Autism Coordinator and Teacher positions in Ann Arbor MI

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Hi all,

We are still looking for an Autism Coordinator (administrative position)

in Ann Arbor MI. I know you have seen me post this job earlier in the

year, but now we have a new Special Education Director who is absolutely

amazing. I have meet with him a couple of times already as the chair of

our local parent advisory committee for special education, and he is

really looking to build an excellent autism program to serve the entire

spectrum of students here in Ann Arbor. His quote - " I want to have a

world-class program for kids on the autism spectrum " , and he wants it to

be behaviorally based. He insists he wants a BCBA with a broad range of

experience for the coordinator position. So anyway, I am more hopeful

than I have been in a long time, and he seems committed to obtaining

resources and doing this right. I have to say I kept pinching myself

as I was talking to him.

So, if you were considering the position before, but were leery, think

about it again. It will be a lot of hard work and not without risk, as

anyone who works in a public school environment can tell you, but I also

think it could be a great opportunity to build a quality ABA program in

the school system here. We do already have an ABA classroom at the

preschool level, and they just hired two really good elementary autism

classroom teachers, both with ABA experience - but we REALLY need that

experienced administrator/autism coordinator to support and guide these

new teachers. Here is the job posting if you to take a look (salary is

in the 80's):

https://hr.aaps.k12.mi.us/search_jobs.asp?cat=2

We do need an experienced person, probably needs to have at least 10

years experience both in the public school environment and designing ABA

programming, BCBA strongly preferred. Teaching certificate is nice but

not absolutely essential.

We also have another autism teacher elementary classroom job open, that

posting is at: https://hr.aaps.k12.mi.us/search_jobs.asp?cat=1

and click on the " Communication Classroom Teacher " job opening. That

job does require a teaching certificate in special education.

We have had some turnover and everything is new, but I really think this

guy wants to build a something special in our district. He is already

using a consultant who has a ton of experience (25 years with May Center

and NECC, and consulting in public school systems), but wants to build

our internal structure to provide these services for students with

autism. Very strongly committted to ABA too! His name is Larry

Simpson, Administrator for Student Intevention and Support Services (our

Special Ed dept) in Ann Arbor MI. His phone nuimber is 734-994-2318,

and his email is simpson@.... He is very open and great to

talk to, so even if you're just curious feel free to call him to find

our more about the job.

So if you're up for a challenge, we'd love to have you!

Barb Byers

Ann Arbor MI

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