12 - ESS - Physical Therapist

Posted: Continuous 2012-08-07
Closes: 10/01/2012
Exceptional Student Services
 

Qualifications:

 

Required:

  • Valid Colorado Teaching License or is eligible for a valid Colorado Teaching License
  • Physical Therapist Endorsement

(Please note: To be eligible for a Special Services License with the Physical Therapist Endorsement through the Colorado Department of Education you must have the following:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy
  • Physical Therapy License through the Department of Regulatory Agencies

Preferred:

  • Previous experience and ability to work with children with special needs
  • Previous experience and training in providing interventions in an educational environment
  • Current or previous experience in pediatrics

Definition: 

The Physical Therapist is a health professional concerned with providing assessment and habilitative or rehabilitative services. In the educational setting, the physical therapist works with students to:

  1. Prevent or minimize disability or deformity
  2. Promote independent functioning in activities of daily living such as wheelchair transfers and movement transitions, establish and maintain performance within the individual's physical (motor) capability
  3. Develop and/or improve overall gross motor function and control
  4. Develop/improve walking, when appropriate

(Included is adaptation of the environment and/or instruction in the use of adaptive equipment to promote improved function in the educational setting)

 

Pueblo City Schools seeks to comply with state and/or federal law prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin ancestry, sexual orientation, sex (gender), age, genetic information, or disabilities in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its educational programs or activities.  Inquiries regarding Pueblo City Schools' compliance may be referred to the Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Compliance Officer for Pueblo City Schools, 315 West 11th St., Pueblo, CO  81003 (719) 549-7162.

 

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Pueblo City Schools


315 W. 11th Street
Pueblo, CO 81003
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