Special Education Resource Teacher (Prairie View

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This position requires a Special Education license in either Mild or Intense Intervention with a K-12 orelementary 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/she is seeking.

Special Education Supervisor/Building Principal

Teaches elementary and secondary school subjects to special needs children, adapting teaching techniques and methods of instruction to meet individual needs of students by performing the following duties.

• 1.Develop, write, review, and update Individual Education Programs (IEP) in accordance with Article 7.
• 2.Monitor the implementation of the student’s IEP.
• 3.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.
• 4.To determine appropriate accommodations or modifications for students with disabilities.
• 5.Collaborate with general education teachers to appropriately collect data and develop functional behavior assessments and behavior intervention plans.
• 6.Provide special education services outlined in the IEP in the least restrictive environment to students with disabilities.
• 7.Instruct students at their instructional/grade level.
• 8.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.
• 9.Responsible for all other activities identified in Article 7, 511 IAC 7-17-72.
• 10.Supervise and evaluate the instructional assistants in the provision of instruction, personal/private care and hygiene needs when necessary and specified in the IEP.
• 11.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.
• 12.Maintain student confidentiality by complying with all the rights to student’s confidentiality (FERPA), both in and out of the school environment.
• 13.Ability to effectively communicate with students, parents, and staff.
• 14.Provide visual, auditory and demonstrations to students for the purposes of instruction.
• 15.Ability to work with mathematical concepts appropriate to the students’ grade level.
  
  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• 16.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.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor’s degree is a minimum requirement.

Individual must be eligible for appropriate licensing in their assigned program and level:

Mild Interventions, Severe Interventions, Communication Disorders, Hearing Impaired, Visually Impaired, etc. or be able to obtain an emergency permit.

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.

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.

Ability to solve…