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SY2025-26 School Occupational Therapist

Livingston Road

NOTICE: All Ingenuity Prep employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before their start date. All persons offered a position will be required to provide valid proof of vaccination prior to starting employment or must be approved for a medical or religious exemption.

Ingenuity Prep is a supportive school community dedicated to academic rigor and civic leadership, preparing students for the path to colleges and careers of their choosing. Our innovative instructional model promotes small-group learning for students, collaborative teaching teams, and robust coaching and professional development opportunities for teachers and staff. We are one of the highest-performing schools in Ward 8 and proud recipients of a Bold Performance School award.  

We are searching for a School Occupational Therapist to support Ingenuity Prep's academic mission. As a member of the Ingenuity Prep Student & Family Support Team, the School Occupational Therapist will support students and families, empower teachers, and serve as a critical partner in ensuring that students have the services they need to be successful both academically and socially/emotionally. The School Occupational Therapist will report directly to the Director of Student Support.

 WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

  • Mission: We’re closing the opportunity gap. Students and families in Southeast D.C. have too few options for high-quality elementary, middle, and high schools.  Ingenuity Prep aspires to right this systemic injustice providing an exemplary educational option for Southeast D.C.’s students and families.
  • Model: We pair high expectations with high support. Too often, our students are underestimated.  At Ingenuity Prep, an innovative teacher development model, paired with best-in-class training from strong instructional leaders, allows us to grow great teachers who, ultimately, lead high-expectation and high-support classrooms.
  • Results: Our students are defying expectations. Ingenuity Prep’s students outperform their neighborhood peers on rigorous, national, college-track assessments.  Already out-performing many of their more privileged peers around the city, in the coming years, Ingenuity Prep’s students will provide an expectation-defying and achievement-gap-closing proof point — showing what our kids are capable of when we provide the right opportunities, expectations, and support.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a School Occupational Therapist at Ingenuity Prep, you will:

  • Provide educationally related occupational therapy assessment in areas of identified need for students
  • Conducted preliminary OT screenings for students with possible OT concerns
  • Collaborate with academy RTI teams to determine support for students
  • Complete assessment reports according to specified guidelines and develop long and short-term goals and objectives with the Student Support Team
  • Develop intervention plans that support IEP goals and implement those plans through both push-in and pull-out services
  • In collaboration with school’s instructional leadership, provide teachers behavioral and academic strategy support, resources, and professional development
  • Monitor, review, and modify student progress against stated IEP goals
  • Maintain accurate records of progress against IEP goals and ensure compliance with stated standards
  • Work closely with students’ families to ensure students receive appropriate supports; this may include making home visits as necessary

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Ingenuity Prep might be the right fit for you if:

  • You have at least two years of experience, ideally in a school setting
  • You have a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited institution
  • You have passed your NBCOT exam and obtained DC Licensure
  • You are deeply committed to students’ social and emotional learning and health
  • You have experience working in DC, ideally in Ward 7 and 8. 
  • You want to work closely with your peers in a collaborative instructional setting.
  • You want to work in a feedback-rich culture
  • You have consistently partnered with families as part of your plan for student success
  • You have a track record of holding high expectations for yourself and students
  • You are efficient and use time and resources wisely

MORE ABOUT US

Ingenuity Prep offers among the strongest compensation and benefits packages of any public charter school in Washington, D.C. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

  • Highly competitive compensation for instructional and non-instructional positions.
  • 100% of medical and dental premiums for employees paid for by Ingenuity Prep, along with 100% of dependent premiums and 50% of spouse’s or domestic partner’s premiums.
  • 100% of employee’s short­ and long-term disability and life insurance plans paid for by Ingenuity Prep.
  • A minimum of two weeks maternity/paternity leave, up to 6 weeks, at 100% of pay (60% from IP and remaining pay from DC Paid Family Leave ) for all staff — regardless of gender
  • A 100% match -- up to 3% -- on your 401K retirement plan.
  • A 100% Ingenuity Prep-paid cell phone plan. You can even bring your current number into our plan.
  • MacBook Air computer for professional and personal use

Salary Range: $82,750 -$103,344 (commensurate with 1-10 years experience)

Ingenuity Prep does not make hiring decisions based on race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, age, disability, veteran status, religion, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Covid-19 vaccination is required prior to the first day of employment.

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