1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher, Sub-Separate Program
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree strongly preferred
- Massachusetts Special Education Certification and Licensure
- Experience with students with severe disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Intellectual Disabilities, and other disabilities and health needs.
- Knowledge of principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Functional Communication Training (FCT), discrete trial training (DTT), precision teaching, natural environment teaching (NET), task analysis, and scripted teaching programs.
- Experience with alternative communication methods including AAC devices (LAMP, ProLoquo2Go, Pecs).
- Successful experience as a special educator including performing assessments using a variety of standardized protocols (VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, AFLS, as well as academic evaluations.
- Experience with social skill development, self-regulation/self-management, and activities of daily living skill development.
- Specialized reading training preferred- (Wilson Reading /Orton-Gillingham)
- Successful completion of QBS/SafetyCare training preferred.
- Knowledge of state and federal special education regulations.
- Effective organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with administrators, and a multidisciplinary special education team, including paraprofessionals, general education teachers, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, BCBA’s, family guardians
- Strong behavior management skills
Responsible to: Principal, Special Education Team Leader, Director of Special Education
Primary Functions: Coordinate all aspects of assigned special education program
Major Responsibilities:
1.0 Program Administration
2.0 Direct Instruction
3.0 Assessment/Pre-referral
4.0 Professional Expectations
5.0 Other
Details:
1.0 Program Administration
- Discuss student’s progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators
- Supervise and mentor paraprofessionals who work with students
- Collaborate with professional staff regarding their specific teaching, therapeutic and supervisory responsibilities.
- Support MCAS administration for students within the program.
- Collaborate with Principals and Educational Team Leader to develop individual schedules to ensure compliance and most effective instruction.
- Collaborate with Principal and Educational Team Leader to support co-teaching models that provide inclusion experiences for students within the program.
- Ensure the implementation of administrative procedures related to PowerSchool; maintenance and security of student records for caseload.
- Prepare and help students and families transition from grade to grade.
- Collaborate with services providers, including but not limited to: school psychologists, school counselors, speech and language specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, vision/mobility therapists, BCBAs.
2.0 Direct Instruction
- Plan, prepare, and teach lessons and activities as a class, in small groups, and 1:1 as needed, in accordance with IEPs/Service Plans. Work cooperatively with other specialists/teachers to develop curriculum.
- Promote inclusion and equity of instruction in classrooms by implementing formative and summative assessments to track student progress. Use data to plan for instruction.
- Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for paraprofessional(s).
- Implement group and individual behavior plans.
- Adapt lessons and modify assessments for students with special needs.
- Meet regularly with the BCBA and other internal TEAM members regarding issues and concerns around student needs.
- Communicate regularly with families regarding service delivery and progress
3.0 Assessment/Pre-referral
- Participate in building-based Student Assistant Team (SATs) and support regulatory pre-referral activities by providing screenings as needed
- Perform cognitive and achievement assessments using a variety of standardized protocols, including but not limited to Woodcock-Johnson, WIAT, etc.
4.0 Professional Expectations
- Develop and update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students’ progress and goals. Chair annual IEP meetings for assigned students, as needed.
- Attend all faculty meetings/in-services/professional development activities as scheduled
- Support and participate in all mandated DESE monitoring activities as requested; completion of required coursework, Coordinated Program Reviews, etc.
- Completes educational forms and reports as directed by the school, and/or local educational agency.
5.0 Other
- Carries out any other appropriate responsibilities assigned.