EBD Special Education Teacher — Inspire & Lead Classrooms

Gwinnett County Public Schools; Georgia; On-site; USD 61,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Applitrack Meadowcreek High School seeks a qualified Teacher Sp Ed - EBD SC to deliver instruction aligned with GCPS AKS and IEPs. You will collaborate with teachers, administrators, and families to support students with disabilities in general classrooms.

The position offers standard 40-hour weeks and a salary range from $61,146 to $114,000 annually, reflecting Georgia certification, a Bachelor's degree, and experience in special education.

Qualifications

• Georgia certification in appropriate field required.
• Bachelor's Degree in education required.
• Experience preferred in teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct instruction and/or specially designed instruction to students in special programs consistent with the district's curriculum and Individual Education Programs (IEP).
• Consult with classroom teachers and/or local school administrator to develop and maintain academic as well as behavioral management programs.
• Participate as an active member of the regular faculty of the school, assuming school duties shared by classroom teachers.
• Conduct in-service programs to the faculty regarding special education, specific program areas, management techniques, IDEIA, etc.
• Communicate and work collaboratively with regular educators to support students with disabilities in regular classrooms.
• Develop and prioritize long and short-term instructional objectives based on the district's AKS curriculum.
• Identify specific prerequisite skills and/or knowledge necessary for students to learn the AKS.
• Plan instruction as needed to promote student mastery of prerequisite skills and knowledge.
• Analyze student work and assessments to determine instructional needs.
• Prepare written lesson plans to support instructional objectives of the AKS for all students.
• Plan appropriate assessment of student learning.
• Evaluate, select, and modify resources and activities.
• Review resources including district core materials.
• Select core materials and other resources that match the AKS.
• Oversee assessment activities.
• Administer screening and diagnostic assessment instruments in a timely manner to children referred to special education and interpret evaluation results to parents and regular classroom teachers.
• Provide initial focus for the lesson.
• Communicate specific learning objectives to students in a clear manner.
• Link lesson content to students' prior knowledge, background experience, and/or real-world application of content.
• Capture student attention through active involvement.
• Organize content for presentation of the lesson.
• Present information in a logical sequence.
• Organize the presentation of content into blocks or steps based on the students' needs and the complexity of the material.
• Follow research-based organizational plan for content organization, such as anticipatory set, acquisition lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and summarizing.
• Utilize scientifically researched effective instructional strategies and ways of providing information for students to acquire the learning.
• Assess students' learning of the AKS and provide specific feedback to students and parents on a frequent basis.
• Provide collaborative learning opportunities.
• Model strategies and skills and provide multiple opportunities for distributed guided practice followed by independent practice.
• Explicitly teach essential content-related vocabulary.
• Utilize a variety of nonverbal/visual representations of content and skills.
• Explicitly teach students to summarize their learning.
• Explicitly teach skills for improving reading and writing proficiency/literacy across content areas.
• Access and/or build students' background knowledge and experience.
• Use and teach questioning and cuing/prompting techniques.
• Utilize technology effectively to plan, teach, and assess.
• Use inquiry-based problem-solving learning strategies with students in all content areas.
• Teach and require students to set personal goals for improving their academic achievement.
• Teach students to compare and contrast knowledge, concepts, or content.

Skills

Instructional knowledge

IDEA knowledge

Communication skills

Technology integration

Collaboration

Classroom management

Subject mastery

IEP familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education

Job description

Applitrack Meadowcreek High School seeks a qualified Teacher Sp Ed - EBD SC to deliver instruction aligned with GCPS AKS and IEPs. You will collaborate with teachers, administrators, and families to support students with disabilities in general classrooms.

The position offers standard 40-hour weeks and a salary range from $61,146 to $114,000 annually, reflecting Georgia certification, a Bachelor's degree, and experience in special education.