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Recruitment Number 23-0708
This vacancy is with the Department of Health.
Salary: $5,076 to $6,177 per month (SR-22, Step D to I)
Note: Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.
This continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. The notice of the last day to file applications will be posted on the State of Hawaii's Civil Service Job Opportunities Listing page of our website.
Duties Summary
To provide culturally competent and family-centered educational services for infants and toddlers with special needs and their families. A member of a transdisciplinary team and performs work in the child's natural environments. Responsible for providing evaluation, consultation and treatment services. Collaborates with a variety of multidisciplinary teams and community groups and assists to ensure a smooth transition for infants and toddlers and their families.
Provides expertise in SPECIAL EDUCATION to enhance a child's overall development, focusing on the areas of personal-social skills, cognitive development, learning styles and behavior. Also, provides culturally sensitive family-centered care coordination. Requires independent judgment to carry out assigned duties and responsibilities for a full range of cases.
This position is with the Family Health Services Division, Department of Health, is responsible for the provision of assistive technology support services to infants and toddlers with special needs and their families, in collaboration with multiple public and private agencies, and to staff members of early intervention programs.
The duties and responsibilities of the position include facilitating and participating int he development, implementation and evaluation of educational technology intervention plans for infants and toddlers with special needs and their families; planning and evaluating educational technology projects to be incorporated within early intervention programs; researching and maintaining a lending a library of access tools, adapted toys, communicating devices, and computer software for enhancing the development of infants and toddlers with special needs; developing, conducting, and evaluating training sessions for early intervention program staff and parents; serving as a liaison between early intervention programs and various private agencies on educational technology projects; providing assistance with overall operation and educational application of various computers and related early intervention programs; and transporting equipment to learning centers, training classes, etc.
Applicant must possess work experience included at least one (1) year of experience which involved the educational application of a variety of assistive technology devices, for children with physical, emotional, and/or mental disabilities, and which provided the knowledges and abilities described.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Education: A bachelor's degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a major in human behavior or in a social science. Education MUST HAVE included a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours in psychology and/or education, which included coursework in the learning process and child growth and development.
Specialized Experience: Six (6) months of professional teaching experience assisting in and teaching a class for students with developmental disabilities which included managing small groups of students, assisting in and having some responsibility for planning and preparation of instructional materials and providing individual instruction to students.
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Satisfactory completion of practice teaching at an accredited college or university and satisfactory completion of twelve (12) additional semester credit-hours in Special Education with specialization in students with developmental disabilities.
AND
Possess three (3) years of experience teaching students with developmental disabilities. This experience must have been comparable in scope and complexity to work at the III level in the State service. Such experience must have involved the development and preparation of lesson plans and teaching units and experience in the overall management of a classroom.
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Satisfactory completion of twelve (12) semester credit hours in Special Education with specialization in students with developmental disabilities from an accredited college or university, ANDone (1) year of experience as a professional teacher, not necessarily in teaching students with developmental disabilities. However, this teaching experience must have demonstrated conclusively that the applicant had experience and responsibility for planning and preparing for the independent operation of a classroom, which involved independently developing and preparing lesson and unit plans and carrying on overall classroom management.
The Special Education Teacher III in State service has independent responsibility for an assigned classroom. Methods and activities are developed by the teacher for effective presentation of subject matter and the development of students, with full accountability for classroom management.
Selective Certification Requirement: Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of experience which involved the educational application of a variety of assistive technology devices including the use of personal computers with adaptive devices, for children with physical, emotional, and/or mental disabilities, and which provided the knowledge and abilities as described above. Such experience may be gained concurrently or separately in meeting the minimum qualification requirements for the class Special Education Teacher IV.
Driver's License: Applicants must possess a valid driver's license at the time of appointment.
Applicants must be able to lift and carry up to 30 pounds.
Substitutions Allowed: Relevant substitutions for the Specialized Experience Requirement as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements, will apply.
The information provided above represents a summary of the complete Minimum Qualification Requirements.
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Other Information
The State of Hawai'i complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations in completing an application, any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please call 808-587-0936 for assistance.
PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS (PSLF) PROGRAM
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TESTING INFORMATION
The examination for this recruitment will be conducted on an unassembled basis where the examination score is based on an evaluation and rating of your education and experience. It is therefore important that your employment application provide a clear and detailed description of the duties and responsibilities of each position you held.
In-person interviews and/or further testing in Hawaii may be required at the discretion of the hiring agency. If in-person interviews and/or further testing is a requirement, applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements and are referred to the vacancy must be available to participate in person and at their own expense in this required phase of the selection process.
Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. In addition to employment availability and score, the referral of qualified applicants may be based upon other factors including date of receipt of application.
