PRE K Exceptional Children Teacher

Exceptional Children Teacher

Performs difficult professional work providing a broad range of teaching services or specific learning program, assisting students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed as a foundation for future learning in accordance with each student's ability, using a variety of teaching and learning methods at various levels to a targeted audience, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Principal.

Develops and implements an instructional plan which is compatible with the school, district-wide curricular goals and the students' Individual Education Program ("IEP"). Responsible for the development of Individual Education Programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities. Responsible for the implementation of IEPs. Responsible for using diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to update IEPs, as needed. Provides direct special education instruction to identified students.

Employs a variety of teaching methods to meet students' needs. Implementation of the various teaching methods that may require the adaptation or development of materials. Monitors student behavior and deescalates inappropriate behaviors. Maintains discipline in the classroom. Teaches the students appropriate behavioral strategies. Restrains students when necessary. Record and report restrains to Administration. Assists disabled students with their personal and self-help needs, such as eating, toileting, and other essential tasks that the students are not able to perform by themselves.

Communicates with parents regarding their children's educational progress via periodic written progress reports. Acts as a case coordinator for assigned students. Consults with community care-givers, school support professionals, and parents to better understand and meet students' needs.

Teachers demonstrate leadership, establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of students, know the content they teach, facilitate learning for their students, and reflect on their practice.

NC Teaching License in appropriate subject area or have qualifications to obtain a NC teaching license.

Physical Requirements:

The work regularly requires standing and walking around the classroom and school. It requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing. The work requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. The work often requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights and rarely, the lifting of weights above 30 pounds.

The work occasionally handles/works with biohazards and/or risks for potential job-related injury, such as those found in a laboratory or shop environment. The work requires activities occasionally involving driving automotive equipment.

Data Conception:
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication:
Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants.

Language Ability:
Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, contracts, policies, handbooks, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence:
Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to give oral and…