Special Education Teacher - Seaford Comprehensive Program Program - High School
Job in
Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware, 19973, USA
Listed on 2026-06-14
Listing for:
Seaford School District
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-14
Job specializations:
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Education / Teaching
Special Needs / Learning Disabilities, School Counselor
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position Type:
High School Teaching - Professional Staff/Special Education Teacher - OH
Date Posted:
5/7/2026
Location:
Seaford High School
(High-Needs School)
Date Available:
SY 26-27
Closing Date:
05/18/2026
- Special Education Teacher - Seaford Comprehensive Program (18 22-Year-Old Program - High School)
Educating children, aged 18-22 years old, who are diagnosed with a number of physical, mental and emotional disabilities.
Essential Job Functions - Guides students to learn vocational and independent living skills and work-based learning.
- Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
- Administers classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
- Prepares classroom and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
- Maintains record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
- Monitors classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
- Plans and monitors work-based learning opportunities for students.
- Accompanies students on field trips.
- Contacts parents to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
- Monitors students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
- Monitors students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
- Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.
- Maintains health and safety of orthopedically handicapped and medically fragile students by being aware of environment and the potential hazards of each child's actions.
- Assist students with personal hygiene; wash hands and faces; monitor individual toilet schedules; toilet students and change diapers and clothing as needed.
- Operates a variety of medical equipment including oral suctioning, gastronomy and orthopedic equipment.
- Assist students with severe eating problems and monitor self-feeding students as directed by a teacher; use gastronomy and suctioning equipment and take appropriate action when students have difficulty while eating.
- Monitor and control student behavior in accordance with established guidelines.
- Attend periodic and special training and in-services related to medical interventions and the instructional program.
- Assist students with braces and wheelchairs and other orthopedic equipment; position and reposition students as needed.
- Assist students with selected learning activities; assist students individually and in small group settings; open and close books, remove and add papers in notebooks.
- Assist students getting on and off bus, including students in wheelchairs; accompany medically fragile students on the bus and on field trips as assigned.
Additional Duties:
Perform any other related duties as assigned.
Note:
The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Equipment
Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.
Use of medical devices as needed by student.
Travel Requirements
Travel between schools, or between schools and offices, may be required for certain positions.
Additional OH Specific Abilities - Responds to students' emergencies.
- Assist in toileting and feeding students with special needs.
- Learn and perform medical intervention techniques including gastronomy feeding, catheterization and oral suctioning.
- First Aid/CPR
- Assist in lifting students and equipment including fully grown students.
- Additional Duties
- Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other district office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.
Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy, as well as differentiates instruction based upon student learning styles.
- Knowledge of school curriculum and concepts.
- Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
- Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and students.
- Ability to use computer network system and software applications as needed.
- Ability to organize and coordinate work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students and parents.
- Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
- Develops and adheres to Individualized Educational Plan, that outlines the necessary supports, accommodations and goals for an individual child.
- Meets with parents…
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