Special Education Teacher - ELBS

Position Requirements

Special Education ELBS (ED classroom) position for the  School year at LaPorte High School.

This position requires a Special Education license in either Mild or Intense Intervention with a K‑12 setting. The applicant must be able to provide an active Indiana teaching license or be eligible to acquire an Emergency Permit for the position he or she is seeking.

Valid Indiana teaching license in Special

Education:

Exceptional Needs:
Mild Intervention with P‑12 or High School Setting.

The starting salary is $45,500, and may be adjusted upward depending on experience.

• Develop, write, review, and update Individual Education Programs (IEP) in accordance with Article 7.
• Monitor the implementation of the student’s IEP.
• Provide technical assistance and consultation to the student’s general education teachers, related services providers, paraprofessionals, and other school personnel interacting with the student based on the student’s IEP.
• Determine appropriate accommodations or modifications for students with disabilities.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to appropriately collect data and develop functional behavior assessments and behavior intervention plans.
• Provide special education services outlined in the IEP in the least restrictive environment to students with disabilities.
• Instruct students at their instructional/grade level.
• Demonstrate organizational skills in scheduling and writing IEPs, scheduling conferences, planning lessons, and providing instruction in a timely fashion as outlined in state regulations and local procedures.
• Responsible for all other activities identified in Article 7, 511 IAC 7‑17‑72.
• Supervise and evaluate the instructional assistants in the provision of instruction, personal/private care and hygiene needs when necessary and specified in the IEP.
• Physically be able to write and/or type for development and maintenance of student records, to prepare and to deliver lessons, as well as providing feedback on student work.
• Maintain student confidentiality by complying with all the rights to student’s confidentiality (FERPA), both in and out of the school environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with students, parents, and staff.
• Provide visual, auditory and demonstrations to students for the purposes of instruction.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts appropriate to the students’ grade level; apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions finished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.
• Behavioral support and assistance with implementing behavior intervention plans.

Education and/or

Experience:

Bachelor’s degree is a minimum requirement. Individual must be eligible for appropriate licensing, or be able to obtain an emergency permit.

Language

Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as textbooks and/or teacher’s guides, student IEPs, behavioral plans, procedure manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to write routine reports, student IEPs, behavior plans, and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of children, parents, or employees of the school corporation.

Mathematical Skill: Ability to work with mathematical concepts appropriate to the students’ grade/ability level. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands: The employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit in a chair and on the floor, use hands to handle objects, reach with hands and arms, taste or smell. May need to restrain a student for safety reasons, lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and…