Dassel-Cokato Public Schools is looking for a Special Education Teacher to serve as the district assessment teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. The Special Education Assessment Teacher (SEAT) serves the K-12 Dassel-Cokato School District with a focus on individualized student assessments to assist our special education teams district-wide. The position entails experience in providing data-driven educational programming recommendations, knowledge of special educational eligibility criteria, administering a variety of standardized assessments and collecting informal data and information as it pertains to a student.

Essential Functions

Collaborates with special education case managers, IEP teams and school psychologist to plan and complete special education evaluations
Facilitates effective verbal and written communication between parents, principals, and IEP teams
Participates in regularly scheduled assessment team meetings with school psychologist, Special Education Supervisor and service providers to plan and develop comprehensive evaluations (including functional behavior assessments and transition assessments
Demonstrates efficient, accurate and organized completion of evaluation paperwork as required through due process
Effectively and clearly reports evaluation findings to teams
Is proficient in special education criteria requirements
Coordinates special education evaluations with members of the child study teams
Facilitates evaluation portion of team meetings
Manages the system of evaluation due dates as they align with IEP due dates
Secures technology needs working with Special Education Supervisor and Director of Technology in order to sustain evaluation completion needs (iPad use, etc…)
Monitors and manages protocols for instruments used within the evaluation team
Attends building Child Study Team meetings
Attends ongoing training as it pertains to special education evaluations, standardized testing and disability content areas

Qualifications

Minnesota Teaching License in special education will be considered
Experience with completing special education evaluations for a minimum of three years is prioritized

Salary and Benefits

DCEA Master Agreement

Dassel-Cokato Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.