Special Education Teacher

Special Education Teacher  School Year

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PURPOSES: A Keystone high-incidence teacher collaborates with general education colleagues to provide support to the instructional process with specific responsibility for facilitating learning for students with an individual education plan (IEP); instructing, assessing, and program planning for students with learning disabilities; monitoring and evaluating student progress and behavior; researching, obtaining, and providing instructional materials for special education services; serving as a resource for students, parents, and district personnel;

working within the general education setting to the greatest extent possible, and in the resource room when needed.

• Assume responsibility for management of appropriate programs for assigned students as dictated by the individual education plan.
• Ongoing collaboration with the District to which they are assigned, and Keystone, outside agencies, and families, to provide appropriate special education services as dictated by the students IEP.
• Create an environment conducive to learning social emotional skills through the implementation of a positive behavior system.
• Supervises para educators (e.g. training, scheduling, supporting, etc.) for the purpose of monitoring performance and ensuring standards are achieved.
• Develop and maintain accurate records for assigned students, including the generation and implementation of IEPs, Behavior Plans, Functional Behavioral Assessments, progress monitoring, charting, and reporting, and other special education records.
• Demonstrates methods required to perform classroom and subject specific assignments for the purpose of providing an effective program that addresses individual student requirements.
• Differentiates instruction (e.g. online curriculum, alternative curriculum, multimedia, assistive technology, modified content, multi-sensory, etc.) for the purpose of providing students with different instructional avenues that address individualized learning within established curriculum guidelines.
• Provide special services in environments as dictated by student IEPs, including general education classroom (co‑teach) special education resource room, other school and community environment.
• Participate as a member of the school staff by attending required meetings, providing general supervision, and assuming other duties required of all teachers.
• Reports incidents and appropriate documentation (e.g. fights, suspected child abuse, suspected substance abuse, bullying, emergency safety intervention, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining personal safety of students, providing a positive learning environment, and adhering to the education code of ethics and school policies as a mandated reporter.
• Maintain professional license by attending staff development activities as requested.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• Skills:
  
  applying assessment instruments; operating standard office equipment including pertinent computer software; preparing and maintaining accurate records; writing professional documents; facilitating meetings; working with numbers; and problem solving.
• Knowledge: psychology and educational principles; pertinent codes, policies, regulations, and laws; stages of child development; assessment techniques; and learning strategies.
• Abilities: scheduling activities, meetings, and/or events; routinely gathering, collating, and/or classifying data; using job-related equipment; independent problem solving; communicating with diverse groups; maintaining confidentiality; working as part of a team; and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Physical demands: occasional lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds; stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling; general sedentary work with 80% sitting; 15% walking; 5% standing.
• Core requirements:
  Direct teaching experience, student teaching assignments, related professional experience preferred;
  Bachelor or Master’s degree aligned with or in pursuit of the required teaching license;
  Required Testing Certificates and…