**Overview** The Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Specialist (CIA Specialist) provides direct and indirect curriculum, instruction, and assessment services to students. The CIA Specialist works collaboratively with academic staff to assess students' instructional strengths and needs to provide appropriate curriculum, instruction and assessment, which align with students' Individual Educational Programs (IEP) and with federal, state, and regional standards. CIA Specialists further support student learning by providing training, mentoring, and technical assistance regarding evidenced-based intervention to academic staff. The CIA Specialist provides support to the school Administration by participating in all appropriate school and department level meetings as required. The Powder Mill (Beltsville, MD) campus of Kennedy Krieger School serves students in grades 2-8 who are working toward a high school diploma, and students aged 7-21 who are seeking a certificate of completion. **Responsibilities** 1. Provide direct and indirect curricular, instructional, and assessment services to support student learning. 2. Work in collaboration with school administration to ensure Kennedy Krieger School Programs' alignment with all federal, state and regional curricular requirements 3. Work in collaboration with school administration to make purchases to support alignment with curricular requirements 4. Ensure the management of inventory and circulation of curriculum and assessment materials. 5. Plan and deliver professional development regarding curriculum, instruction and assessment 6. In collaboration with school administration, provide mentoring and technical assistance to academic staff 7. In collaboration with school administration provide training, material, data tracking, and organization of materials required for state-mandated assessment 8. Attend, participate and provide data during student team meetings, IEP meetings, and all required, program-based meetings. 9. Participate in the planning, delivery, and training of school and department based initiatives. 10. Provide leadership to academic staff by demonstrating initiative, professionalism, and content expertise. **Qualifications** **EDUCATION:** + Master's Degree, or equivalent, in Special Education or related area is required. **EXPERIENCE:** + Three years of direct experience in Special Education + Direct experience with formal and informal assessments + Direct experience with modification of curricular materials and student accommodations + Direct experience with standards-based, differentiated instruction **Benefits** Kennedy Krieger Institute offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K with match, tuition reimbursement, free parking and child care subsidies! In addition, we offer rich professional development opportunities. We require full COVID vaccination or documentation of medical and/or religious exemption(s) approval for this job as we are a healthcare institution committed to putting health and safety first for our patients, students, employees, and the communities we serve. EOE/M/F/D/V **Vacancy ID** _10764_ **Pos. Category** _Special Education_ **Job Location : Street** _4600 Powder Mill Rd Suite 500_ **\# of Hours** _40.00_ **_Job Locations_** _US-MD-Beltsville_ **Pos. Type** _Regular Full Time_ **Department : Name** _Special Education- Powder Mill Campus_ Equal Opportunity Provider & Employer M/F/Disability/ProtectedVet