is anyone a board of ed evaluator ? ( in ny)

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Is anyone a board of ed evaluator ? ( in ny)

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amother ↓

Mon, Jan 02 2012, 5:38 pm

I am looking for basic info about this field. If anyone does private evals, pls respond too.

↑ amother ↓

Mon, Jan 02 2012, 7:57 pm

bump

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 5:14 pm

anyone?

SorGold

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 6:53 pm

Do you mean a school psychologist?

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 7:11 pm

no, I mean someoned who does evaluations for special ed services for early intervention, special ed....

marina ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 7:26 pm

that's what a school psychologist does...

I was trained and worked for several years as one.

mamommommy ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 7:32 pm

amother wrote:

no, I mean someoned who does evaluations for special ed services for early intervention, special ed....

Early intervention isn't the Board of Ed. it's the Dept. of Health. The Board of Ed. contracts evaluators in all of the special ed. disciplines (speech, ot, pt, psychology, ed, etc..)

What sort of information are you specifically looking for?

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 7:38 pm

what kind of degree or training is necessary? Whats the salary? How difficult is it to find a job? Im talking about special ed evals for speech, seit, etc.

rain

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 7:43 pm

amother wrote:

what kind of degree or training is necessary? Whats the salary? How difficult is it to find a job? Im talking about special ed evals for speech, seit, etc.

im a little confused...
in the board of ed, each evaluation is done by a different person in different fields
a speech eval is done by a speech therapist, ot by an ot, cognitive and academic by a school psychologist etc..

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 7:50 pm

pls excuse my ignorance but the evaluators sent by the board of ed to evaluate preschool kids for seit services are school physchologists?

↑ mamommommy ↓

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 8:21 pm

amother wrote:

pls excuse my ignorance but the evaluators sent by the board of ed to evaluate preschool kids for seit services are school physchologists?

As rain mentioned, each discipline is evaluated by a professional in that specific field. There is no such thing as a generic "board of ed evaluator." When a child receives their educational evaluation, it is done by a special education teacher; their psych eval, by a psychologist; their speech eval, by a speech pathologist; and so on.

↑ amother

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 8:26 pm

got it. Thanks. So I am looking for answers to the above questions in regard to a special ed teacher performing ed evaluations for the board of ed. Basically, what is the salary?

↑ marina

Tue, Jan 03 2012, 9:23 pm

http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdon.....3.pdf

That chart is for school psychologists and social workers. School psychologists do the cognitive part and depending on the state, the academic and emotional parts too. In some places, a special ed. teacher or other professional does the academic piece and that person is paid the same as any other special education teacher, as far as I know. Speech Language Pathologists and Occupational therapists do the speech and OT parts of the eval.

↑ mamommommy

Wed, Jan 04 2012, 5:47 am

marina wrote:

http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4D6FC60E-3CBB-4BD4-B264-52A180647AA8/0/PhysSwkSalarySchedule20083.pdf

That chart is for school psychologists and social workers. School psychologists do the cognitive part and depending on the state, the academic and emotional parts too. In some places, a special ed. teacher or other professional does the academic piece and that person is paid the same as any other special education teacher, as far as I know. Speech Language Pathologists and Occupational therapists do the speech and OT parts of the eval.

Marina, I don't remember ever seeing that schedule before, but when I just read it now, I had to laugh out loud at the example on the bottom worded like a 3rd grade algebra problem.

gryp

Wed, Jan 04 2012, 6:47 am

Amother, I think you would work for the agencies like Yeled VYalda. Why don't you give them a call and ask them?

STovah

Wed, Jan 04 2012, 6:56 am

Just an FYI - from what I've heard, the board of ed isn't really doing much hiring of evaluators or psychologists these days. If they do hire these days, they are looking specifically for bilingual.

Faigy86

Wed, Jan 04 2012, 6:58 am

I know someone who is an ed evaluator. She is officially a generic special ed public school teacher, but she is part of the Committee Assigned on Special Ed (I think that is what it is called). You would need to have the degrees and certification of a special ed teacher, and apply for the position. From what I understand, they are cutting back in this field, and it is very hard to get the job. Also, it is a regular board of ed job for whatever that is worth.

preempservices

Wed, Jan 04 2012, 7:53 am

My mom had a masters in Sp Ed and worked for the Board of Ed for many years - classroom observations, testing, case reviews in a CSE office.
That job is now assigned to psychologists.
My recent experience with a child who aged out of CPSE and transferred to CSE, his therapists (PT,OT,ST and SP Ed) evaluated him. A psychologist then came and observed him and "classified" him (no not as unbelievably cute and personable) and issued a recommendation.
HTH

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