Recreation Specialist CY-0188-03

Responsibilities Incumbent will create and maintain a safe, positive learning environment to ensure the holistic development of each student and staff member through cultural, social, spiritual, physical and academic experience. Incumbent will support the Bureau of Indian Education’s mission, which is to provide high quality education opportunities from early childhood through life while considering a tribe’s need for cultural and economic well‑being. Qualifications Education - Bachelor's degree OR 3 years related experience. As a basic requirement, applicants will have education or experience as described under either A, B, or C below: A. Full 4‑year course in an accredited college or university with major study appropriate to the field of recreation, physical education or therapeutic recreation. Applicants whose major field qualify for assignment to a position in one of the specializations on the basis of 15 semester hours of appropriate course work; or B. Three years of experience in which the candidate has demonstrated a knowledge of the goals, principles, methods and techniques of education and an understanding of the interests and motivations of individuals and groups equivalent to that which he would have gained through the education described in A above. This experience may have been gained in community, industrial, therapeutic or other recreation programs, such as those sponsored by national youth organizations; or C. Any equivalent combination of A and B above, provided each year of education has included at least 6 semester hours appropriate to the field of recreation or to the specialization in which the position is classified. Appropriate education may be substituted for experience on the basis of 1 year of academic study for 9 months of experience. Education and training in special schools such as schools of art, dramatic arts, or music will be carefully evaluated to determine the extent to which it contributes to the candidate’s ability to carry out work in one or more of the specializations described above. Relevant full‑time study of this kind may be counted on a month‑for‑month basis as experience. Experience must show demonstrated ability to: identify recreation needs and interests of individuals and groups; plan, coordinate, and direct recreation programs; evaluate recreation programs; ability to communicate effectively and motivate persons of widely varying interests and backgrounds. For therapeutic recreation specialist, the experience must show ability to motivate and work effectively with the physically or psychologically handicapped. Physical Requirement Good distant vision in one eye and ability to read without strain printed material the size of typewritten characters are required, glasses permitted. Ability to hear the conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid, is required; except some positions may be suitable for the blind or deaf. In most instances, an amputation of arm, hand, leg, or foot will not disqualify an applicant for appointment, although it may be necessary that this condition be compensated by use satisfactory prosthesis. In addition, applicant must have mental and emotional stability. #J-18808-Ljbffr ROCK POINT SCHOOL, INCORPORATED