The school district has posted for three special education teaching positions – 2 at MASH and 1 at MAES; sign language interpreter position, and substitute speech language pathologist.
The two special education teaching positions at MASH allow us to continue offering our pullout classes and inclusion supports for students with disabilities that have been offered in the past.
The special education teaching position at MAES will allow us to provide a continuum of tiered service options for students with disabilities in pullout classes, inclusion support, tiered level of services and remedial instruction for students with academic, autism, behavioral, speech language, and communication needs. Alignment of special education staff will be tentatively laid out by May 6th. We have had special education staff spend more time working in regular education over past two years, decrease in paraprofessional support due to students transferring to other buildings, and multiple student transfers and new identification of students with disabilities in the past year. This certified special education staff member will allow us an opportunity to maintain existing paraprofessionals and their support at each grade level, allow IEP required and appropriate instructional time and services for students that receive special education, and continue to build towards RTI services which need to be in place by 2013 according to State Law.
The Sign Language Interpreter position will be full time in Kindergarten for the 11-12 school year.
The substitute speech language pathologist is for when our existing speech language pathologists are at a conference, sick, or on leave.
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