EC Teacher - General Curriculum @ Forestview Collegiate Prep Academy

Your Role

Here’s what you will be doing:

• Provide special education services to students identified as disabled under State and Federal regulations.
• Develop and implement Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) compatible with students’ age and developmental levels.
• Create lesson plans, adapt materials, and design activities to help students develop academic, behavioral, and social skills to meet IEP goals.
• Deliver direct special education instruction using varied teaching methods and adapt materials as needed.
• Monitor student behavior, maintain classroom discipline, deescalate inappropriate behaviors, teach behavioral strategies, and restrain students when necessary, documenting such incidents.
• Assist students with personal and self-help needs such as eating and toileting.
• Communicate with parents through periodic written progress reports.
• Act as case coordinator for assigned students, consulting with caregivers, school support professionals, and parents.
• Maintain student records in compliance with North Carolina and Federal guidelines.
• Use classroom tools and equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, and special needs equipment.
• Follow a professional development plan and demonstrate growth.
• Perform other related duties as required.

The company is looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Special Education from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Licensure in Special Education/General Curriculum (88091) or eligibility for licensure.
• Knowledge of educational and exceptional children’s laws, regulations, curricula, instructional methods, and cognitive development.
• Understanding of traits and characteristics of various disabilities.
• Ability to instruct and assess students based on North Carolina Standard Course of Study/Common Core.
• Skills to monitor student safety, motivate students, maintain classroom order, and perform clerical duties.
• Ability to operate office machines and maintain files and records.
• Strong communication skills to follow oral and written instructions and establish effective working relationships.
• Capacity to apply logical thinking to solve problems and interpret technical instructions.
• Adaptability to perform under stress and handle emergency situations.
• Physical ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and manage classroom safety.

• Salary according to the North Carolina Teacher’s Salary Schedule.