Job Description
Job Description
Conservatory Lab Charter School
Occupational Therapist
Conservatory Lab Charter School empowers a diverse range of children in preschool through eighth grade as scholars, artists, and leaders through a unique and rigorous academic and music education. We enrich the larger community through performance, service, and collaboration. As a laboratory school, we develop and disseminate innovative educational approaches that will positively impact children in other schools and programs.
The Occupational therapist provides occupational therapy services as designated by a student’s IEP. Conservatory Lab Charter School seeks an individual who is passionate about supporting students to meet their full potential.
Key Responsibilities:
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Collaborate with teachers, other related service providers and parents to ensure understanding of student’s occupational performance strengths and needs, through evaluation, educational program planning, and service delivery.
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Evaluate students through a variety of functional, behavioral, and standardized assessments, skilled observation, checklists, histories, and interviews.
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Synthesize evaluation results into a comprehensive written report which reflects strengths and barriers to student participation in the educational environment.
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Participate in multidisciplinary meetings to review evaluation results, integrate findings with other disciplines, offer recommendations, and develop individual education plans and intervention plans to achieve IEP goals.
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Provides targeted, evidence-based therapeutic intervention to facilitate student participation and occupational performance within the school environment.
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Collect data for decision making and progress monitoring.
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Schedule direct services using a variety of service delivery models, including classroom intervention, consultation/collaboration and pull-out sessions as appropriate to meet student needs in the least restrictive environment.
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Maintain easily accessible and accurate student files.
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Safeguard confidentiality of student records.
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Complete logging of services for third party reimbursement accurately and in a timely manner.
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Monitor and reassess the effects of specific occupational therapy intervention and the need to continue, modify, or discontinue services.
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Adapt and modify environments, equipment, and materials.
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Train instructional staff to meet individual needs and to help students function as independently as possible.
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Manage inventory of therapeutic equipment.
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Attend reconvened Team meetings and parent-teacher conferences.
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Attend all IEP meetings in accordance with assigned students
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Develop appropriate IEPs and/or 504 Plans based on students’ strengths and needs and demonstrates awareness of professional performance in due process matters and litigious environments.
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Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Principal or the Special Ed Director
Your Skill Set:
As the incoming Occupational Therapist you will possess many, though perhaps not all, of the following characteristics and qualifications:
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Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
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Registered Occupational Therapist.
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Massachusetts License or the ability to obtain Massachusetts licensure in Occupational Therapy.
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Experience teaching and/or working in an urban school system with special needs students.
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Knowledge of sensory motor integration techniques.