TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
QUALIFICATIONS
- Valid teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Meets health and physical qualifications
FLSA exempt
REPORTS TO
Principal
JOB GOAL
To provide academic and behavior intervention in specific skill deficit areas to students with disabilities (SWDs.)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Maintains all special education paperwork in a timely manner including Instructionally Appropriate Individual Education Program (IAIEP)
Prepares progress reports for each grading period and sends report to parents
Administers tests and monitors students’ progress on a regular basis
Uses EasyIEP for the development of IAIEPs and other reports
Attends and chair IAIEP and S-Team meetings as well as consults with parents, administrators, school psychologists, and other professionals
Works with assigned educational assistants in classroom and provides direction/support/guidance
Implements individualized academic intervention in skill deficit areas, adaptive skills, communication, social skills, behavior intervention and pre-vocational skills
Completes Reevaluation Summary Report, observations of students, and other forms for school psychologists to review
Works collaboratively with Behavior Interventionists and teachers and follows recommendations in the Behavior Intervention Plan for SWDs’ behavior
Assumes responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the classroom
Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other materials, considering factors such as individual needs, abilities, learning levels, and physical limitations of the students
Attends required Professional Development trainings
Establishes student behavior and expects students to maintain standards of classroom behavior
Keeps classroom work environment organized and order/manage materials and supplies
Knows and follows all safety rules and procedures
Prepares for assigned classes and shows evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisor
Maintains order in classroom and schoolyard
Reports to the principal when one knows or reasonably suspects that a student’s health or welfare has been or appears to have been harmed as a result of abuse or neglect
Represents the schools and the community in a positive manner
Performs other work-related duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary school, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:
Pushing and/or pulling
Climbing and/or balancing
Stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling
Reaching, handling
Talking
Hearing
Seeing
TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)
Adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
Adaptability to accept responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
Adaptability to deal with students
Adaptability to make generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles and ability to reason and make judgments
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them
Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately
Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers
Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color
WORK CONDITIONS
Normal working conditions
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.