Teacher - Exceptional Education

Teacher - Exceptional Education

Henrico County Public Schools –
HCPS - Tucker High School

Henrico, VA, US

Henrico County Public Schools is one of the six largest public school divisions in Virginia with a nationally recognized educational program. Henrico County is a suburban community surrounding the city of Richmond, VA, and is located 104 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, 94 miles from the scenic Skyline Drive, 106 miles from Washington, D.C., and 75 miles from the North Carolina border.

Our Mission:
Through engagement with our families and community, we equip students with the knowledge and skills to be ready for life and a successful future.

Under the direction of the school principal, the special education teacher plans and provides appropriate learning experiences for students with significant social‑pragmatic, social skill, and/or academic needs. The teacher creates a flexible program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction for students with disabilities, supporting them in the general education curriculum through supplemental aids, accommodations, and other needed supports. Classes taught may be single or multi‑grade level, subject, skill, or specialty oriented, working within a team or department but may work independently in a unique teaching specialty.

• Provides direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.
• Employs special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve sensory‑and‑perceptual‑motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Instructs students in academic subjects using various techniques such as phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning and meet students’ varying needs and interests.
• Plans and conducts activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.
• Meets with parents to discuss their children’s progress and determines priorities for their children’s individualized educational needs.
• Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students’ educational, physical, and social/emotional development.
• Maintains accurate and complete student records and prepares reports on children and activities as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicates those objectives to students.
• Develops plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow‑up of students in inclusive classroom settings.
• Assists students with learning personal hygiene.
• Collects and analyzes data to inform educational decision making.
• Assists in the development of Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavior Improvement Plans (BIP).
• Serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
• Assists in preparation of data for local, state, and federal reports.
• Supervises paraprofessionals assigned to the classroom.
• Maintains professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

Must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently and 25–50 pounds occasionally, and may assist, move, or restrain students when required to intervene in student safety issues. The employee is frequently required to sit, talk, lift, walk, stand, and hear. The candidate demonstrates accurate knowledge of evidence‑based teaching practices (reinforcement, prompting, visual schedules, antecedent‑based intervention, etc.) and of the learning and behavioral characteristics of students’ disabilities.

Knowledge of functions of behavior and interventions matched to each is required. Experience with a variety of evidence‑based instructional…