Teacher - Preschool Childhood Development PCD​/SPED

Position: Teacher - Preschool Childhood Development PCD/SPED (2026-2027)
Early childhood special education teachers work with students who have developmental difficulties, such as speech and vision problems, limited motor skills, sensory-processing difficulties, or special learning challenges. Students in these age groups may be newly diagnosed and the special education teacher plays a role in determining what services and accommodations they will need. Parents may still be coming to terms with their child's special needs and will need support and advice.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Appropriate South Carolina Teaching Certification in Special Education, BCBA certification (or certification in-progres)

Report to:
Principal

Days: 190

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Administering special education testing

* Evaluating special-needs students, determining skill levels, and functional capabilities

* Modifying lessons and revising the standard curriculum to match the child's functional capacity and accommodations

* Meeting parents and others to review goals and assess progress

* Creating materials to assist in teaching

* Helping children who need assistance with motor skills and eating/drinking

* Providing an appropriate learning environment for students, such as those with sensory-processing challenges

* Advising parents on how to work with their child

* Instructing students one-on-one in imitation, repetition, and step-by-step problem solving

* Completing evaluative and accommodation forms such as IEPs

* Provide direct special education services as a special education teacher and manage a caseload of preschool students with disabilities for half of the school day.

* Provide support and inservice to other pre-school teachers regarding behavior interventions and strategies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements:

Requires sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a recurring basis or routine keyboard operations.

Data Conception:
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether like or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communications:
Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving assignments and/or directions to subordinates and receiving assignments and/or direction from supervisor.

Language Ability:
Requires ability to read a variety of professional, financial and legal reports and documentation, policy and procedure manuals, job applications, etc. Requires the ability to prepare general reports, presentation materials, correspondence, recommendations, etc., with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence:
Requires the ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Requires the ability to apply influence systems in supervising staff; to learn and understand relatively complex principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.

Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information.

Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow and give verbal and written instructions; to counsel and teach employees. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational/cultural backgrounds and in a variety of technical and/or professional languages including human resource management, education, education administration, etc.

Numerical Aptitude:
Requires the ability to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, to determine percentages and decimals and to determine time. Must be able to use practical applications of statistics.

Form/Spatial Aptitude:
Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape,…