Middle School Special Education Teacher

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Description

EMBRACING ABILITIES. EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES.

Easterseals Academy is a therapeutic school that provides schooling for children with an autism spectrum disorder, emotional disability, developmental delay, or intellectual disability. School districts refer students to Easterseals Academy where the schools provide an alternative school placement for these students to help them to achieve independence. Easterseals Academy has three campuses, located in Chicago, Machesney Park, and Tinley Park.

Job Type

Full-time

Description

EMBRACING ABILITIES. EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES.

Easterseals Academy is a therapeutic school that provides schooling for children with an autism spectrum disorder, emotional disability, developmental delay, or intellectual disability. School districts refer students to Easterseals Academy where the schools provide an alternative school placement for these students to help them to achieve independence. Easterseals Academy has three campuses, located in Chicago, Machesney Park, and Tinley Park.

For more information about our organization, please visit us online tersealschicago.org.

The primary responsibility of the Special Education Teacher is to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of each student while engaging each student in working toward his/her IEP goals and academic standards to show progress. The Special Education Teacher is accountable for the development, implementation, and monitoring of all aspects of classroom programming to ensure the implementation of student IEPs and student growth.

$3,000 SIGN ON BONUS!

This position is located at the Easterseals Academy - Tinley Park Campus at 17300 Ozark Avenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477.

Major Functions/Accountabilities

Classroom Leadership/Student Instruction:

• Develop weekly lesson plans in alignment with student IEP goals and referencing student assessments.
• Arrange for and perform activities, materials, and prompting hierarchies that relate to the IEP goals.

• Perform and submit formal assessments at least 10 days prior to each student’s annual review, but not earlier than 30 days prior.
• Develop, in collaboration with team members, appropriate IEP goals based on assessment results 10 days prior to the annual review.
• Update and provide data-based quarterly progress reports and IEP benchmarks.
• Maintain and update all required components to student main files.
• Participate in student IEP/MDC meetings throughout the school year.
• Participate in review meetings for students as necessary throughout the school year.

• Conduct weekly meetings with paraprofessional staff members to outline student goal support and instructional/behavioral strategies. Document weekly meetings and present minutes to administration.
• Collaborate with administration and clinical teams to develop and implement strategies that support student progress and meeting IEP goals.
• Notify the administration of the onset of unacceptable performance of classroom staff.
• Communicate as needed, but at least weekly, with parents via confidential approved means such as the Remind App regarding the ongoing performance of students and other updates relevant to the school and classroom

• Mentor, direct, support, and evaluate classroom and 1:1 aides to support students in making progress on IEP goals and accessing instructional materials, as well as collecting data relevant to student goals. Inform annual evaluation, in partnership with administration for each paraprofessional working within the Teacher’s classroom.

• Engage in needs assessments and surveys related to ongoing professional development for the Academy.
• Attend all Academy-wide training and bring the material back to classroom practice by…