A Preschool or Childcare Teacher works with young children, usually ages 3 - 5, to help them learn the social, motor and language skills needed to be ready for kindergarten and elementary school. Organizes activities and uses play or games to help children learn; develops schedules and routines for children that include exercise and rest. Works in a school or in a childcare center or program.
Early Childhood Special Educator, part-time
Orleans Southwest
Orleans Southwest - Hardwick, Vermont Job Details
Job ID:
5864693
Application Deadline:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Yesterday
Starting Date:
Aug 17, 2026
Job Description
The Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union is seeking a dynamic Early Childhood Special Educator. The Special Educator's duties include providing services to 3-5 year-old students as well as case management, evaluating students, and paperwork compliance according to the child's IEP at a variety of locations. Applicants should be knowledgeable in developmentally appropriate instructional practices, educational assessments, special education identification, IEP development, and case management. The Early Childhood Special Educator works closely with related service providers, prekindergarten programs, families, and community agencies. As an itinerant position, the Early Childhood Special Educator will travel to multiple sites throughout the supervisory union, such as schools, Universal PreK partner sites, or community settings. The position has a full-time equivalency (FTE) of 0.50. The displayed salary range has been prorated for the FTE of the position. Prorated benefits come with the position.
Applicants seeking full-time employment and who hold both an Early Childhood Special Educator endorsement and a Special Education Grades K-Age 21 endorsement may be considered if two part-time positions are available.
1. Provide services to families and children from ages 3 to 5: developmental evaluation, child and family;
2. Provides comprehensive evaluation for children for suspected developmental delays or disabilities: motor skills, cognition, communication, and social-emotional areas.
3. Assists families in understanding child development, identifying developmentally appropriate
expectations, and understating the etiology and physiology of the child's delay, disability, and/or diagnosed
condition. Supports the family by relating this information to the needs of the child, and by providing
strategies and resources to assist the family in addressing the child's needs.
4. Facilitates transition planning and activities for the child and family as they exit birth-age 3 services.
