Special Education Teacher

job details

job location: main campus quaker hill - quaker hill, ct 06375

position type: full time

education level: 4 year degree

salary range: $51,000.00 - $95,000.00 salary/year

travel percentage: none

job shift: day

job category: nonprofit - social services

• initiative
• empathy
• self-reflection & growth
• time management
• conflict resolution & de-escalation
• effective communication
• organization skills
• knowledge of microsoft office/video conferencing/google classroom

provide each assigned student with an educational program that will enable him/her to reach his/her potential educationally, physically, and emotionally. Help students assume responsibility for planning and decision-making, and develop a sense of identity and competence as learners. Provide for each student a program reflecting educational excellence and equality.

• create a positive learning environment that is responsive to and respectful of the learning needs of all students.
• promote developmentally appropriate standards of behavior that support a productive learning environment for all students.
• maximize instruction time by effectively managing routines and transitions.
• utilize the care and tci models to influence all interactions and components of behavioral support through the full spectrum of a student’s baseline behavior to crisis level and recovery.
• organize space, materials, and equipment for instruction.
• establish and maintain classroom rules and expectations.
• 7. Maintain an on-going inventory of equipment and supplies.
• 8. Assist in scheduling and orienting new students.

• plan instructional content that is aligned with standards, builds on students’ prior knowledge and provide for appropriate level of challenge for all students.
• plan instruction to cognitively engage students in the content.
• select appropriate assessment strategies to monitor student progress
• develop and maintain lesson plans that demonstrate progression of skills and predicts in instructional path up at least 2 weeks in advance.
• select, recommend, and evaluate materials and texts for classroom use.
• coordinate the development of ieps and iep reviews for all assigned students, coordinating educational services to assigned students with other members of the team.
• confer with other agency professional staff, parents and public school personnel regarding the educational, social, and personal needs of each student.
• plan for use of a variety of instructional materials to address students’ individual needs and stimulate their motivation to learn.

• implement instructional content for learning.
• lead students to construct meaning and apply new learning through the use of a variety of differentiated and evidence-based learning strategies.
• assess student learning, provide feedback to students and adjust instruction.
• utilize a variety of instructional materials to address students’ individual needs and stimulate their motivation to learn.

• engage in continuous professional learning to impact instruction and student learning.
• collaborate with colleagues to examine student learning data and to develop and sustain a professional learning environment to support student learning.
• work with colleagues, students and families to develop and sustain a positive school climate that supports student learning.
• practice within the care and tci models supporting the therapeutic milieu at waterford country school for clients, agency staff, volunteers and stakeholders.
• demonstrate competence of the tci model by passing a written test annually and physical skills assessment every 6 months.
• demonstrate competence in the care model by passing a written test annually.
• uphold and model for our students the agencies health and wellness model.
• participate in developing, with the director of education, an annual supervision plan through mutual goal setting.
• keep current in educational programs, practices and regulations in regular and special education through attendance at professional conferences, reading of…