Special Education​/Life Skills

• Overseeing the implementation of literacy and math curricula.
• Reviewing lesson plans and creating “best practice” instructional strategies.
• Ensuring that each scholar meets their academic goals.
• Providing oversight, guidance, coaching, and direction to fellow after-school Tutors.
• Reviewing student data and utilizing it for instructional enhancement.
• Monitor scholars’ educational and social progress and making necessary recommendations for adjustments.
• Ensuring uniformity and timeliness of assessments and parent reporting.

• A four-year degree or endorsement in special education from an accredited college or university is required.
• Develop and implement IEP goals and objectives designed to meet the individual needs of the students in the classroom.
• Develop curricula modifications, alternative teaching strategies, and environmental modifications to support students with a variety of special educational needs such as autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, orthopedic impairments, emotional disturbance, and/or communication disorder.
• Demonstrate a clear and deep understanding of disability categories and in determining student needs. Ability to apply that understanding in short-term and long-term planning for student learning.
• Ability to organize the testing process for special education eligibility.
• Apply knowledge of special ed procedural requirements; data collection, IEP technical compliance, student progress monitoring, and individual program development.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with building-level staff and outside agencies. Ability to coordinate multiple paraprofessionals to meet the educational, personal care, and social needs of the students.
• Specific knowledge and ability to implement specific teaching and supporting strategies such as vocational programming, structured learning, behavior management and job coaching.
• Specific knowledge and skills in working with students who have functional communication with cognitive challenges.
• Maintains and records data and reports as required by program administrator, district, state and federal agencies.
• Coordinate services for all students on caseload, including planning, organizing, and conducting a wide variety of meetings with all relevant team members.
• Establish and maintain an atmosphere conducive to learning by providing access to a variety of learning materials and teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of students, and organizing and effectively structuring learning experiences in the classroom and community settings.
• Provides training for classroom support staff in vocational strategies and job coaching.

In alignment with Waverly CUSD#6 Teacher Union Collective Bargaining Agreement.