This opportunity is contingent upon final approval. Boston Public Schools reserves the right to modify, delay, or withdraw the opportunity based on programmatic needs.

 

BPS HIRING UNIT: Office of Specialized Services

 

REPORTS TO: Chief of Specialized Services or their designee

STIPEND OPPORTUNITY DATES: 7/1/2026 to 6/30/2027

 

STIPEND POSITION OVERVIEW: 

1. The Office of Specialized Services (OSS) seeks to develop a talent pool of current licensed BPS Teachers/Related Service Providers to administer Special Education assessments. 

 

1. Incumbents will need to be familiar with administering, scoring, and interpreting the assessment results in their respective areas. 

 

1. This is an in-person opportunity. Assessments will be conducted at designated testing centers city-wide. All work will take place outside of regular working hours at an assessment center or at a school.

 

1. Assessors will be required to: 
1. Administer the assessment in person and complete the assessment reporting components. The assessment report will be an original document written by the assessor and will contain testing results, a description of subtests administered, an interpretation of the results, and recommendations. *A generated test summary from testing platforms will not be an acceptable form of an assessment report. 
2. Upload the assessment results and reports into EdPlan three days prior to the meeting. 
3. For children & students found eligible for academic support, goals must be provided.
4. As needed and as directed by the service unit (Related Services, Behavioral Health Services, Early Childhood, Health Services, Compliance, etc.) attend the TEAM meeting or contact the TEAM member presenting the assessment results to discuss the findings. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

1. Currently working in Boston Public Schools.
2. Experience administering an approved battery of tests, be able to administer, score, and interpret;
3. Appropriate licensing. 

 

TERMS: 

1. All work must be completed outside of the regular school day.
2. At the discretion of the OSS Chief or their designee, travel costs (mileage, parking, public transportation fees) will be reimbursed in accordance with the existing BPS policy.
3. Some assessments require travel outside of the City of Boston to complete. At the discretion of the OSS Chief or their designee, travel time will be reimbursed at the negotiated hourly rate.
4. Delivering Findings: 
1. As necessary and as directed by the service unit (Related Services, Behavioral Health Services, Early Childhood, Health Services, Compliance, etc.) IEP meeting attendance will be reimbursed per BTU stipend hourly rate for up to 1.5 hours. Zoom timestamps must be submitted as proof that the meeting occurred. If the meeting is not held for any reason (ex. Not scheduled, not conducted as anticipated due to lack of caregiver attendance), no compensation will be provided.
2. 30 Minute Pre-IEP Meeting: OSS will pay a staff member for reviewing the results with the parent/guardian of an assessment in a 30 minute pre-IEP meeting if they are unable to attend the actual IEP meeting. To be paid for the 30 minute pre-IEP meeting the staff member must complete the meeting over Zoom and submit the Zoom timestamp report when the staff member submits for payment.
5. The stipend will be paid out once the work is completed, uploaded in EdPlan and approved by the corresponding unit director (Related Services, Behavioral Health Services, Early Childhood, Health Services, Compliance, etc.) or their designee. 
6. A unique stipend per assessment area (please see breakdown below), per student, will be provided to each assessor. See the table below for rates.

Lead Department	Discipline	Assessment Tool	Stipend per Case
Related Services	Speech Therapy	SLP Assessments: Including but not limited to: CELF-IV, CELF-P3 PLS-4, Communication Matrix,	$400
Related Services	Occupational Therapy	OT Assessments: Including but not limited to: Peabody Developmental Motor Scales 3, Beery VMI, DTVP3, BOT3, MFun, Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)	$350
Related Services	Adaptive Physical Education	OT Assessments: Including but not limited to: Observation, BPS APE Observation and Referral Assessment, Test of Gross Motor Development	$275
Related Services	Orientation & Mobility	See Teacher of the Visually Impaired	$325
Related Services	Physical Therapy	PT Assessments: Including but not limited to: PDMS3, BOT3, SFA, and ICF model	$325
Related Services	Teachers of the Visually Impaired	PT Assessments: Including but not limited to: Functional Vision, Learning Media, TAPS, Oregon	$625
Related Services	Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing	TOD Assessments: Including but not limited to: OWLS, Test of Auditory Function, Observation, LIFE-R	$275
Related Services	Audiologist	See above	$285
Related Services	Augmentative and Alternative Communication	SETT Framework and Feature matching	$400
Related Services	Feeding Specialist	Provide and train in implementation and plans for safety	$400
	Transitions	TPI 3 and ONet	$400
Early Childhood Specialized Services	Academic	Developmental Assessment, Caregiver Interview and Observation	$400
Academic	Academic	WIAT, Bateria, Other Academic Assessments as needed	$400
Behavioral Health Services	Psychology	Psychological Assessments: WISC-V, RIAS-2, Stanford-Binet, others as needed  Behavioral Checklists: BASC, Conners, Brief, others as needed	$600 w/checklist $500 w/o checklist
After School Assessment Manager	Coordination/ Management-BASAS	Oversee/Manage After School Assessment Program	$70/hour
Health Services	Nursing	Assessment of students requiring nursing assessments for specialized health care needs. Including but not limited to, group observation, parent/guardian interview, consult with primary & specialty care providers, request/review all relevant medical records, create/upload report into SNAP/EdPlan, development of initial IHP, and communication with school nurse where the student is assigned as needed.	$450
ABA Evaluations	ABA	Assessment of students requiring highly specialized instruction using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, in addition to tiered instructional interventions that have been attempted with limited impact.	$400