Broadview-Thomson K-8 - Special Education Teacher; Preschool - FTE

Special Education Classroom Teacher

This position is assigned to the Preschool service pathway. A special education classroom teacher performs under the general direction of the building principal or program manager and with assistance from appropriate staff personnel. A classroom teacher fosters and enhances an effective learning environment; establishes and adapts learning objectives and standards for special education students based upon general District guidelines and the rules and regulations governing special education;

provides instruction, counsels, disciplines, and supervises to meet the individual needs of assigned students; and, evaluates student performance and progress.

Essential functions include fostering an educational environment conducive to the learning and maturation process of assigned special education students; planning an instructional program designed to meet individual student needs; preparing individual student lesson plans; adapting and modifying programs and plans as necessary. Other functions include using necessary and appropriate instructional methods and materials, implementing established program or curriculum objectives as adapted and modified for the student population;

establishing and implementing, in a positive and supportive manner, classroom policies and procedures governing student behavior and conduct; providing guidance, counseling, and discipline to encourage students to meet standards of achievement and conduct; making referrals for assistance where appropriate; conferring with students, parents or guardians, specialists and other staff; establishing classroom goals and objectives appropriate to the special education student population and their individual education programs, following the rules and regulations governing special education, and in conformance with courses of study specified by State and School District statutes, regulations and guidelines;

evaluating and recording student progress; preparing reports for parents or guardians; directing the activities of assigned non-certificated personnel; attending to or directing staff to attend to the physical, emotional, behavioral, medical, or hygienic needs of students as appropriate; monitoring conditions and behaviors; collecting and interpreting a variety of data; developing, implementing and evaluating individual education plans (IEP's); providing reports for administrative purposes;

attending or participating in all required staff meetings and other activities deemed necessary by the District and/or building principal, in order to accomplish the objectives of the position and for professional achievement.

Reporting relationships include reporting to the building Principal. Required knowledge, skills and abilities include knowledge of subject areas appropriate to assignment; effective behavior management techniques; effective instructional techniques; rules and procedures for student safety; rules and regulations governing special education; proficiency in reading, writing, and oral communications; effective communication with parents or guardians in a culturally, racially and economically diverse community;

designing and implementing lesson plans for students having a wide range of achievement; adapting curricula and programs to meet the intellectual, social, physical and emotional needs of a population of special education students. Ability to deal with students in a positive and confident manner; be fair and consistent when working with a culturally, racially and economically diverse student population; adapt to change and remain flexible;

organize activities; manage student behavior; use good judgment to maintain a safe learning environment; provide instruction and demonstrate techniques; use necessary equipment, computers, machinery, tools, or software; direct assistants; in some positions, administer first aid and CPR; in some positions, use non-a mal or non-verbal means of communication such as sign language; in some positions, use non-visual instructional techniques such as Braille;

in some positions, deal with specific physical or emotional disabilities and associated conditions, such as, severe behavior disorder; attend to various physical and hygienic needs; establish and maintain effective, positive working relationships with students, parents or guardians, specialists, staff and administrators.

Working conditions include dealing with a wide range of student achievement and behavior; dealing with a range of student disabilities, the nature of which depend upon the program involved; handling multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritizing; experiencing frequent interruptions; dealing with distraught or difficult students; being potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students; being potentially exposed to student bodily fluids and serious infectious diseases carried by students;

in some positions the necessary and appropriate instructional methods may require specific…