Early Childhood Special Education Teacher; Goodland

Early Childhood Special Education Teacher

Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively and gain the confidence of administrators, parents, students, and teachers individually and in groups.
• Possesses skills needed to plan and conduct meetings, in-services, and workshops.
• Ability to maintain complete confidentiality and professional discretion.
• Initiative that will lead to continued program improvement and development.
• The willingness to work cooperatively as a team member with a variety of individuals and take directions from supervisors.
• Must have, or be able to obtain, and maintain a valid Kansas driver's license.
• Must have and maintain a dependable means of transportation.

Certificate/License Requirements:

Minimum of at least a Kansas teaching license in an area of preschool special education or the ability to obtain endorsement through a waiver.

Reports To:

• Executive Director-NKESC
• Director of Special Education and/or Designee-NKESC
• District Administrators

Job Goal:

The development of outcomes which will enable all children and/or student(s) with disabilities to take advantage of their learning strengths and overcome their identified needs that they may have the opportunity to achieve their overall potential.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Work with parents and appropriate team members to plan and implement Individual Educational Programs (IEP) and/or Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP) designed to improve child outcomes.
• Carry out responsibilities associated with case management for each child assigned to his/her caseload.
• Design and implement specialized instruction for each child, for whom responsible, that will help his/her learning strengths and overcome his/her developmental weaknesses.
• Determine and write an appropriate IEP or IFSP for whom responsible. (According to major components designated in IDEA).
• Provide the general education teacher(s) and/or parents with the IEP and/or IFSP and developmental appropriate strategies that are being used with children demonstrating needs.
• Provide informal or consultant role as initial indirect service to general education and/or community preschool teachers.
• Administer educational evaluations as qualified to determine child's developmental strengths, weaknesses and learning styles.
• Provide parent support by informing parents on a periodic basis of child's specific objectives and progress toward them (as required by law).
• Keeping accurate records related to the instruction and monitoring of all children for which they are responsible.
• Review child's progress toward objectives consistently and modify program as needed.
• Initiate review staffings when necessary (at least once a year and any time a major program change is needed).
• Continually evaluate all aspects of the program to determine areas, which need improvement and then determine and implement methods to carry out improvement goals.
• Participate actively in the in-service activities provided.
• Provide supervision for paraprofessional/clerical personnel as directed by administration.
• Perform any other duties as directed.

Physical Abilities:

• Exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed materials with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; and physical agility to reach overhead.
• Ability to move between schools, school buildings and multiple rooms.
• Ability to interact with children, students and families to assist in meeting their physical, emotional and psychological needs.

Terms of Employment:

Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Executive Director and/or Designee as per board policy.

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