Occupational Therapist – St. Mary’s County Public Schools – Leonardtown, MD

EFFECTIVE: 2021 – 2022 School Year

NATURE OF WORK:

This is a professional position to meet the individual needs of students through direct service and consultative support to staff and families to support progress in the General Education Curriculum.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assessment and evaluation of student needs;
• Participation in IEP meetings;
• Development of long and short term learning goals and instructional supports; and
• Collaborative consultation with staff and families.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides cohesive, well planned lessons and strategies to address occupational needs of students;
• Complete logs and compliant submissions for attendance and Medical Assistance;
• Maintain individual student data to measure progress on Individual Education Program (IEP/IFSP goals, objectives and outcomes);
• Conducts team, staff and parent training when appropriate to student progress;
• Diagnose student fine motor and sensory needs through analysis of test results, observations, and information from parents and teacher consultation;
• Develop and implement IEP goals and objectives/IFSP outcomes for students with fine motor and sensory impairments which prevent the student from accessing their general education curriculum;
• Develop and train staff and students on the effective implementation of sensory supports;
• Consult with teachers and parents regarding the various aspects of motor and sensory skills development and the impact on achievement;
• Serve as a resource person to school personnel in the development and selection of materials to address the needs of students for developmentally appropriate motor skills;
• Re-evaluation and update of individual therapy programs;
• Maintain accurate data for individual student interventions;
• Participate in IEP/IFSP Team Meetings and Pupil Services Team Meetings (PST) for students with motor and sensory impairments;
• Submit required and compliant logs and Medical Assistance billings on a monthly basis;
• Ongoing supervision of occupational therapy students for short term placements, as needed;
• Ongoing supervision of certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) as determined by DHMH and MSDE guidelines and standards; and
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess a license as established by the Board of Examiners; and
• National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy preferred.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:

Full-time ten-month position.

SALARY GRADE RANGE:

The salary for this position will be based on EASMC salary schedule (#1) for ten-month employees.

BARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY: EASMC