Autism Resource​/Classroom Teacher SY 26-27

Autism Resource/Classroom Teacher

Salary Range:

Contract Length:

Immediate Supervisor:
Principal, Special Education Supervisor, Special Education Director

Basic Function:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

• Required experience and training
• Licenses in at least one area of special education
• Highly Qualified at the primary level
• Applicant must not have had a recommendation for Positive Assistance/Probation on their most recent evaluation
• History of timely submission of comprehensive and complete IEPs
• Documented college course(s) on Applied Behavior Analysis (OR direct work experience supervised by a practicing Behavior Analyst), OR Training in the TEACHH Model (i.e., Structured Teaching)
• Successful teaching experiences (verified through professional references) including:
• Conduction social skills groups for high functioning students with ASD
• Visually structuring academic tasks (i.e., TEACCH model)
• Organizing sensory diets for specific students with ASD
• Supporting students with ASD in general education classrooms
• Structuring the environment with:
• Visual schedules that support all the activities of the day
• Independent work citations to support independence
• Task Analysis of academic skills that show a student the visual relationship between various aspects of the task to be learned
• Skills in designing accommodations for general dedication classrooms, to help students with ASD better understand the expectations
• Experience with differentiating diagnosis of ASD from other disabilities
• Professional strengths which include:
• Ability to maintain a calm, supporting manner in the face of concurrent, multiple student challenges
• Effective collaboration skills with general education teachers
• Ability to develop through IEPs with effective Behavioral Intervention Plans
• Excellent organizational skills, including a visual schedule for all staff who are assigned to work with specific students
• Ability to train and direct several paraprofessional to work efficiently in the same classroom
• Strong data keeping system
• Skillful in "saying less" and "showing more" when working with students
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Physical Demands:

Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and other technologies and office equipment, sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time; kneeling; bending at the waist; lifting; pushing; pulling and carrying equipment, supplies and materials weighing up to 25 pounds; repetitive hand movement and fine coordination to use a computer keyboard;

emotional stability to work effectively under pressure and to keep all aspects of the job under control; hearing and speaking to exchange information in person or on the telephone; seeing to read; prepare and assure the accuracy of documents.