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SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATE - INCLUSIVE PRACTICES (JOB ID: 2017)
190 paid days per year
FTE: 1.0
Salary Range: $48,178-58,462


Essential Functions:

- Support four schools’ implementation of:

o Inclusive practices for all students—including students with significant disabilities,

o Differentiated instruction,

 planning and modification for student needs

o Effective school culture for the inclusion of students with disabilities—including those with significant disabilities,

o Problem solving process for school staff of successfully supporting students with disabilities.

- Understand vision and mission of four schools and how to provide services to kids in alignment with each school.

- Capture and documentation of school learning for dissemination to other schools and among special education department.

- Facilitate collaboration in inclusive practices across schools in order to share and leverage best practices in teaching and learning.

- Application and knowledge of effective instructional practices and data driven decision making focused on increasing student outcomes.

- Enhance the schools’ Special Education teams to effectively and efficiently manage special education services within their school by providing and reviewing special education data and related counsel and advice that will allow teams to more effectively manage special education issues within their schools.

Licensure & Certification:

Certification as a Special Education Teacher


Education & Experience:

-Degree in Special Education.

-Experience working in a K-12 public school environment.

-Experience working with students with disabilities.

-Experience working with diverse populations.



Other information:

This position is funded by Compact Blue, but will be part of Student Services.

About Denver Public Schools

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of 185 schools, including traditional, magnet, charter and pathways schools, with an enrollment of 88,000 students. Of those, 58% of the school district's enrollment is Hispanic, 20% is Caucasian, and 15% is African American. Seventy-two percent of the district's students qualify for free and reduced lunch.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in terms of student academic growth. DPS is committed to establishing Denver as a national leader in student achievement, high school graduation and college career readiness.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.