Special Education Teacher

Special Education Teacher

Since 1966, the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) has been dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective educational programs and services to meet the diverse needs of children and adults in Greater Hartford. Serving 33 member districts and reaching additional communities statewide, CREC supports approximately 12,000 students annually through more than 120 educational programs. Our offerings include professional learning and coaching for educators, specialized programming for students with diverse needs, and PreK-12 education across 16 interdistrict magnet schools.

Additionally, CREC provides school construction, operations, and cooperative business services, while also delivering programs that help adults build real, job-ready skills.

CREC seeks a talented Special Education teacher for a position at Academy of Aerospace and Engineering (AAE). Please apply to this position if you are a committed educator who is looking to work in a diverse school setting with a social justice mindset.

• Conduct assessments, testing, and diagnostic examinations of students to identify learning issues, and recommend courses of action or corrective procedures to overcome issues and maximize learning.
• Participates in PPTs and assists in developing Individual Educational Programs ("IEP") for students.
• Assists students and teaching staff in implementing students' IEPs and behavior management plans.
• Collaborates with general education teachers and pupil personnel staff to design and implement programs and strategies to address student's individualized needs.
• Coordinate with district representatives, outside agencies, organizations, and institutions, including state and federal authorities as needed.
• Coordinate with administrators and other teaching staff members to ascertain individual student's abilities and needs, including students with special needs, and to familiarize stakeholders with social work services.
• Serve as ready resources to students and parents to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and behavioral management; serves as liaison between home and school.
• Collect, organize, and maintain data to assist in decision-making as it relates to academic and behavioral concerns.
• Acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings.
• Collect, organize, and maintain data and systems for accurate and complete record-keeping and providing student information to prospective colleges and employers, as required by district procedures and applicable laws.
• Encourage parental involvement in students' education and ensure effective communication with students and parents.
• Utilize appropriate books, aids, and equipment and maintain inventory records.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Intrapersonal
  
  Competencies:
  
  Demonstrate a dedication to all learners especially those historically marginalized. Demonstrate commitment to lifelong professional learning and growth.
• Interpersonal
  
  Competencies:
  
  Design, strengthen, and participate in positive learning environments (i.e., school and classroom culture) that support individual and collaborative learning. Build strong relationships with students, peers, families, and learning community members that contribute to individual and collective success. Contribute to the lifelong success of all learners, particularly those who have been historically marginalized due to background, demographics, neurodiversity, ability, or culture.
• Cognitive
  
  Competencies:
  
  Utilize in-depth understanding of content and learning progressions to engage learners and lead individual learners toward mastery. Demonstrate awareness of and employ culturally responsive teaching (CRT) to center students' diversity as a strength and asset in their learning journey. Employ techniques for developing students' skills of metacognition, self-regulation, and perseverance.
• Instructional
  
  Competencies:
  
  Personalize learning experiences through assessments, supports, progressions, relationships, and technology. Develop student agency, ownership, self-advocacy, and effective communication skills with regard to learning. Uses technology in the service of learning and completing professional responsibilities (e.g., various learning platforms, gradebook, Google Suite, and Microsoft Office).

• Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university in education discipline applicable to teaching assignment.
• Teaching Certification Required.
• Motor Vehicle Operator's License or ability to provide transportation to meetings, trainings, and professional learning opportunities as required.

The physical demands described here are…