Education Specialist: Mild-Moderate

Aspire Public Schools; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

100% health benefits coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Los Angeles is seeking an Education Specialist for the 2025-2026 school year. The role involves instructing students with special needs in an inclusive environment and collaborating with faculty. Ideal candidates will hold a CA Special Education Teaching Credential and have experience working with students with disabilities. Aspire offers competitive compensation, a $3,000 sign-on bonus, and various employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience working with students with special needs.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
• Alignment with Aspire’s mission, vision, and values.

Responsibilities

• Instruct students with Individualized Education Plans.
• Collaborate with General Education teachers.
• Administer academic assessments and present at IEP meetings.

Skills

Knowledge of Common Core State Standards

Experience with special needs students

Effective communication skills

Collaboration with faculty

Education

CA Special Education Teaching Credential

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

We are accepting applications from interested professionals for the 2025-2026 school year. New hires are eligible for our $3,000 sign-on bonus.

If you’re considering applying, we highly encourage you to upload any relevant documents you possess. This proactive step will significantly expedite the credentialing process. Our credentialing department will be able to swiftly verify your status and provide any necessary assistance throughout your credentialing journey.

Documents to upload:

• Non-Credentialed: transcripts, passing test scores, intern eligibility letters.
• Credentialing Program: transcripts, passing test scores, appeasement letter.
• Intern Credential: transcripts, passing test scores, intern program documentation.
• Preliminary Credential: copy of your credential and/or include your credential number.
• Clear Credential: copy of your credential and/or include your credential number.

Keep a look out for email communication from an Aspire representative and thank you for considering Aspire!

ABOUT ASPIRE

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

JOB SUMMARY

The Education Specialist Mild/Moderate Support Needs instructs students with Individualized Education Plans in an inclusive environment. This role works directly within a school site and collaborates regularly with Special Education staff and may work with outside consultants and district personnel as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Administer academic assessments, write the academic assessment reports and present at IEP meetings
• Consult and communicate with faculty and parents via meetings, phone, and email regarding the needs and progress of students
• Maintain knowledge of current regulations pertaining to special education
• Collaborate with faculty to ensure that student modifications and accommodations are being appropriately implemented in the general education classroom
• Assist with the development of the master schedule to plan for all student IEP needs.
• Meet the minimum IDEA requirements related to case management
• Input weekly IEP service tracking and meet all IEP timelines
• Maintain a high level or rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core standards.
• Develop progress monitoring tools for student goals that is shared with the IEP team
• Regularly collaborate with team members and related service providers for the purposes of: reviewing student data, ensuring IEP and behavior plan implementation, co-planning and/or co-teaching.
• Daily oversight of paraprofessional support, including support with creating a schedule and implementation of the IEP
• Demonstrate effective organization skills in order to create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations
• Implement health and mobility supports (i.e. support student/s with toileting, g-tube feeding, administration of medication while under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (i.e. lifting, assisting with mobility, access to campus.)
• Oversee, teach and implement a student’s behavior intervention plan, including gathering and analyzing relevant data on a regular basis, and collaborating with staff members around student plan and progress
• Regularly co-teach/co-plan with General Education teachers
• Coordinate the development and implementation of a student’s Individualized Transition Program
• Additional: Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS

• CA Special Education Teaching Credential (Mild/Moderate Education Specialist, Mild-Moderate Support Needs) required
• Bridge Authorizations for Mild-Moderate Credentials received prior to June of 2022
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
• Expertise in applicable grade-level Common Core State Standards and Academic IEP goal development
• Knowledge around the models of co-teaching and serving students with disabilities in an inclusive model
• Ability to learn quickly and to be effective in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment: able to work autonomously and thoroughly with independent self-reflection, as well as take direction as needed
• Alignment to and urgency around Aspire’s mission, vision and values
• Minimum educational level: Bachelor’s Degree required in a related field.
• Experience required: 2+ years working with students with special needs in an educational setting
• Physical requirements: Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces; Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods; Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another; Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned; Communicating with others to exchange information; Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Clear the Department of Justice background screening.
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Provide health (TB) clearance (renewed every four years).

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office, classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPENSATION

Aspire offers its employees a competitive salary and benefits, including paid time off, 100% core health benefits coverage, life insurance/long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program.

*$3,000 hiring bonus, paid as follows: $1,500 after 30 days of employment/ $1,500 after the 180 days of employment.