Special Education Teacher- Preschool

Maricopa Unified School District #20

Human Resources
44150 West Maricopa/Casa Grande Highway
Maricopa, Arizona 85138
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The Special Education Teacher provides services and support to students with special needs for the purpose/s of developing special education students' success in academics, interpersonal skills and activities of daily living by implementing district approved curriculum; documenting teaching and student progress/activities, outcomes; addressing students' specific needs; providing a safe and optimal learning environment; and providing feedback to students, parents and administration regarding student progress, expectations, goals.

The Special Education Teacher must exhibit a strong working knowledge of the legal requirements associated with providing special education and related services and exhibit evidence of excellent organizational and time management skills.

• Designs the individualized education plan (IEP) for each assigned student education program is consistent with the total educational philosophy of the district, Arizona Learning Standards and state and federal law.
• Designs learning experiences and utilizes adaptive devices/technology to provide access to general curricular content to individuals with disabilities.
• Collaborates with colleagues and other departments in planning and constructing benchmark lessons, instructional interventions and/or programs.
• Serves as case manager to assigned special needs students.
• Provides direct services as needed to assigned special needs students.
• Timely prepares, implements, and evaluates IEPs (including transition plans and behavior management plans) for each assigned student based on individually assessed needs, in accordance with district procedures.
• Uses appropriate assessment instruments pertinent to academic, communication, and behavioral areas.
• Plans, implements and evaluates social skills lesson plans, community-based instruction and behavior support plans (as needed) for each student.
• Identifies, selects, and modifies instructional resources to meet the needs of the students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and assessed special needs in accordance with the district's philosophy, goals and objectives.
• Provides specialized instructional techniques and media through individual and/or group sessions designed to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of the students.
• Identifies and collaborates with district, community, and agency services to meet the needs of special needs students.
• Participates on the school-based intervention team, in-school staffing team and in the screening processes, as appropriate.
• Participates on evaluation teams for students as appropriate.
• Plans and implements self-care programs, including direct assistance to students (e.g., toileting, positioning, lifting, feeding, etc.).
• Monitors and oversees services provided by paraprofessionals and/or other support personnel assigned to classroom and/or student in classroom.
• Obtains and monitors present levels/baselines of assigned special needs students.
• Ensures that, for each student to whom the Special Education Teacher is the assigned case manager, the necessary evaluation records, IEPs, and other team- developed records are maintained in the student’s permanent special education folder.
• Ensures that each student assigned to the Special Education Teacher has necessary IEPs, evaluation records, and other applicable special education records (e.g., behavior…