MCHS Special Education Teacher

Job Description

Starting Date: Immediately

Title: Exceptional Child Teacher

Reports To: Principal

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $44,747 Per Year

Job Categories: Special Education >
General Special Education

Qualifications: Valid Kentucky Certification

• Maintains an orderly learning atmosphere and keeps the Principal and Special Education Coordinator fully informed of the special education program’s activities and problems.
• Assists in proper referrals of individuals in the process of diagnosing students.
• Participates in the evaluation and admission process of students for entry into the appropriate special education program.
• Determines specific learning problems, skill deficiencies, and/or social adjustment difficulties of the student, and helps initiate the appropriate educational program as established by federal, state, local, and SBDM regulations/policies.
• Assists in compiling case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early development history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
• Collaborates with other staff and parents to develop the IEP for each student assigned.
• Evaluates the progress of each child enrolled in the supplemental and/or regular classroom activities.
• Prepares on‑going progress and year‑end evaluations, administering pre‑tests and post‑tests as appropriate and necessary.
• Provides appropriate individualized programs of instruction to meet individual student needs.
• Schedules classes for instruction geared toward specific IEP objectives, and strives to discover specific teaching techniques that will prove most beneficial with each individual student served.
• Devises and experiments with a variety of innovative instructional techniques (with priority given to the IEP objectives) consistent with the needs and capabilities of each student with impaired learning ability involved.
• Provides instruction in the life goal domains: personal management, community, school, domestic, and vocational.
• If applicable, coordinates community‑based instruction and on‑site vocational training and opportunities that help students with moderate to severe disabilities be productive members of regular education classes and school functions.
• Shares duties of the school as assigned by the Principal, and supervises pupils in out‑of‑classroom activities during the assigned working day.
• Observes the Board approved chain of command in airing grievances and in communicating suggestions for improving school operations.
• Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for instructional assistants and/or parent volunteers, if applicable, and cooperatively works with coordinators/Principals in evaluating their job performance.
• Attends faculty meetings and Parent/Teachers Organization meetings, and serves on staff/district and SBDM Council committees as assigned.
• Participates in school‑based decision making, including electing teacher Council representatives, serving on the Council, and/or providing input and feedback on all matters relating to the operation of the school in the building.
• Supports or participates in school‑wide student activities and social events and approved fund‑raising activities if applicable.
• Always maintains the highest professional standards in personal conduct.
• Maintains prompt and regular attendance.
• Performs related duties and assumes other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Principal or the Superintendent.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Evan Merrick, Principal
• Marshall County High School
• Email: evan.merrickchools.us