Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Occupational Therapist Department: Special Education Department Reports To: Supervisor of Related Services Compensation: BG-8 Number of Days: 190 Security Access: Enrollment Center FLSA: Exempt Oklahoma Teacher’s Retirement: Optional Participation Bargaining Unit: N/A Funding Source: General Fund Last Revised Date: May 2026 Mission: Our students lead through literacy, are empowered through experience, and contribute to their community. Vision: Tulsa Public Schools honors the diversity, creativity, and passion of our students, elevating every student to be designers of their destiny. Core Values: Our core values guide how we work and interact with each other at every level of the organization. We embrace and embody these values every day: ● Equity: We know that our diversity is a community treasure, and we are committed to dismantling practices and systems that perpetuate inequalities, being actively anti -bias, anti-racist, and working toward justice and opportunity for all. ● Character: We are honest, trustworthy and have high standards of behavior. We make decisions based on what our students and community need, and we do the right thing even when it is hard. ● Excellence: We work together to give Tulsa the world- class schools it needs and deserves. We expect a lot from one another, and we support one another in achieving our shared, high expectations. ● Team: We care for one another and work together to celebrate success, learn from struggles, and work to help every team member be their best selves. ● Joy: Joy at school and at work makes us more productive, because when we create, innovate, and imagine, our motivation grows. Also, we love to have fun! Position Summary: The Occupational Therapist works as an itinerant therapist to provide educationally necessary therapeutic intervention in the area of motor skill development, focusing primarily on visual motor, fine motor, bilateral coordination, self -help, and sensorimotor development. Services are provided in a variety of school settings, ranging from age 3 through grade 12. Key Functions: ● Conduct standardized and informal assessments to determine students' need for occupational therapy services ● Develop and deliver direct, collaborative, monitor, and consultative therapeutic services aligned to IEP goals ● Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, families, and outside agencies to support student progress ● Maintain compliant documentation in EdPlan and meet District, State, and Federal special education requirements ● Supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants when assigned, in accordance with State OTA supervision guidelines Minimum Qualifications: Education: ● Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited college or university Experience: ● Minimum of five (5) years of experience providing occupational therapy services Licenses and Certifications: ● National certification by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board (NBCOT) ● State of Oklahoma certification/licensure as a special service provider in the area of Occupational Therapy ● Valid driver's license required (role is itinerant and requires travel between school sites) Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: ● Knowledge of and demonstrated use of appropriate standardized assessment tools and treatment techniques in the area of motor and sensorimotor skill development ● Applied knowledge of motor and sensorimotor therapeutic treatments and modalities to assist in improving students' educational performance ● Knowledge of school -based occupational therapy services ● Knowledge of adaptive equipment and assistive technology that may be required to address access needs of children with disabilities ● Knowledge of District, State, and Federal special education regulations as they relate to school -based OT services ● Ability to develop and implement individual educational plan goals and objectives relating to motor and sensorimotor skill development in the school setting ● Ability to develop and implement OT service delivery models, such as direct, collaborative, monitor, and consultative ● Ability to prioritize, organize, and manage workload autonomously ● Ability to communicate effectively with other professionals ● Ability to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of students, teachers, and schools ● Ability to drive to various schools to provide itinerant occupational therapy services to students on caseload ● Ability to perform basic office operational duties, including use of computer, time -off reporting, EdPlan, printers, and completion of mileage forms ● Ability to work collaboratively with others on a team Responsibilities and Essential Functions: The following duties are representative of performance expectations. A reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform essential functions. ● Completes standardized assessments of motor and sensorimotor skill development as well as informal assessments to determine a student's present functional performance level and need for OT services to support the student's educational performance within their least restrictive environment ● Participates as part of a multidisciplinary team that develops individual educational plan goals and objectives for students based on OT evaluation results ● Provides direct, collaborative, monitor, or consultative therapeutic services to students to address deficit areas identified through OT evaluation and to ensure reasonable educational benefit in the least restrictive environment ● Collaborates and consults with teachers, staff, parents, and outside agencies to ensure issues regarding skill development are appropriately addressed in the school setting ● Completes all appropriate documentation (evaluations, IEPs, daily notes, 9- week progress notes, Medicaid billing, etc.) on the district -mandated online platform, EdPlan, to ensure accuracy and accountability of services provided ● Completes all documentation according to District, State, and Federal special education regulations and timelines ● Implements District, State, and Federal special education regulations as they relate to school -based Occupational Therapy services ● May supervise and evaluate Occupational Therapy Assistant(s) according to State OTA supervision guidelines ● Performs other tasks, duties, or services consistent with this position as assigned Customer Contacts: ● Internal: TPS District Employees ● External : Students, families, partnered vendors, community members, outside agencies Supervisory Responsibility: ● This role may require the supervision of an Occupational Therapy Assistant as deemed necessary by the Supervisor of Related Services Working and Physical Conditions: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Exposure to the following conditions may range from rare to frequent based on circumstances and factors that may not be predictable.  ● Itinerant work across multiple school sites; regular travel between schools during the workday ● Work performed in a variety of school settings including classrooms, therapy rooms, and other school spaces ● Work involves walking, standing, and periods of sitting ● Typical positions require workers to lift up to 100 pounds ● Ability to climb stairs, ladders, or scaffolding; bend, crouch, reach, hold, grasp, and turn objects ● Ability to use fingers to operate computer keyboards ● Ability to demonstrate physical exercises and activities as part of therapeutic intervention ● Ability to feel the shape, size, and temperature of objects ● Ability to speak normally and use normal or aided vision and hearing Tulsa Public Schools is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team of individuals who contribute to the district's mission with their talents, skills, and energy. Tulsa Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, pregnancy , disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, age , or any other classification protected by applicable law. Tulsa Public Schools also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need accommodation during the application process, please contact the district's ADA Coordinator at ada@tulsaschools.org. You can al so direct your request for accommodation in writing via mail to the Tulsa Public Schools Education Service Center, Attn: ADA Coordinator, 3027 S. New Haven Ave., Tulsa, OK 74114- 6131.