Special Education Teacher-High School
Position Title: Teacher, Learning Disabled
Department: High School
Reports To: Principal
Summary: Responsible for planning instruction and/or adaptation of the education program to enable students to benefit from educational experiences.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Instructs individuals and groups in special education skill areas.
- Plans curriculum, lessons, and special education programs and teaching methods.
- Evaluates student progress based on papers submitted, test scores and observation.
- Monitors students’ progress in and outside special education room.
- Maintains physical environment of the classroom.
- Initiates and maintains contact with parents of students.
- Evaluates student progress based on work output and observation, and determines goals, objectives and directions.
- Regularly enters data into grade book software.
- Manages adult paraprofessionals in the classroom by assigning tasks, responsibilities, and duties.
- Provides quality and sustainable feedback on paraprofessional’s performance to the building administrator so that appropriate evaluations may be prepared.
- Submits paperwork and records to building administrator and cooperative in a timely fashion.
- Participates in textbook adoption committees as appropriate.
- Adopts appropriate textbooks for special education students.
- Provides a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning.
- Ensures that IEPs contain and clearly indicate all necessary accommodations and modifications.
- Schedules annual case reviews and notifies all appropriate persons.
- As teacher of record, works with and communicates with general education teachers of students for whom he/she is responsible.
- Works with teacher of record for students for whom they are teacher of service.
- Keeps an updated teacher of record list on file with the building administrator and with the co-op.
- Attends relevant transition conferences.
· Performs other duties and responsibilities that are assigned and are necessary for the daily operation of the school programs.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervises students
Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience: Bachelors degree.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Teaching certificate with Learning Disabilities special education endorsement.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups and the general public.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents; skill in oral and written communication.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds for example school supplies and books. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.