Special Education Teacher; part-time assignments

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Special Education Teacher (several part‑time assignments available)

• Position Type:
  Special Education / Special Education Teacher
• Date Posted: 10/5/2016
• Location:
  
  Grand Rapids Ellington Academy
• Date Available:
  
  ASAP

Job Title: Special Education Teacher (SV (Autism Spectrum Disorder) endorsement or (AI); (CI); or (EI) endorsement)

Location/Worksite: Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI

Type of Employment: Part‑Time (retired candidates desired)

Highly Qualified Assignments available:

• Elementary Special Education Resource – .5 FTE
• Secondary Special Education Resource – .5 FTE (potential for full‑time consideration to combine assignments)
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Hearing Impaired
• Social Work

West Michigan's first and finest performing arts charter academy, Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts and Technology, seeks highly qualified teachers. Join an innovative new Charter Academy and be part of a learning culture that introduces students to the study of the arts and technology, integrated in a rigorous college‑ready academic curriculum. Ellington will provide students with global inspiration to tap into the amazing capability of every student and cultivate an intimate learning environment focused on each individual student.

The teacher's job is to ensure that all students learn the essential skills at each grade level to prepare for college and beyond. The teacher must have a genuine love of teaching, engage in lifelong learning activities, demonstrate sensitivity to diversity, and maintain a relentlessly optimistic belief that all of the academy's students can succeed.

EMPLOYED BY: GREAAT Schools, Inc.

• Provide focused academic support to the student on a schedule determined by the IEP through phone conferencing and/or face‑to‑face support.
• Provide focused support to the parent on accommodations and interventions to promote attainment of IEP goals through phone conferencing, virtual real‑time interaction and/or face‑to‑face support.
• Ability to successfully teach students with challenging behaviors.
• Proficiency in developing Present Levels of Educational Performance statements, IEP goals and objectives, Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans.
• Proficiency in implementing IEPs and Behavior Intervention Plans; collect data and work samples to support documentation of IEP goals.
• Document all contact with parents, collaborations with general education teachers, and interventions with students.
• Provide focused support to all supplemental programs used by the special‑needs student to ensure participation and progress.
• Communicate with parents and therapists to ensure that special‑education students receive appropriate therapies.
• Make modifications and accommodations to K‑12 lessons and assessments as specified by the IEP.
• Develop the student's IEP, meeting all annual review timelines and notification requirements.
• Ensure the student's IEP is focused on attainment of grade‑appropriate academic standards as defined by the state.
• Ensure that all reevaluations are completed within specific timelines defined by the state agency.
• Attend all required professional development.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to ensure full inclusion and success of the student in the general education classroom.
• Collaborate with the general education teachers on all progress, semester and grade reports.
• Collaborate with general education teachers regarding at‑risk students to support the development and implementation of interventions within the regular classroom.
• Maintain all required reports as assigned by the Special Education Manager including student progress reports.
• Ensure that assigned students participate in state achievement testing and receive monitored accommodations as defined by the IEP.
• Participate in the school's self‑evaluation programs.
• Support the school administration in the enrollment of special education students.
• Additional professional development time including trainings that will occur during the summer, during the Academy year after school, and possibly on weekends.
• Participate in the…