Leominster Public Schools
Position: Special Education Moderate Disabilities Teacher - Secondary Level
Moderate Disabilities Teacher
Qualifications: Current MA License covering grades 9-12
Leominster Center for Excellence (LCE) is seeking a passionate, creative, and insightful educator. LCE is a small innovation high school and a member of the Big Picture Learning network.
Job responsibilities:
- Assist in planning and implementing an individualized program of instruction that capitalizes on students’ interests and real-world learning.
- Guiding students as they seek and explore internship opportunities.
- Assisting students in the development of projects which demonstrate competency across all learning domains and capitalize on their interests and real-world learning experiences.
- Contributing to the creation and maintenance of a positive school culture and community.
- Ensuring that all students graduate with a viable five-year plan for success.
- Provide direct service to students with disabilities
- Participate in the Individual Education Plan (IEP) process by attending IEP meetings, work collaboratively with IEP team members, complete and prepare IEP paperwork, and deliver instruction in a meaningful and appropriate way to enable students to progress toward goals outlined in the IEP.
- Complete Progress Reports.
- Plan, implement, and adapt instructional activities
- Administer appropriate educational assessments to determine eligibility for special education and to gather data for the development of the IEP
- Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curricular goals, and in congruency with those goals, establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects
- Provide appropriate behavior management strategies and techniques in order to maintain a safe and effective learning environment
- Collaborate with related service professionals.
- Communicate routinely with parents and other school personnel
- Perform duties to keep classroom area neat, clean, and safe
- Supervise support staff (paraprofessionals/tutors)
We seek educators who value "rigor, relevance, and relationships" in their professional practice, and who can engage families and community members as partners in the education of LCE students.
Please submit cover letter, resume, transcripts and evidence of DESE licensure via SchoolSpring.
The City of Leominster / Leominster Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. The Leominster Public Schools insures equal employment, educational opportunities and affirmative action, regardless of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation or disability in compliance with Titles VI and IX, MGL Ch. 76 section 5, and section 504. Please contact Laura VanDorn, Administrator of Special Education and Pupil Personnel, at 978-534-7700, ext. 1307.