**QUALIFICATIONS**
– **EDUCATION:**Minimum of Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree Preferred
– Early Childhood with Special Education Endorsement
– **LICENSURE:**Early Childhood Special Education (BOEE Licensed – standard teaching license)
– **EXPERIENCE:**Previous experience with children, families, early childhood programs and school districts is desired.
**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**
– Adhere to all Early ACCESS and Special Education Procedures
– Participate and guide the Child Find Process
– Complete screening and assessment with appropriate tools
– Complete required Early ACCESS and Special Education paperwork
– Implement Family Guided Routines Based Interventions for children and families
– Collaborate with families and team members to complete assessment, planning and development of the IFSP/IEP
– Collaborate with AEA staff, families, districts and community partners in planning, development, and delivery of services
– Provide IFSP Special Instruction and Service Coordination services
– Meet timelines and complete required paperwork as defined in procedures/agency requirements
– Meet with Pre-School teachers to support the development, implementation, and monitoring of interventions and data
– Coordinate and participate in transition planning for IFSP/IEP
– Respond to referrals using appropriate process
– Ensure children in special education receive FAPE (Free Appropriate Education), education in their LRE (least restrictive environment), and appropriate SDI (Specially Designed Instruction)
– Participate in professional learning (department meetings, conferences, workshops)
– Other duties as assigned
**COMMON TO ALL EMPLOYEES:**
– Contributes to a positive and productive work, learning and team environment
– Believes in, advocates for, understands, supports and delivers the priority work of the AEAs, Iowa Public and Accredited Schools, the Iowa Department of Education and Prairie Lakes AEA
– Focuses upon agency and team efforts to deliver equitable, efficient and effective educational services that prepare Iowa children for a life well-lived
– Anticipates and responds to needs, requirements and expectations of clients resulting in acceleration, inspiration and innovation
– Demonstrates effective verbal, non-verbal, written, listening and visual communication
– Possesses effective interpersonal, collaboration, facilitation skills and is committed to relationships and partnerships, within and outside of the agency
– Exhibits self-motivation, reliability, organization, detail and quality and engages in continuous improvement of professional practice to build skills needed to perform job duties and meet agency goals and expectations
– Manages time effectively so that timelines are met and improved results are evident in learning, professional capacity and system effectiveness
– Problem solves by utilizing data-based decisions, preventing and resolving conflicts and providing comprehensive, high quality solutions
– Works with integrity and maintains confidentiality
– Models and integrates technology into daily work
– Leads professional development for at least one course, internally, externally or both
– Understands other duties and responsibilities may be assigned, according to current needs of the agency or districts served
**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:**
– Ability to travel between schools and sites served.
– Normal, routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, lifting, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average levels of activity at times that cant always be anticipated.
