EC GENERAL CURRICULUM TEACHER

North Rowan Elementary School; Spencer (NC); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

North Rowan Elementary School in Spencer, North Carolina seeks an EC General Curriculum Teacher to provide special education services within the general curriculum, develop and implement IEPs, and support academic, behavioral, and social skill development for students with disabilities.

The teacher collaborates with the principal, maintains records per state and federal guidelines, and adapts materials to meet diverse learner needs while reporting progress regularly.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in special education and NC DPI general curriculum certification.
• Ability to monitor student safety and well-being in inclusive settings.
• Ability to develop and implement IEPs and adapt materials.
• Strong communication with parents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements an instructional plan aligned with school goals and students’ IEPs.
• Develops IEPs for students with disabilities and updates them as needed.
• Provides direct special education instruction.
• Uses varied teaching methods and adapts materials to meet student needs.
• Monitors behavior, maintains classroom discipline, and records incidents.

Skills

Motivate students

Maintain order

Clerical skills

Follow instructions

Interpersonal communication

Student safety

Classroom management

Education

Degree in special education

NC DPI general curriculum certification

Tools

Laptops

iPads

Job description

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EC GENERAL CURRICULUM TEACHER

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This job is also posted in North Carolina School Jobs , and Rowan-Salisbury School System

Job Details

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description

Reports to: Principal

Purpose : Under general supervision, provides special education services to students identified as disabled in accordance with state and federal regulations who are following general curriculum. Work involves developing and implementing the Individual Education Program in classroom settings that are compatible with the student’s age and developmental level. The EC teacher is responsible for developing lesson plans, adapting materials and designing activities to assist EC students develop appropriate academic, behavioral, and social skills and to meet their IEP goals. The teacher is responsible for monitoring student’s progress and for maintaining EC records in compliance with state and federal guidelines.

Qualifications

• Degree in special education and certification in general curriculum by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Physical Requirements : Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as laptops, iPads, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs, etc. Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking, physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or thing.
• Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
• Language Ability : Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format.
• Intelligence : Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal and counseling terminology.
• Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude : Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Motor Coordination : Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Manual Dexterity : Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Color Discrimination : Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament : Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Physical Communication : Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitates by work assignments.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system wide curricular goals and the students’ Individual Education Program.
• Is responsible for the development of Individual Education Programs (IEP) for students with disabilities; implements the IEP; and uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to update IEPs as needed.
• Provides direct special education instruction to identified students.
• Employs a variety of teaching methods to meet student needs. Implementation of these methods may require the adaptation or development of materials.
• Monitors student behavior; maintains discipline in the classroom; deescalates inappropriate behaviors; teaches students appropriate behavioral strategies; restrains students when necessary; records and reports restrains.
• Assists students with their personal and self-help needs, such as eating, toileting, and other essential tasks that the students are not able to perform by themselves.
• Communicates with parents regarding their children’s educational progress via periodic written progress reports.
• Acts as a case coordinator for assigned students; consults with community care-givers, school support professionals, and parents to better understand and meet student needs.
• Maintains student records in accordance with North Carolina’s Procedures Governing Programs and Services for Children with Disabilities; and complies with state and federal education statutes.
• Treats all students in a fair and equitable manner, interacts effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and community.
• Follows a plan for professional development and demonstrates evidence of growth.

Term of Employment: 10 months

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $39,000 to $55,100 Per Year

Contact Information

• Ashley Duggins , Director of Talent Acquisition
• Email: [e-mail]

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