Intense Intervention Teacher Job Jacobs Lake Shores Massachusetts USA,Education / Teaching

Location: Jacobs Lake Shores

Position Type: Special Education/ Elementary Resource Teacher
Date Posted: 2/13/2026
Location: Norwell Middle School
Date Available: 08/03/2026

SUMMARY

Serves as an Intense Interventions Special Education teacher who holds the necessary state certification for the job assignment and who creates a program and environment favorable to learning and the personal growth of each student by performing the following duties:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Implements the Norwell Community Schools approved curriculum

a. Teaches the curriculum based on the Indiana Academic Content Standards
b. Teaches mandatory curriculum required by state statute
c. Aligns student assessment and classroom instruction with the approved curriculum
d. Uses instructional materials approved by the school corporation and other supplementary materials consistent with the Indiana Academic Content Standards to facilitate the instruction of his/her content area curriculum
e. Previews all instructional materials, including assigned Internet sites, to determine their educational value and age appropriateness before using them
f. Plans instruction based upon thorough knowledge of subject matter, the students, the values of the community, and curricular standards and benchmarks

2. Focuses on continuous student achievement

a. Uses research-based instructional strategies that promote students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills
b. Uses an understanding of individual and group learning needs, styles, interests, and behavior to create an effective learning environment
c. Develops and implements a variety of formal and informal assessment instruments that serve as an accurate means of measuring continuous student achievement
d. Uses student achievement data to determine the most appropriate instructional strategies to promote student achievement
e. Communicates with guidance personnel in an effort to resolve academic, behavioral, and personal problems that students might experience that would inhibit their academic success
f. Informs parents verbally or in writing when academic or behavioral problems surface that would inhibit their child's progress
g. Is available for parent conferences during regularly scheduled school-wide parent teacher conferences or at a time convenient for the teacher and the parent or guardian
h. Collaborates with grade-level, team or department members; other staff members; and the community in order to ensure continuous school improvement
i. Exercises disciplinary tools that are outlined in the student and faculty handbooks
j. Administers student discipline in a respectful manner (refrains from yelling, using profanity) that does not demean students
k. Refrains from physically touching students when administering discipline

4. Fulfills professional responsibilities

a. Maintains accurate student records as required by the building principal
b. Uses appropriate technology to maintain, receive, and transmit information
c. Maintains confidentiality, as defined by FERPA, in terms of student behavior and academic progress
d. Utilizes teacher preparation time for lesson planning, grading, or other tasks that are related to instruction
e. Maintains up-to-date lesson plans that include learner objectives, instructional strategies, assessments, and standards taught in all subject areas
f. Provides written lesson plans, seating charts, or other pertinent information to substitute teachers
g. Attends regularly scheduled faculty, grade-level, team, department, or committee meetings
h. Communicates problems or sensitive situations to the building principal
i. Submits reports, progress reports, grades and other information by requested deadlines
j. Issues and collects textbooks and supplemental materials and maintains accurate records
k. Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
l. Ensures that all equipment is secured when not in use and that dangerous and/or expensive equipment is secured where it is not accessible to students
m. Cooperates with the custodial staff to maintain a classroom that is clean and suitable for learning
n. Supervises students in the hallways during passing time, in restrooms, at assemblies, at pep rallies, and assumes additional supervision when assigned during the teacher day. Teachers may, on occasion, have some after school duties that require their supervision.
o. Dresses in a professional manner
p. Is on time to school, meetings, and in the classroom or other areas of responsibility
q. Adheres to all corporation and school policies and procedures

5. Continues to grow professionally

a. Participates in regularly scheduled staff development activities
b. Attends workshops or conferences that provide additional training
c. Continues to grow professionally by keeping abreast on educational innovations and research-based instructional strategies

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function…


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