Exceptional Child Instructor; MSD @ DHS

Exceptional Child Instructor (MSD) @ DHS

Danville Independent School District Danville High School - Danville, Kentucky Open in Google Maps

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Job : 5840724

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 20, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

QUALIFICATIONS: Possess Valid Kentucky Teaching Certification

REPORT TO/EVALUATED BY: Special Education Director/Principal

LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT: 187 days per year

BASIC FUNCTION:

To help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible men and women.

• Develop lesson plans/units of study based upon appropriate academic expectations/student goals/school objectives/student needs and goals.

  Identifies targeted academic expectations in lesson/unit

  Matches activities/learning experiences to academic expectations

  Selects appropriate materials/media/technologies for lesson presentation

  Includes student activities that address various student learning styles/intelligence skills

  Uses technology to support instruction; access and manipulate data; enhance professional growth and productivity; communicate and collaborate with colleagues, parents and the community; and conduct research/solve problems.

  Plans activities to make effective use of class/instructional time available

  Incorporates performance-based assessments

  Identifies school and community resources

  Designs instructional units and student activities that integrate knowledge and skills from more than one discipline

  Involves student, when appropriate, in designing student activities

  Designs instructional activities and themes of interest to students

  Designs or uses projects, manipulative, and simulations to provide “real life” experiences

  Collaborates with others (students, teachers, parents) to develop, design, deliver and align curriculum to meet the identified needs of students, school, district and community

  Formulates academically-relevant and essential questions

  Provides for learning experiences that parallel that which students are ready to learn and do

• Develop a positive learning climate and arrange physical environment to enhance learning and delivery of instruction

  Arranges environment to accommodate individual, small group, and large-group activities

  Alters physical arrangement to match planned activities/students’ needs

  Maintains a safe/functional environment that minimizes barriers to learning

  Maintains positive student-teacher interactions

  Displays sensitivity when dealing with students and others

  Interacts positively with students, colleagues, parents, and community members

• Implements instructional units/lesson plans

  Provides time and activities for all students to apply knowledge/practice skills

  Uses appropriate questioning techniques to assist students in problem-solving,

  developing critical thinking, and in formulating accurate responses

  Uses appropriate response techniques when responding to student’s answers in order to maximize learning

  Demonstrates and enhances subject knowledge by providing examples of accurate, up-to-date information/practices/procedures

  Provides opportunities for individual and cooperative learning experiences

  Involves all students in learning opportunities

  Emphasizes/repeats essential ideas, concepts, procedures throughout instruction

  Brings closure to unit/activity that reinforces learning

  Encourages students to apply learning in “real-life” setting

  Reinforces student learning with specific academic praise

  Communicates/displays specific learner expectations and desired results

  Connect student activities/lesson objectives to “real life” applications

  Includes appropriate uses of media and technologies

  Makes smooth, clear transitions between activities

  Provides connections to students activities that are based upon prior learning,

  students’ backgrounds and experiences, and future aspirations

• Demonstrates abilities and techniques to improve instructional/learning by using a variety of assessment procedures

  Provides students immediate and specific feedback on a consistent…