Pre-K Special Education Teacher — Inspire Young Learners

Position available for the  school year

Position Title: Pre-KSpecial 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

CERTIFICATION:

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
3), Severe/Profound AND Mild/Moderate Special Education, meet all SDE requirements, and pass anOSBI Background check.

SUMMARY OF FUNCTION:

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.

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- 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

- Provide consistent, immediate feedback to student learning and ask analytical questions that elicit students’ responses that incorporate prior knowledge, life experience, and interests directly related to the content objective.

- Monitor and maintain 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.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

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.

VISUALREQUIREMENTS:Close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and the ability to adjust…