Long Term Substitute Floating Teacher

Job Description - Long Term Substitute Floating Teacher )

Come work for the Bucks IU! A great opportunity to be part of a collaborative work environment with excellent employee benefit plan options, PSERS pension plan and a flexible, school calendar work schedule.

Job Summary:

To provide support by travelling to itinerant locations on a daily basis and coordinating and/or providing academic and social instruction to support the educational programming and physical needs of special education students assigned to Intermediate Unit Programs.

• Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials according to achievement levels of students.
• May confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and others to develop individual educational program for students who are at different learning ability levels, including educable, trainable, and severely impaired.
• Instructs students in academic subjects, utilizing various teaching techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning.
• Instructs students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and economic self-sufficiency such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
• Observes, evaluates, and prepares reports on progress of students.
• May meet with parents to provide support and guidance in using community resources.
• Administers and interprets results of ability and achievement tests.
• Provide basic instruction to students in accord with district and IU policy, including but not limited to the following:
• Instruction in basic academic skills, including reading, mathematics, written expression, social studies, etc.
• Instruction in activities of daily living, i.e. toileting, grooming personal hygiene
• Instruction in social skills, i.e. reciprocal social interactions, turn-taking, friendship building, etc.
• Instruction in behavior skills, i.e. increasing on‑task performance, decreasing incidents of physical aggression
• Increased communication skills, i.e. conversational engagement and topic maintenance.
• Prepares and implements lesson plans, including student learning objectives, materials and instructional procedures.
• Manages and coordinates efforts of instructional assistant(s) during instructional lessons.
• Collects data on student performance and behavior and communicates to other teaching/administrative staff and parents as needed.
• May participate in meetings to develop and update I.E.P.’s and C.E.R.’s, as necessary.
• May assist in planning, preparation and presentation of parent meetings.
• Provides some physical education activity and support as needed.
• Provides assistance to children with toileting needs.
• Provides first aid and coordinates the delivery of emergency services immediately, whenever necessary.
• Orders supplemental supplies as needed.
• Attends training sessions, in‑service workshops, and updates skills as necessary.

Other Duties:
This position description does not express nor does it imply that the above duties are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent(s) in this position. Additional duties may be assigned by the Administrator of the department, as needed, to adapt to the changing needs of the organization.

Supervisory Responsibility:
May supervise 1 to 4 Paraeducators.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands. The employee is frequently required to walk; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee may be required to stand for long periods, and to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,…