of orthoses and other assistive devices
  8. prevention of initial or additional deformity or disability through early intervention and programming
  9. transportation needs of students
• Ensure that all students served receive required due process.
• Participate in the training of education assistants and teachers who work with disabled students.  This may be 1:1 instruction for individual students and will include lifting and transfer techniques, walking techniques, positioning techniques, and use of adaptive equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, AFOs and TLSOs.

 QUALIFICATIONS

• Current PELSB Physical & Health Disabilities license
• Pediatric work experience preferred
• Knowledge of work assessment preferred

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Apply online at www.applitrack.com/rdale/onlineapp/ 

Posting open until filled 
Equal Opportunity Employer

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. 

We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our qualifications described.

Equity is one of District 281 core values and is essential to our goal of putting children first to ensure college and career readiness. A diverse workforce fuels innovation and allows us to better understand, communicate with, and educate our students. District 281 will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of sex, race, religion, color, creed, national origin, marital status, age, sexual preference, disability, or status with regard to public assistance.

Anh Tran
Human Resources Program Director
4148 Winnetka Avenue North
New Hope, MN 55427