Itinerant Pre-K Exceptional Children's Teacher

Itinerant Pre-K Exceptional Children's Teacher

Lenoir County Public Schools Exceptional Children's Department - Kinston, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

Job : 4440112
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Aug 10, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Itinerant Pre-K Exceptional Children's Teacher

Nature of Work:

Under general supervision, provides special education services to students identified as disabled in accordance with state and federal regulations. Work involves developing and implementing the Individual Education Program in day care centers, Headstart and PK setting in Lenoir County Public Schools. The EC teacher is responsible for developing lesson plans, adapting materials and designing activities to assist EC students develop appropriate academic, behavioral, and social skills and to meet their IEP goals.

The teacher is responsible for monitoring student’s progress and for maintaining EC records in compliance with state and federal guidelines.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system-wide curricular goals and the students’ Individual Education Program.
• Is responsible for the development of Individual Education Programs (IEP) for students with disabilities; implements the IEP; and uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to update IEP’s as needed.
• Provides direct special education instruction to identified students.
• Employs a variety of teaching methods to meet student needs. Implementation of these methods may require the adaptation or development of materials.
• Monitors student behavior; maintains discipline in the classroom; deescalates inappropriate behaviors; teaches students appropriate behavioral strategies; restrains students when necessary; records and reports restraints.
• Assists disabled students with their personal and self-help needs, such as eating, toileting, and other essential tasks that the students are not able to perform by themselves.
• Communicates with parents regarding their children’s educational progress via periodic written progress reports.
• Acts as a case coordinator for assigned students; consults with community care-givers, school support professionals, and parents to better understand and meet student needs.
• Maintains student records in accordance with North Carolina’s Procedures Governing Programs and Services for Children with Disabilities; and complies with state and federal education statutes.
• Treats all students in a fair and equitable manner, interacts effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and community.
• Follows a plan for professional development and demonstrates evidence of growth.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Completes random moment in time studies as required by MAC program guidelines.
• Performs other related work as required.

Licensure

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in special education K-12 or a Birth through Kindergarten (B-K) license in North Carolina.

Physical

Qualifications:

This role requires individuals to possess specific physical and sensory capabilities.

• They must be able to sit and stand for extended periods, demonstrate manual dexterity to operate a telephone and input data into a computer, and have sufficient vision to read computer screens and printed materials with or without vision aids.
• Candidates should also be able to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone, and speak clearly in audible tones in similar environments.
• Furthermore, applicants must exhibit physical agility to lift objects weighing up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height, as well as perform tasks such as bending, stooping, sitting on the floor, climbing stairs, walking, and reaching overhead.

Essential Job Functions:

• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, calculators, pencils, scissors,…