Special Ed Emotional Support Teacher, High School

Special Education Teacher

Position Goal:
To teach basic social, academic, and home living related skills to students in schools and centers using a variety of teaching techniques, materials, and equipment to initiate and reinforce learning; provides appropriate therapeutic or instructional activities to teach other life skills; develops or modifies curricula and prepares lessons and other instructional materials according to ability levels, disabilities, and impairments of students.

Essential Functions:

Other duties may be assigned. The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to the following fundamental duties:

• Participates in eligibility process, as assigned, and after student is determined eligible for special education program, participates in the in-take process
• Assesses student abilities as related to desired educational goals, objectives, outcomes and disability or impairment
• Collaborates with staff and parents to develop Individual Education Programs for each student assigned
• Plans appropriate instructional/learning strategies and activities including determination of appropriate kind and level of materials and equipment
• Participates in and/or chairs Individualized Education Program (IEP) and evaluation report meetings
• Implements an instructional, therapeutic, or skill development program which provides appropriate experience
• Manages the behavior of learners in instructional setting to ensure environment is conducive to the learning process, and assists and participates in management of student behavior in other parts of the school and school grounds
• Coordinates educational activities with other professional staff, both school and no school based, as required to maximize learning opportunities
• Continually assesses student achievement through use of formal and informal testing, maintaining appropriate assessment and evaluation documentation for institutional and individual reporting purposes
• Utilizes a variety of instructional materials and available multimedia and technology to enhance learning
• Works in a self contained, team, departmental, or itinerant capacity as assigned (may work off site as an extension of any of the above)
• Participates in in services and staff development activities and staff meetings as required or assigned
• Continual learning of technology, programming and information related to the field of education and special education
• Ensures confidentiality of information in reference to HIPPA/FERPA and IDEA regulations
• Communicates with all school personnel in reference to the students IEP, with continual monitoring and reporting of progress
• Ensures continuous communication with parents and school personnel, both written and oral, to keep them informed in the student's progress
• Communicates with students on expectations and keeps them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations as appropriate
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement
• Assigns work to educational assistants, attendants, and parent and student volunteers as needed
• Ensures classroom and/or instructional environment are attractive, healthful, safe, and conducive to learning, and that materials are assessable to students and in good condition
• Provides or supervises care and feeding of students who, because of age or disability, do not have feeding and self-help or abilities, may include tube feeding
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee

This job description does not constitute an exhaustive list of responsibilities and management may revise it at any time.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or

Experience:

Possession of appropriate degree and certification

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Current Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate; valid PA Driver's License.

Language

Skills:

Ability to…