Resource Teacher

Special Education Resource Room Teacher

The purpose of a Special Education Resource Room teacher is to work with students who are identified under IDEA with a disability. The Special Education Resource Room Teacher will design an individualized program, along with parent(s)/legal guardian(s), to teach academic and/or social skills to students aligned to District and State Standards.

Job Functions:

• Plans and implements a program that meets individual needs, interests, and abilities within the Sweetwater County School District #1 curriculum as well as the specifically designed Individualized Education Plan (I.E.P.) for the student.
• Implements curriculum to meet individual student's goals and objectives using effective teaching techniques and materials.
• Develops, in a cooperative manner with the Principal and Director of Special Services, a plan for the improvement and enrichment of instruction in special education.
• Writes specific lesson plans describing daily learning targets aligned to national, state, and district standards.
• Monitors and assesses student progress and provides feedback on a regular basis to students and parents/guardians as defined in the IEP.
• Communicates learning targets to students in a well-planned, organized manner using clear and concise terms.
• Creates a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity of the students.
• Assists Administration in implementing all Sweetwater County School District #1 policies and procedures along with the district vision and mission.
• Assists Administration in implementing all Sweetwater County School District #1 Special Education Policies and Procedures, Federal Rules and Regulations, and Chapter 7 Rules and Regulations.
• Creates educational experiences to provide students with opportunities to develop skills in decision-making and other areas of social and life skills.
• Respects the dignity of each student as an individual and attempts to gain an adequate understanding of his/her needs, interests, and abilities.
• Communicates concerns and ideas with the appropriate Administration, colleagues, parents, students in a positive, confidential, collaborative manner.
• Assumes legal responsibility for the discipline and supervision of students and maintains a high standard of professional conduct and good rapport with students within the school environment.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Assumes professional and personal responsibility for the management and progress of goals under his/her authority, direction, and supervision.
• Assumes individual responsibility assigned by principal or supervisor which may relate to committee work, student activities, student supervision, or other planning and professional assignments.
• Maintains compliant, accurate, complete, legible, and correct records as required by district, state, and Federal law, Sweetwater County School District #1 policy, and Administrative regulation.
• Takes necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Conducts oneself in a professional manner.
• Strives to be a good employee as well as an effective teacher.
• Seeks to establish friendly and cooperative relationships between the home and the school.
• Oversees daily activity of assigned special services paraprofessionals.
• Develops and implements a behavior support plan and modifies as data indicates.
• Writes individual education plans for students and facilitates required meetings.
• Attends and supervises school-sponsored field trips as necessary.
• Attends parent and staff meetings.
• Keeps informed by reading building and district communications.
• Responds to requests for information in a timely manner.
• Schedules students to address IEP services.
• Attends trainings and Professional Development Opportunities.

Job Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills and Mental Ability:

• Possess a strong knowledge of IDEA and Reauthorization of 1997, Rules and Regulations governing Students with Disabilities in Wyoming Public Schools, and local rules and regulations governing services to students with disabilities.
• Possess a broad knowledge of special education process, procedures, documentation, and time frames.
• Possess a broad general knowledge of all subject areas with specific knowledge needed in contract areas.
• Possess teacher leadership skills within the decision-making process.
• Possess group dynamics and interpersonal skills.
• Possess knowledge of physiological, emotional, behavioral, and educational development of students.
• Possess developmentally appropriate classroom management skills with data to support progress or revision.
• Possess technological and computer skills.
• Possess problem solving, imagination, patience, reasoning, creativity, judgment, and analytical abilities.
• Possess excellent organizational and effective time management skills.

Education, License, Certification or Formal Training:

• Degree in Special Education from accredited institution.
• Valid Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board Certification or National License…