Teacher of Students Severe Cognitive Impairments

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The WISD's Mission is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can.

The WISD’s Vision is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

The Teacher of Students with Severe Cognitive Impairments is responsible for the instructional program and implementation of activities for the students in the assigned classroom. The teacher is also responsible for the coordination of the activities of the assigned paraprofessional and support staff providing services for students in the assigned area.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Provides and coordinates the instructional program for students in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Assesses students' achievement and develops instructional strategies to meet individual educational needs of students in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Implements developmentally appropriate curriculum and strategies for students assigned to the classroom.
• Participates in Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) meetings and prepares reports for assigned students.
• Participates in Individualized Education Program Team (IEPT) meetings and prepares draft/proposed IEP’s based on individual student needs.
• Participates in the implementation of health care procedures in accordance with administrative operating procedures.
• Implements school-wide and classroom Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.
• Coordinates and implements behavior intervention plans in accordance with District policy, administrative operating procedures and state/federal rules and regulations.
• Works cooperatively and communicates with District and constituent district staff, students and parents/guardians.
• Demonstrate operational knowledge of Internet and Web-related technologies
• Demonstrates skills and comfort using the latest instructional online tools and technology
• Directs Teaching Assistant(s) on a day-to-day basis.
• Participates in extracurricular and physical education activities as required for students in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Maintains accurate attendance, student records and appropriate reports.
• Prepares and implements daily lesson plans using District approved curriculum that meets the State of Michigan benchmark standards and consistent with each student’s IEP.
• Participates in staff meetings, in-service activities, staff development/special programs, school improvement teams and planning and curriculum development committees as appropriate to the assignment.
• Documents student progress using assessment tools, monitoring through observations/evaluation and/or collecting data.
• Develops opportunities for students to interact with the general education population.
• Develops and implements behavior management plans and functional behavior assessments.
• Supervises students in classroom, as well as the activities assigned to classroom staff.
• Confers with parents, paraprofessionals, related service providers and administration regarding student educational progress.
• Confers with staff regarding program development for individualized educational plans.
• Maintains accurate records in a manner consistent with state and federal…