Special Education Teacher

Job Summary

• To provide support, strategies, and appropriate intervention and supervision for the preschool staff, programs, and children and their families in the context of a preschool setting.

Responsibilities

• PERFORMS DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
  • Performs services in at least two of the three clinical areas Independent in all three areas: (Screening Early Intervention, Preschool).
  • Consistently selects, utilizes, and accurately interprets appropriate, testing materials and or instrumentation based on presenting needs. Actively participates in research on potential updates, modifications and/or improvements to clinical departmental protocol/instrumentation/ testing /teaching methods.
• PROVISION OF SERVICE
  • Formulates child specific long and short term goals consistent with IEP format within a trans-disciplinary context.
  • Implements child specific long and short term goals consistent with IEP format within trans-disciplinary context.
  • Provides support for program staff to formulate and implement child specific long and short term goals consistent with IEP format within a trans-disciplinary context.
  • Demonstrates the ability to use IEP Direct and all other IEP programs and goals.
  • Utilizes strategies effectively based on IEP goals. Use of multimodality strategies. Modification of methods and interventions including but not limited to physical environment, daily routine, adult-child, child-child interactions. Selection and use of appropriate therapy materials. Demonstrates proficiency with use of strategies across 3 or more models i.e. center based, autism spectrum classrooms, related service, EI etc.
• COMMUNICATION
  • Demonstrates the ability to use a variety of strategies to communicate appropriate clinical information regarding caseload or other clinical assignment including but not limited to presentations, demonstrations, meetings, handouts.
  • Attends, schedules and conducts weekly classroom or treatment team meeting times with staff as assigned.
  • Schedules regular meeting times with families at least twice a year according to school program protocol.
  • Actively and consistently uses cooperative planning as a strategy for staff to staff communication including but not limited to participation on: (Classroom team, Site team, Core team, Best Practice team, and Diagnostic team).
  • Consistently exchanges information with parents including observations, scheduled conferences etc. and encourages parents to actively participate
  • Clearly communicates information at interagency and intra-agency meetings including to other staff, departments, and internal and external customers according to program protocol as directed.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of chain of command in a crisis and follows appropriate clinical and program response according to preschool protocols.
• Documentation - Clinical Documentation:
  • Completes documentation within established time frames including but not limited to diagnostic reports, progress notes, lesson plans, and annual reports according to program requirements and mandates
  • Submits log notes within the established time frame
  • Submits attendance within the established time frame. Completed documentation meets timeliness standards 91% of the time or greater.
• Participates in One Site Specialty In-service Program or Site Based Assignment
  • Generates idea, plans, insures and appropriately measures project outcomes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements

• EXPERIENCE
  • Educational preparation.
  • Experience Preferred.
• EDUCATION
  • Bachelors Degree in Special Education or related field.
• LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
  • NYS Certification in accordance with the requirements of the NYSED and program position requirements.