Special Education Teacher - IHSCA

Job Description

Special Education Teacher - IHSCA

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Instituto Health Science Career Academy along with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has set ambitious goals to ensure that every child-in every school and every neighborhood—has access to a world-class learning experience from birth, resulting in graduation from high school college- and career-ready. In alignment with CPS/ISBE, our school strives to provide high quality and specially designed instructional supports and services for all students with disabilities within the least restrictive environment.

We work collaboratively with the goal of improving the academic achievement of all students with disabilities by ensuring they receive meaningful and relevant access to grade level core instruction within the school. Teachers provide appropriate, effective, and culturally relevant instruction for grades 9-12 aligned to SAT, AVID College Readiness, and state standards. IHSCA ensures that students are provided a safe learning environment that supports student social-emotional growth as well as academics.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Instituto Health Science Career Academy along with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has set ambitious goals to ensure that every child—in every school and every neighborhood—has access to a world-class learning experience from birth, resulting in graduation from high school college- and career-ready. In alignment with CPS/ISBE, our school strives to provide high quality and specially designed instructional supports and services for all students with disabilities within the least restrictive environment.

We work collaboratively with the goal of improving the academic achievement of all students with disabilities by ensuring they receive meaningful and relevant access to grade level core instruction within the school. The special education teacher provides appropriate, effective, and culturally relevant instruction to, while ensuring a safe environment that supports student’s social-emotional growth and individualized education plan (IEP).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designing lessons consistent with student IEP
• Utilizing adaptive devices/technology to provide general curricular content access to students
• Preparing and implementing IEPs (including transition plans and behavior management plans) for each assigned student based on individually assessed needs
• Using appropriate assessment instruments pertinent to academic, communication, and behavioral areas
• Adapting teaching materials to make it appropriate and relevant to the students’ needs
• Conducts individual or group sessions to meet educational, social, and emotional needs of the students
• Participates on the school-based intervention team, in-school staffing team and in the screening processes, as appropriate
• Actively participates on student IEP meetings
• Uploads/Updates all documentation in accordance with CPS and IHSCA program compliance
• Plans and implements self-care programs, including direct assistance to students (e.g., toileting, positioning, lifting, feeding, etc.)
• Monitors and oversees services provided by paraprofessionals and/or other support personnel assigned to classroom and/or student in classroom
• Obtains and monitors present levels/baselines of assigned special needs students
• Refers those students who require further evaluation or follow-up services to the appropriate school personnel
• Provides timely feedback to students, parents and administrators of student progress, expectations and goals
• Includes a school-wide focus on the social/cultural domain of learning and student experience, with an emphasis on incorporating the No Non-Sense Nurturing framework and Health Sciences-related materials into the classroom on a regular basis
• Takes daily attendance and submits it to Power School
• Participates on Teacher Parents Conferences to discuss academic student progress
• Contacts parents via e-mail, phone or during Parent Teacher Conferences to discuss academics and behavior on a regular basis
• Willingness to sponsors extracurricular activities
• Follows all IHSCA’s school-wide standards regarding teacher behaviors
• Adheres to all IHSCA’s electronic and web-based rules and…