Special Education Teachers ($55,948+)

Dorchester County Public Schools; Maryland; Vor Ort; USD 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A public school district in Maryland is seeking a qualified Special Education Teacher for North Dorchester High School for the 2025-2026 school year. The teacher will provide direct instruction and support to students with disabilities, manage IEPs, and work collaboratively with general education teachers. Ideal candidates will possess a Maryland teaching certificate and a Bachelor’s degree, along with skills in data collection, technology integration, and effective communication. This position contributes to academic growth and adherence to state educational standards.

Qualifikationen

• Possess or be eligible for a Maryland State teacher certificate in Special Education.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Knowledge of curriculum integration and effective instructional practices.
• Ability to communicate with administrators, colleagues, staff, students, parents and community
• Ability to infuse technology into curriculum and meet Maryland technology standards
• Proficiency in the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards and Literacy Standards for Students
• Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers and support staff

Aufgaben

• Provide direct instruction and support to students with disabilities.
• Prepare for IEP team meetings and case management.
• Collect performance data to improve student outcomes.
• Collect data on student performance to improve outcomes and direct instruction
• Administer and interpret formal assessments as appropriate
• Select and adapt material to help students access the general education curriculum
• Participate in professional development on instruction, best practices, and policy changes
• Coordinate the schedule of paraprofessionals assigned to the classroom
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Kenntnisse

Instructional support

Data collection

Technology integration

Communication

Technology integration

Maryland standards knowledge

Technology literacy

Communication skills

Oral and written communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Maryland teaching certificate in Special Education

Jobbeschreibung

Dorchester County Public Schools is currently accepting applications for Special Education Teacher located at North Dorchester High School for the 2025 - 2026 school year. Working under the direction of the school principal and the Supervisor of Special Education, the teacher will provide direct instruction and instructional support to students with disabilities. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with general education teachers and assist in the development of Individual Education Programs (IEP). This position also works with students in decision making, interpersonal development, and academic growth by providing the strategies, resources, and instruction to enable each student to meet the demands of the Maryland College and Career Readiness Standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide both direct instruction, and instructional support, to students with disabilities and general class teachers
• Prepare for IEP team meetings, and provide case management for assigned students with disabilities
• Interpret both formal and informal, and classroom based assessment for students in order to make instructional decisions
• Collect data on student performance so as to improve student outcomes and direct instruction
• Administer and interpret formal assessments as appropriate
• Select and adapt material to assist students with disabilities to access the general education curriculum
• Participate in professional development activities designed to advance teacher knowledge in the areas of instruction, best practices, differentiated instruction, changes in educational policy, and other information as may be necessary to improve classroom instruction and programming for students with disabilities
• Coordinate the schedule of Paraprofessionals assigned to the classroom
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Possess, or be eligible for, a Maryland State Department of Education teaching certificate in Generic Special Education Infant-3 and/or 1-8 and/or 6-Adult
• Possess a Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university
• Knowledge of Dorchester County Public Schools curriculum, techniques for integrating curriculum, Dorchester County Public Schools policies, and effective instructional practices
• Ability to provide instruction that reflects multiple perspectives and multi-cultural education
• Ability to infuse technology into curriculum
• Proficiency in the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
• Possess an understanding of the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office and school based staff, students, parents and community
• Excellent oral and written communication and human relation skills