Special Education​/Case Manager

Title: Elementary Special Education Teacher / Case Manager (K-5)

Reports To: Special Education Coordinator, Building Principal and/or Director of Student Support Services.
Supervises: N/A

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Satisfactory student teaching experience or a history of successful classroom teaching.
• New Hampshire certification or eligibility to hold NH Special Education Certification.

Desired Attributes:

• An educator who has strong communication skills to effectively communicate with students, parents, other teachers, and specialists is essential for creating a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational skills to keep up with multiple responsibilities, including developing individualized education plans (IEPs), coordinating with other professionals, and keeping detailed records.
• An understanding of special education laws and best practices to be able to advocate for your students and ensure they receive the services and accommodations they need.
• Ability to work closely with other educators, therapists, and support staff to provide a comprehensive support system for students is key.
• Flexible in teaching methods and approaches to meet each student where they are.
• Able to identify barriers to learning and develop strategies to overcome them to help students make progress.

To provide individualized instruction across all required areas. Be primary point person for students on caseload for coordination, implementation and monitoring of the requirements within the special education process, ensuring compliance with federal and state mandates and district policy and procedures. To work collaboratively with general education, service providers and administration to assure all students learn the basic and essential skills at each grade level.

The roles and responsibilities of this position provide necessary support for the Priority Areas outlined in the SAU #34 Strategic Plan.

• Completes academic testing for initial and reevaluations and assists other professional staff in identifying educational disabilities, development of specialized instruction, and evaluation of student progress.
• Develops the IEP in collaboration with team members, understands each student's disability, and tailors a plan of instruction to assist the student in learning.
• Assists staff with, or directly administers, district, state, and federal assessments, and participates in building level analysis of results for developing program and student improvement plans.

• Responds as soon as possible, but no later than 48 business hours, to parent, student, teacher and administration inquiries via phone and/or e‑mail.
• Be familiar with and utilize appropriate school and community resources for the benefit of students and families.
• Facilitate positive relationships between school, students, and families.
• Provide direction to support staff assisting in the classroom.
• Creates and contributes to a collaborative learning environment within the classroom where students feel safe and nurtured in an empathetic culture.
• Organizes a classroom that is safe and allows for multiple educational opportunities.
• Models and promotes positive student behavior within the classroom.

• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of state standards and IEP goals, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like, and develops classroom routines that actively engage students in their learning.
• Strives to implement by instruction and action, the district's philosophy of education and instruction goals and objectives. Class time is organized so that it is spent on instruction, which engages the students in active learning.
• Demonstrates the ability to use a variety of assessment tools and progress monitoring techniques; progress reports are completed as required as outlined in the I.E.P.
• Provides direct services as needed, plans lessons that employ a variety of instructional techniques, and creates an environment that is conducive to learning and…