ABR Teacher

Job Summary

The Academic Behavior Resource classroom teacher will monitor all students who have to serve an In‑School Suspension. During the students’ time in the A  classroom, the A  teacher will help students access the Google Classrooms of general and special education teachers to complete work and then reteach lessons or provide additional resources. The A  teacher must document time spent during an In‑School Suspension accurately within Powerschool and provide or organize behavioral interventions for students within the classroom.

The Special Education Department will provide these resources and behavior plans.

• Assist all students with the completion of academic assignments
• Provide additional academic resources to all students
• Communicate with general education teachers to access their Google Classrooms
• Communicate with principals, assistant principals, and deans regarding attendance within the A  classroom
• Communicate with principals, assistant principals, and deans regarding reporting of academic and behavioral services in Powerschool
• Coordinate support with teachers of record for students in special education
• Coordinate support with case managers, social workers, and counselors for students in special education
• Collaborate with the behavior specialist for Special Education to develop and ensure behavioral interventions are established
• Collaborate with the Suspension Expulsion Interventionists (SEI) to ensure behavioral interventions are completed with fidelity
• Provide additional support for students serving multiple days of suspension due to conduct infractions
• Other duties as assigned

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree;
  Indiana Teacher’s license in Exceptional Needs, Mild Interventions or Intense Interventions
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and current enrollment in a teaching program focusing on Special Education

Candidate should be physically capable of successfully performing the essential functions of the position.

It is the policy of the School City of Hammond not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Act (I.C. 22-9.1), Title VI and VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973).