Early Childhood Special Education Service Teacher​/Inclusion Support

Job Title

This position will support students in general education early childhood settings who are receiving specialized instruction from a teacher and/or service providers. Candidates should have experience in coaching, modeling, and implementing best practices for preschool age children with identified disabilities to ensure access to the least restrictive environment.

Note:

These duties and responsibilities are judged to be "essential functions" in terms of the Americans With Disabilities Act or ADA. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The statements below describe the general nature and level of work a person performs in this position.

They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties that may be performed by such a person. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide individualized, explicit, evidence-based instructional practices directed at developing skills in the following instruction areas: adaptive skills, communication skills, physical and motor development, personal and social development, perceptual development skills, and cognitive skills.
• Provide ongoing coaching, modeling, and consultation to teams regarding best practices for supporting preschool-age children in the least restrictive environment.
• Support teams during early childhood transition processes to ensure high levels of open communication between sending and receiving teams.
• Assess child development in each curricular and developmental area of need.
• Provide differentiated instruction and support for children with differing communication needs.
• Develop appropriate, measurable goals and objectives for each child on caseload, incorporating state- or federally mandated program-level practices and curriculum, such as those in Great Start Readiness Programs (GSRP) and Head Start (HS).
• Serve as case coordinator for students in inclusive settings and direct service provider for some students on caseload, including (but not limited to) maintaining services logs.
• In collaboration with the child's educational team, develop functional behavioral assessments and utilize data to create and implement behavior support plans as needed.
• Regularly monitor individual child progress, including completing entry and exit assessments for child outcome data.
• Keep required records accurate and timely.
• Maintain organized and proactive schedules for meeting student service times across the county.
• Plan and provide regular learning opportunities for parents, including home visits and community experiences.
• Collaborate with related service providers.
• Incorporate the use of evidence-based interventions for classroom management and student behavior.
• Provide on-the-job training, assign duties, supervise, and evaluate teacher assistants assigned to services.
• Engage in ongoing, high-quality, professional learning.
• Stay current on local, state, and national early childhood research and regulations.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• May manage and supervise students and paraprofessionals in the educational environment.

• Bachelor's degree in education.
• Experience with an array of early childhood settings and the natural environments of preschool-age children.
• Knowledge and experience with high-leverage practices, explicit instruction, differentiated instruction, and "best practices" in autism (e.g., START, Project Impact, AT/AAC, social communication, etc.) and developmental delays.

• Michigan teaching certificate with the following endorsements: ZS Early Childhood endorsement OR ZA Early Childhood endorsement with at least one other qualifying special education endorsement (cognitive impairment or autism spectrum disorder preferred).

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