Teacher - Special Education; SED

Special Education Teacher - Severe Needs (Behavior Interventionist, Emotionally Disturbed, & Autism)

The primary function of a special education teacher is to deliver the district curriculum in multiple ways that promotes student learning and achievement while accounting for the special and diverse needs of special education students.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• The teacher is responsible for the organization and structure of his/her assigned classroom
• The teacher works collaboratively with other teachers, instructors, coordinators, and administration to support the overall needs of the students.
• Plans and supervises the classroom schedule.
• Development and implementation of curriculum plans.
• Coordinating the roles of paraprofessionals, cooperating teachers and others assigned to the classroom.
• Facilitates the development of new skills with assigned paraprofessionals.
• Coordinates the schedules of all ancillary personnel involved in the classroom.
• Keeps open and ongoing communication with each child's case manager and the other interdisciplinary team members.
• Identifies needed materials and equipment pursuant to educational plans.
• Direct supervision of paraprofessionals assigned to the classroom.
• Responsible for the education of each student consistent with the goals and objectives of the IEP (implementation of the IEP).
• Ongoing assessment of each students functioning level.
• Writes student IEP Goals and benchmarks.
• Completion and distribution of progress notes, detailing each students progress towards meeting their IEP goals.
• Participation in meetings, IEP meetings, clinics, in-services, and professional development.
• Implementation of all required activities/testing/reporting of MCAS, as directed by state guidelines, regulations and district protocols.
• Development of communication systems for each child with guidance of a consultant as needed. Maintaining ongoing communication with each student's parent/legal guardian regarding his or her educational needs and progress.
• Regular meetings with consultants that serve the program.
• Regular meetings with ancillary personnel involved with each child.
• Regular communication with nursing staff to ensure sound practices and to gain knowledge of the student's continually changing medical status.
• Physical management of students educational and personal care needs including lifting, positioning and changing.
• Cooperation and flexibility to work with other departments for smooth transitions for the individual going from one department to another.
• Attends and participates in continuing educational programs.
• Communicates with the parents, medical, nursing, educational and other disciplines/program consultants. Maintains a liaison with the students, their families, support personnel, and other agencies to assure the student's needs are continually met.
• Workday may include providing limited personal care to students.
• Duties may involve being on one's feet for extended periods of time.
• Counsels students when adjustment and academic problems arise and refers students to other services as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the principal, administration, or the superintendent of schools.

Required minimum qualifications include:

ADA & minimum qualifications to perform essential job functions include:

• Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, adding machines, etc. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Must be able to stand, crouch and bend over for a long period of time at intervals throughout the day.
  
  Must be able to be trained and certified in child restraint and must be able to physically perform restraints.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether…