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Special Education Teacher For Emotional Disabilities

Location:

Twin Lakes School Corporation Position Type:
Special Education Teacher for Emotional Disabilities (1.0 FTE)

Performance Responsibilities:

• Creates positive and respectful relationships with students, staff, parents, administrators and professional agencies who work on behalf of the student.
• Supervises and implements a classroom structure that contains a behavior management program that uses posted expectations, a level system with positive behavior supports and consequences.
• Trains and maintains certification in the corporation approved crisis intervention program and to use de-escalation strategies.
• Works cooperatively with students, parents, professional staff, general education teacher and administrator regarding the educational, social and personal needs of the student to implement their individual education plan.
• Teaches socially acceptable behavior, as determined from data sources such as student's functional behavioral assessment, systematic observations and other quantitative and qualitative data sources.
• Completes necessary reporting and daily record keeping as required by corporation procedures.
• Develops strategies that assist students in assessing their own behavior and provide supervision of student's schedules.
• Develops plans for effective communication, monitor and follow up of students once they transition back to their school or general education classroom.
• Develops and implements annual Individual Educational Plans for students that include present levels of educational performance, special education need, instructional goals and objectives and special education and related services required to meet those goals.
• Provides lesson plans for paraprofessionals and provides ongoing supervision and mentoring.
• Participates in research-based training and service as a team member, consultant and leader to the special education department, school support team and administration in the area of Special Education practices and procedures.
• Complies all corporation and state reporting requirements within the mandated timeline.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Special Education
• Holds a valid Indiana Teaching License in Mild Intervention or Seriously Emotionally Handicapped or Emotionally Disturbed.