Countywide Alternative Secondary Teacher​/Special Education Multi-Categorical Teacher Endorsement in Autism

Countywide Alternative Secondary Teacher/Special Education Multi-Categorical Teacher with an Endorsement in Autism

Job Goal:
To provide instruction and assistance to students with and without disabilities who have social/emotional learning needs to enable them to progress developmentally through the approved programs of study. To develop and implement Individual Education Plans to eligible students (IEP). To teach students according to county and state policy, mission, core beliefs, academic goals, and target areas. To assist students in gaining social/emotional skills.

Qualifications:

• Possess a valid West Virginia Teaching Certificate with Certification in Multi-Categorical K-12 with an Endorsement in Autism or eligibility for permit and agrees to fulfill certification requirements.
• Maintain a West Virginia Alternative Education Permit.
• Possess a valid WV Teaching Certificate in any content area K-12.
• Completion of a successful background check.
• Demonstrated ability to provide differentiated instruction and intervention to students exhibiting a wide range of abilities and behaviors.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Exhibits the physical attributes to passively restrain both male and female students who display aggressive and violent behavior over an extended period of time.
• Knowledge/experience of how to interpret and apply test data.
• Knowledge/experience in providing computer assisted instruction to exceptional students.
• Knowledge/experience developing and implementing IEP's and MEP's.
• Knowledge/experience in the appropriate identification and placement for exceptional students.
• Training and experience in a variety of strategies including Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Co-teaching, Crisis Prevention Intervention, Positive Behavior Intervention and Support.
• Any additional combination of training or experience which would lead to successful employment as a Secondary Alternative/Countywide Multi-Categorical Teacher with an Endorsement in Autism.
• Complete all required Option Pathway Training.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Collaborate with Middle Schools and High School as needed.
• Collaborate with mental health provides, classroom teachers, parents, and other specialist to address the social/emotional learning of all students.
• Adhere to all federal, state, and district laws and policies.
• Promote and adhere to the district mission, core beliefs, academic goals, and target areas.
• Demonstrate a deep and extensive knowledge of the subject matter.
• Design standards-driven instruction using state-approved curricula.
• Use a balanced assessment approach to guide student learning.
• Understand and respond to the unique characteristics of learners.
• Establish and maintain a safe and appropriate learning environment.
• Establish and maintain a learner-centered culture.
• Utilize a variety of research-based instructional strategies.
• Motivate and engage students in learning, problem solving and collaboration.
• Adjust instruction based on a variety of assessments and student responses.
• Facilitate a de-escalation space for students in crisis.
• Provide check-ins and monitor students participating in classes throughout the day.
• Guide and monitor individualized supports and schedules for all students participating in the social/emotional learning classroom.
• Engage in professional development for self-renewal that guides continuous examination and improvement of professional practice.
• Engage in collaborative learning opportunities for self-renewal with colleagues.
• Participate in school-wide collaborative efforts to support the success of all students.
• Work with parents, guardians, families, and community entities to support student learning and well-being.
• Promote practices and policies that improve school environment and student learning.
• Provide measurable progress of student learning of state-approved curricula.
• Demonstrate professional conduct as defined in law, policy and procedure at the state, district, and school level.
• Provides a program which may include behavior management, emotional/social skills, academic instruction, career education, leisure skills and daily living/survival skills (which may include toileting and related lifting)
• Assures that instruction is programmed in sequence and systematically presented
• Utilizes a varied multidisciplinary approach when providing direct instruction and/or integrating with other instructional areas of study
• Provides direct instruction which encourages students to generalize and maintain skills and attitudes in appropriate life situations.
• Conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBA) to determine what motivates and maintains a challenging/interfering behavior of an individual with disabilities.
• Develops, monitors, and modifies a behavior plan for students with disabilities.
• Establishes a classroom atmosphere that is caring and safe.
• Encourages individual social and academic growth.
• Establishes a classroom structure which provides a learning environment which is well-planned, highly structured, consistent in…