Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)

Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Teacher .8 FTE -Aitkin Public Schools:

Applications are being accepted for a .8 FTE Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. The successful candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in education focusing on Early Childhood Special Education and a Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) issued ECSE teaching license, or in the process of obtaining one.  Our ECSE program includes close work with and strong partnerships between general education and special education staff. The candidate must have strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with administration, staff, and families.  There is potentially the opportunity for this to become become a 1.0 FTE with the addition of added responsibilities.

Responsibilities include:   

1. Conduct comprehensive early childhood special education (ECSE) evaluations, interpret results, and work with the team to determine if students meet initial entrance or continuing criteria under the Developmental delay (DD) category.  

2. Developing and implementing annual Individual Education Program (IEP) plans for identified students to include present levels of educational performance, special education needs, instructional goals and objectives, and the special education and related services required to meet those goals.  

3. Provide research-based specialized instruction to address the instructional goals and objectives within each student’s IEP plan.  

4. Serves as the primary contact for the parent(s), classroom teacher, and other support staff.  

5. Effectively and appropriately work with parents, students, staff, and other educational professionals regarding the student and district’s instructional needs, concerns, or challenges.  

6. Maintain, document, and update due process records in accordance with federal and state laws, rules, and/or regulations.  

7. Provide direction and supervision of paraprofessionals as directed.  

8. Provides consultation to classroom teachers regarding classroom adaptations, instructional modifications, adaptive equipment, behavior modification plans, and other similar instructional interventions to meet the needs of young students with IEPs.  

9. Enhance skills via continuing education and professional development activities.

   Please complete the online applicaiton process if you are interested in applying for this position. If you have any quesitons contact Andy Dokken Ripplesdie Elementary Principal, 218-927-4838 or at adokken@isd1.org .
    

Aitkin Public Schools mission is to empower students to be life-long learners and productive citizens by developing high expectations and student achievement in a safe and friendly learning environment. Aitkin Schools covers a large portion of Aitkin County in northern Minnesota.  The city of Aitkin offers a friendly, small town atmosphere with larger cities nearby. Our area offers a wide variety of outdoor family opportunities. We are 15 miles north of Mille Lacs Lake. Aitkin county is home to over 365 lakes, many within minutes of the city of Aitkin. We also have the Mississippi and Ripple Rivers that flow through our community which provide a variety of boating possibilities. Aitkin county is also known for some of the most scenic wildlife trails in Minnesota. We have a very good system of snowmobile and atv trails. We are within minutes of a number of outstanding golf courses as well. The city of Aitkin has a wonderful park located on the Ripple River that families throughout the area enjoy on a regular basis.  Aitkin is home to the Riverwood Healthcare facility with over 60 physicians, specialists and surgeons. The city of Aitkin is also the home of the Aitkin County seat. Why just visit Aitkin when you can live and work here year around?  “WE ARE ISD1!”