STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

h2About the Department/h2pp style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"span style=" color: rgb(38, 122, 144);"strong style=" font-weight: 700;"img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/1546/jobpostings/image/20250821113907_SSD.png" style="width: 145px;" class="fr-fic fr-dii" data-uw-rm-alt-original="" alt="LOUISIANA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT" data-uw-rm-alt="CT"/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"span style=" color: rgb(38, 122, 144);"strong style=" font-weight: 700;"brLOUISIANA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"span style=" color: inherit;"Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities./span/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"span style=" color: inherit;"The LA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking applicants for a/span/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"stronguSTUDENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST/u/strong/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"span style=" color: inherit;"Position #203324/span/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"To be filled immediately/pbrdiv style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"This position is located at the LA School for the Visually Impaired Residential Program. nbsp;This is a full time, u10/u month position that works with the span style="color:inherit;" id="isPasted"residential programnbsp;/spanstaff, school counselors, teachers, and parents in developing age appropriate educational and life skills programs for residential students.nbsp;/div/ph2Position Duties/h2pul style="margin-left: 12.5px; margin-bottom: 3pt;" id="isPasted"lispan style="color:inherit;"A Bachelor’s degree with one year of experience in a dormitory program or in the field of education working with the visually impaired./span/lilispan style="color:inherit;"Must possess Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification, or secure such certification within the first 6 months of employment./span/lilispan style="color:inherit;"Must possess human relations, planning, organizing and coordinating skills to perform related office functions, such as meeting the public, communicating with professional and administrative staff, other school personnel, parents, members of the deaf community and others in a school setting.nbsp;/span/lilispan style="color:inherit;"Must possess excellent verbal, writing and computer skills./span/li/ulp style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:22.5pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"uspan style="color:inherit;"Substitutions/span/u/pul style="margin-left: 12.5px; margin-bottom: 3pt;"lispan style="color:inherit;"Associate of Arts degree with three years of experience in a dormitory program or in the field of education working with visually impairednbsp;/span/lilispan style="color:inherit;"Six years of full time experience in a dormitory program or in the field of education working with visually impaired./span/li/ul/ph2Minimum Qualifications/h2pundefinedspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"T/spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"he Louisiana Special Schools/spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"nbsp;do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in our programs and activities, and we provide equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. nbsp;Inquiries regarding non-discrimination may be referred to Mary Gloston, Human Resources Director at/spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"nbsp;a href="mailto:mgloston@lsvi.org" title="mailto:mgloston@lsvi.org" style=" color: inherit; text-decoration: underline !important;"mgloston@lsvi.org/a./spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"brnbsp;brRELEASE OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION INFORMATION: La. R.S. 17:3884(D) requires that any school board wishing to hire a person who has been assessed or evaluated pursuant to the Children First Act, La. R.S. 17:3871, et seq., whether that person is already employed by that school system or not, shall request such person's assessment and evaluation results as part of the application process./spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Please be advised that, as part of the mandated process, your previous assessment and evaluation results will be requested. You have the opportunity to apply, review the information received, and provide any response or information you deem appropriate.strong style=" font-weight: 700;"strong style=" font-weight: 700;"brnbsp;br/strong/strong/spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"span style=" color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px;"To apply for this vacancy, click this link -a href="https://jobs.la.gov/" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://jobs.la.gov/" style=" color: inherit; text-decoration: underline;"https://jobs.la.gov//aand complete an electronic application,nbsp;/spanwhich can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants can check the status of their application at any time by selecting the 'Application Status' link after logging into their account.strong style=" font-weight: 700;"strong style=" font-weight: 700;"brnbsp;bruResumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application./unbsp; Younbsp;strong style=" font-weight: 700;"mustnbsp;/stronginclude all relevant education and experience on your official State application.brnbsp;br/strong/strongApplicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 757-3332. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire./spanbr/undefined/ph2Other Qualifications/h2pp style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;" id="isPasted"strongI. nbsp; nbsp; uProgram Management Responsibilities/u/strong/pp style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;"br/pul style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"li style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Implements school system policies and school philosophy and programs./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Exhibits knowledge of special education rules and regulations associated with implementation of state and federal laws./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Exhibits understanding of handicapped children and their needs, especially the span style="color:inherit;"visually impaired/spanor deaf children served by the school and demonstrates awareness of specialists, agencies, and organizations that serve disabled children and their families./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Demonstrates appropriate and effective office management skills such as planning, organizing and implementing./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Exercises good judgment in making decisions./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Maintains complete and accurate records includingnbsp;data on each student’s participation in training sessions and follow up and documentation on student achievement and progress;nbsp;exercises confidentiality of information in accordance with requirements of the law./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Applies knowledge and skills of supervision to programs and personnel demonstrating appropriate and effective interpersonal skills./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Maintains a positive relationship with professional associates, the community, the parents of the students and state and local agencies./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Participates in disciplinary staffing sessions as appropriate./lili style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"Participates in school sponsored activities./li/ulp style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;"br/pp style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"strongII. nbsp; nbsp; uProgrammatic Responsibilities/u/strong/pp style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;"br/pul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"liWorks with the span style="color:inherit;"residential programnbsp;/spanstaff, school counselors, teachers, and parents in developing age appropriate educational and life skills programs for residential students./liliConducts student observations of visually impaired or deaf students residing on campus, identifies their strengths and weaknesses, develops goals for each child and develops and implements behavior programs and life skills training that allow students to earn privileges and learn responsibility for their own behavior./liliDevelops Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) activities, establishes goals, implements learning activities for students individually or in groups and reports results./liliFacilitates appropriate student behavior at all times and provides guidance to Residential Advisors in implementing life skills training./liliDevelops individual behavior plans, in conjunction with the school counselor, for students requiring a more structured environment and/or close supervision./liliWorks with other school staff as required providing input on the progress, behavior, and achievement of individual students./liliDevelops individual student portfolios to track training needs and accomplishments./liliSends status reports home to parents on student’s progress on Independent Living Skills and Behavior Level System. nbsp;Meets with parents as requested to discuss student’s progress./liliAssists Residential Team Leader in reporting students’ progress as it relates to program indicators for legislative monitoring./liliAdministers student discipline as assigned or in the absence of the Residential Team Leader./lilispan style="color:inherit;"Serves as bus chaperone on weekly bus routes as needed./span/li/ulp style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"br/p/p