Pre-K Special Education Teacher-Early Childhood Education Center; ECEC)

Position available for the  school year

Position Title: Pre-K Special Education Teacher

Location: Sand Springs Early Childhood Education Center
1701 Park Road
Sand Springs, Oklahoma 74063

Supervisor: Site Principal, Lisa Banks, and Director of Special Services

Contract: 180 days yearly, 7 hours daily

Evaluation: TLE

Status: Exempt

Applicants must be appropriately certified AND highly qualified. To be appropriately certified and highly skilled, successful candidates must hold a current teaching certificate issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. They must meet the following criteria:

• Hold a valid Early Childhood Education Certificate (Birth to Age 8 or Grade
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• Severe/Profound AND Mild/Moderate Special Education
• Meet all SDE requirements
• Pass an OSBI Background check

Demonstrate the competencies and behaviors needed to improve student preparedness and mastery of skills and grade-level curriculum, and support the core values, vision, and mission of Sand Springs Public Schools.

• Demonstrates mastery of related subject matter, instructional skills, and resource materials for the course(s) taught.
• Creates lesson plans aligned with current state and district standards, which drives instruction through formative assessment and differentiation.
• Modify the general education curriculum for special education students using various instructional techniques and technologies.
• Maintains a safe, organized classroom, supporting students’ independent learning, collaboration, and choice.
• Utilizes a variety of effective instructional and management techniques.
• Provides a variety of assessments and uses assessments for planning and instruction.
• Provides consistent, immediate feedback to student learning and asks analytical questions that elicit students’ responses that incorporate prior knowledge, life experience, and interests directly related to the content objective.
• Monitors and maintains a positive classroom environment that supports the school-wide behavior expectation in which most students are engaged, incorporates mutual respect, and provides collaborative learning opportunities.
• Uses available technology/instructional media to enhance students’ learning experiences.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate relationships with students, parents, staff, and community members by communicating tactfully, courteously, and confidentially.
• Appropriately communicates and interacts with other professional staff in academic planning and school committee work.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, extra-curricular school-related activities, and committees.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous professional growth and works with the administrator to formulate and complete professional development plans.
• Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates conscientious and responsible behavior.
• Engages parents and guardians in the education of their children.
• Does not engage in discriminatory practices, including race, origin, gender, socioeconomic status, disability, religion, or political beliefs.
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans to promote students' educational, physical, and social development, including writing IEP paperwork.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the site administrator.

Ability to speak clearly in a well-modulated voice with good diction. Ability to read, write, and interpret English in various forms. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Ability to apply…