Elementary Special Education Co-Teacher - Collaborative IEP/ARD

BAMMEL ES; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

BAMMEL ES in Houston is seeking a Special Education Co-Teacher to support elementary students with IEP goals. You will collaborate with ARD committees, align IEP objectives with the regular curriculum, and provide targeted instructional support in a inclusive classroom setting.

The role requires a Texas SPED teaching certificate and a bachelor’s degree, with preferred internship experience. We offer 187 duty days and a teacher salary scale. Immediate starting date and full-time schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Valid Texas teaching certificate with required special education endorsements for assignments.
• Preferred: Minimum of one-year student teaching and approved internship.

Responsibilities

• Implement instructional program.
• Utilizes knowledge of learning styles and modalities.
• Correlates IEP with regular education curriculum guides.
• Requisitions materials, equipment and supplies needed for implementation.
• Serve as a member of the ARD/IEP Committee.
• Administer criterion-referenced testing and recommends appropriate goals and objectives based on results.
• Participate in placement decisions based on educational, sociological and physiological data presented to the committee.
• Assist regular school personnel in providing an appropriate educational environment for students included in the general education classroom.
• Establish new objectives based on the findings of the appraisal team to be presented as recommendations to the ARD committee.
• Redesign curriculum to suit new objectives.
• Suggest and provide alternative teaching methods.
• Serve as a co-teacher or in class support for a specific subject area as appropriate.
• Assess relation between student performance and disabling condition.
• Provide remedial or tutorial assistance to students.
• Utilize the special education staff and coordinate input to meet the needs of each special education child.
• Request and coordinate the available special services of the District as needed.
• Establish frequent communication and cooperation with the student’s family to facilitate the environmental changes necessary to premeditate learning and/or behavioral changes.
• Maintain confidential records of assigned students and complete end-of-year reports and other evaluations.
• Fulfill the campus duties as assigned to other teacher’s subjects only to the program needs of the special education child.
• Compile with the position description of the regular classroom teacher as applies to special education students in co-teach or in-class support situations.
• Perform other appropriate duties as assigned by the principal.

Skills

Special needs knowledge

ARD/IEP process understanding

Curriculum and instruction knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Texas teaching certificate with SPED endorsements

Job description

BAMMEL ES in Houston is seeking a Special Education Co-Teacher to support elementary students with IEP goals. You will collaborate with ARD committees, align IEP objectives with the regular curriculum, and provide targeted instructional support in a inclusive classroom setting.

The role requires a Texas SPED teaching certificate and a bachelor’s degree, with preferred internship experience. We offer 187 duty days and a teacher salary scale. Immediate starting date and full-time schedule.