Special Education TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment)
Special Education TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment)
Puget Sound Educational Service District
ReLife: A Center of Excellence for educating students (grades 2-12) seeks two certificated Special Education Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) to join our expert team. ReLife specializes in supporting students with significant social/emotional and behavioral challenges. We are a public day school through a cooperative regional approach serving more than twenty-three school districts. Teacher leaders at ReLife serve as instructional experts who design and deliver specially designed instruction through evidence-based practices and data informed decision-making.
ReLife: A Center of Excellence is guided by the following behavioral principles: Deliver quality and engaging instruction; interact with students and fellow staff members using positive and respectful behaviors; teach and reinforce responsible behavior; teach self-determination skills for increased awareness and self-control; utilize positive classroom management strategies; and engage evidence-based practices for academic and behavioral growth.
ReLife School offers a full continuum of multi-disciplinary services based on student strengths and needs throughout King, Pierce and Thurston County districts. Instruction is delivered to students in grades 2 through 12 in a site-based model. The program partners with parents and community agencies to serve the whole child. The mission of ReLife is “Meeting academic and behavioral needs, one student at a time".
ReLife is a cooperative program of the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD), one of nine regional educational agencies serving school districts, charter schools and state-approved private schools in Washington. Educational Service Districts, created by the legislature, are an essential regional delivery system for early learning and K-12 services in the state. PSESD is committed to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization driven by equity in education.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree (or higher) in job-related field
- Current Washington State Teaching Certificate
- Special Education Endorsement
- Professional experience in writing and managing Functional Behavior Assessments FBA), Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) and Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Professional experience teaching at-risk and/or behaviorally challenged youth in a behavior classroom and/or school
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional experience of behavior strategies and/or systems (Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports, Level Systems, etc.)
- Knowledge of student transition and postsecondary readiness for college, career and life, career and technical education, alternative education, etc.
- Experience coaching or leading teaching staff (e.g. Special Education Teachers, Teachers, and/or Para Educators)
ReLife School is located in beautiful Puyallup, Washington. This is a school-year schedule position: 8 hours per day; 213 days per school year.
Salary: $62,231 - $72,168.
Candidate offers consider experience, qualifications and internal equity.
Excellent benefits/retirement package, paid holidays, participation in Washington State Department of Retirement System and Tax-Sheltered Annuity Plan, subsidized ORCA cards, and the opportunity to work in a friendly and customer-centric environment.
PSESD strives to have a diverse workforce and encourages all candidates meeting the minimum qualifications to apply.
PSESD is committed to non-discrimination in all aspects of its education programs and employment practices. The agency prohibits discrimination in all aspects of its education programs and employment practices against any employee, applicant, student, intern or volunteer because of sex, race, creed, color, national origin, language, immigrant, refugee, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, pregnancy, marital status, religion, age, veteran or military status, physical, sensory, or mental disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. It is the policy of the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) to employ persons on the basis of experience, training and merit, and to provide equal access of agency facilities to designated youth groups. Puget Sound ESD complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws as may pertain thereto. The administrator for Human Resources and Organizational Development will serve as the compliance officer for this policy and also serves as the Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Officer and Section 504 Coordinator