Occupational Therapist Public School Therapies

To facilitate exceptional education students' ability to participate in their educational setting and to ensure that recommendations, intervention and communication enhance students' success in the least restrictive environment.
Thank you for your interest in our July 8, 2026, OCPS Job Fair for Occupational Therapist positions. During the OCPS fair, departments are conducting interviews for their in-person openings for the 2026-2027 school year.
Click the button "Apply for this job online" when you are ready to begin your application.
It is important to fully complete each section of your application and submit it on/or before 12:00 pm on July 6, 2026.
Beginning July 6th, emails will be sent to cleared candidates with details on the fair.
The OCPS Occupational Therapist Job Fair will be held in person at Kaley Professional Development Center, 1600 E Kaley St, Orlando, FL 32806, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

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Bachelors (grandfathered in 2007), Master's or Doctorate from an accredited institution Level Program.

• Licensed by the Florida Department of Health in occupational therapy.
• Knowledge of occupational therapy theory and practices. Knowledge of support service delivery systems and exceptional education services and current diagnostic procedures in occupational therapy. knowledge of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). Ability to analyze data, both verbal and written. Understands how to lead the process in development, implementation, and coordination of occupational therapy support as a related service. Screening, evaluation, educational program and transition planning, as well as therapeutic intervention provided for students identified with or suspected of having disabilities that interfere with their ability to perform daily life activities or participate in necessary or desired occupations. Professional judgment and clinical knowledge are used to develop individualized programming based on occupational performance deficits in the areas of personal care, student role, interaction skills, process skills, play, community integration/work, and graphic communication.

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA)
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT: Machines, tools, equipment, electronic devices, vehicles, etc., Telephone, Computer, (Personal Computer and Mainframe), Automobile, Copier
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Physical activities of this position. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
90 Hearing Acuity: The ability to perceive speech and other environmental sounds at normal loudness levels.
90 Visual Acuity: The power to see at a level which allows reading of numbers and text, operation of equipment, inspection of machines, etc.
Indoors and Outdoors: The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: * Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.

• Provide occupational therapy assessment or evaluations for students suspected of a disability. Develop individual goals and objectives for students, based upon results of an occupational therapy evaluation.
• Develop and collaborate on a student's occupational therapy goals and objectives to be incorporated into the student's Individual Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan.
• Implement appropriate occupational therapy services as identified through evaluations and defined by the goals and objectives of a student's IEP.
• Provide trainings/professional development for instructional and classified staff on the use of adaptive equipment for students.
• Effectively communicate results evaluations and reports of therapy services to the educational staff, parents, students and, when appropriate and approved, to other professionals and agencies concerned with the student.
• Keep the school principal and district administrator informed of current critical issues and incidents about which they should be aware.
• Attend staffing and other school meetings when necessary and feasible.
• Maintain supplies, equipment and therapy areas.
• serve as resource for other therapists
• Follow OCPS compliance procedures as it pertains to providing Occupational Therapy
• Follow the district's policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines and the district's instructional initiatives.
• Follow the district's policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
• With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.

• Essential Performance Responsibilities
Non-bargaining unit compensation plan, 217 days.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of personnel.