Special Education Teacher - BSC

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Location: Arrowhead (Arrowhead Middle School, Kansas City, Kansas)

Job Overview: To provide students with the ability to obtain knowledge, information, skills and to have a sense of self‑worth and dignity that will help them be successful as they transition from high school to the community.

• Advocate for the rights of students with special needs.
• Develop and maintain a positive professional working relationship with students, parents, teachers, administrators and other service providers.
• Be responsible for planning instructional programs for the classroom, including individual plans outlined on students’ Individual Education Programs.
• Serve as a liaison between the school and the community.
• Establish I.E.P./annual review meetings, affording parents’ and students’ right to input and notifying all service providers per local guidelines.
• Serve as an active member on the I.E.P. team for students, served yet not on the caseload.
• Develop and maintain all I.E.P.’s in accordance with federal, state and local guidelines.
• Maintain close communication with mainstream teachers and other service providers, keeping them fully informed of student progress.
• Carry out other responsibilities as assigned by the building administrator or special education administrator.
• Perform additional duties to provide a positive role model for students in the classroom and outside of it.
• Evaluate student performance by performing diagnostic testing necessary for annual reviews and eligibility staffing, as well as quarterly updates on the I.E.P.
• Monitor student progress in mainstreamed classes.
• Assist in establishing class schedules.
• Supervise, evaluate and help train paraprofessionals as assigned.
• Request equipment and supplies as necessary to meet objectives outlined on individual student’s I.E.P.s.
• Demonstrate curriculum knowledge and teaching strategies.
• Implement behavioral intervention plans as necessary.
• Responsible for other duties deemed necessary and appropriate as outlined in federal, state and local guidelines.
• Work a full duty day in the location or locations assigned by the supervisor.
• Maintain physical and emotional ability to perform required work and move about as needed in a fast‑paced, highly intensive school environment.
• Maintain a neat and appropriate appearance.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Meet the employment qualifications set forth by the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
• Hold or be eligible for Kansas certification appropriate for the position.
• Tolerant and understanding of students with special needs.
• Show initiative, creativity, self‑motivation and good judgment.
• Demonstrate good judgment, adaptability and flexibility.
• Respect confidentiality.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, professional judgment, oral and written communication.
• Be efficient and organized in paper management.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee must be able to sit, walk, stand, talk or hear regularly; occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally push items of 50 pounds, and may visit a child’s home. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

Full‑Time

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KCKPS is an equal opportunity employer and shall not discriminate in its employment practices and policies with respect to hiring, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex/gender (to include orientation, identity or expression), age, disability, national origin, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by law.