Special Education Ed Tech III - King Middle

Special Education Ed Tech III
- King Middle

Portland Public Schools, King Middle School, Portland, Maine.

TITLE: Special Education Ed Tech III
- King Middle

POSITION OVERVIEW: Portland Public Schools seeks a committed and collaborative Educational Technician III to support Special Education students at King Middle School. Under the direction of the School Principal and in close collaboration with school Special Education staff, the Ed Tech implements academic and positive behavioral support plans to ensure a high‑quality education program and success for every student. The Ed Tech supports student engagement in academics individually and in small groups, promotes instructional goals and motivates learning, assists with classroom management, data tracking, Mainecare billing documentation, and non‑instructional duties such as supervising lunch, recess, and non‑academic time.

• Support and provide direct instruction to students individually, in small groups, and in classroom settings to ensure achievement of academic goals.
• Implement lesson plans and follow schedules created by the Special Education Coordinator or an appropriate related service provider.
• Continue planned instructional activities during a teacher’s temporary absence from the classroom.
• Demonstrate cultural proficiency and actively foster relationships that respect, embrace and celebrate students’ diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges.
• Learn about and leverage students’ strengths and opportunity gaps and adapt learning methods that appropriately guide, engage and challenge students.
• Collect, organize, and share data to ensure proactive and ongoing communication with all relevant stakeholders in service of student achievement of academic and functional goals.
• Foster an engaging and inclusive learning space and establish positive student expectations conducive to learners’ needs through developmentally appropriate and supportive routines and practices; manage student behavior using prescribed and adapted approaches.
• Collaborate and communicate across students’ teachers and all relevant staff to ensure students receive necessary additional forms of academic assistance and/or relevant social‑emotional support.
• Collaborate and communicate with students’ families/caregivers and all relevant stakeholders to ensure necessary stakeholders are engaged in understanding and supporting the students’ learning and social‑emotional needs.
• Maintain FERPA and respect the confidentiality of all student and staff information.
• Perform other related duties as requested by the School Principal.

• Understand the teaching and learning process for the applicable grade span.
• Provide adjustments to instructional approaches and materials that reflect diverse perspectives and trauma‑informed practices.
• Understand data collection, organizing, and sharing best practices that support student achievement of academic and behavioral goals.
• Demonstrate an equity mindset and approach to work.
• Committed to challenging personal perspectives, examining one’s own biases, and a willingness to take feedback, learn and grow around diversity, equity and inclusion related ideas.
• Collaborate across lines of differences with a diverse student population and staff, as well as community partners, and families/caregivers.
• Engage with families/caregivers and build collaborative, respectful relationships with them in service of student learning.
• Open to accepting new ideas.
• Highly responsive and oriented towards transparency and proactive, explicit communication.
• Communicate ideas in ways that demonstrate respect and are digestible for varied audiences.
• Willing to take Crisis Prevention (CPI) training.
• Specific student care and activities may be delegated to the special education staff by the school registered nurse in accordance with Maine state nursing scope of practice law; training, oversight and documentation will be provided by the school nurse.

• Preference will be given to candidates with a college degree that includes nine credit hours related to an education field such as…