Special Education Teachers - SM High & Middle Schools

Servingschools; Livermore Falls (ME); On-site; USD 48,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Spruce Mountain School District - RSU #73 seeks Special Education Teachers for the SM Middle School (grades 6-8) and SM High School (grades 9-12). The role involves developing IEPs, coordinating services, and ensuring timely paperwork while addressing students’ academic, functional, and social-emotional needs.

Applicants must hold Maine Department of Education Certification (282 Endorsement) and are expected to support students with challenging emotional/behavioral needs, collaborating with

Qualifications

• Maine certification required (282 Endorsement).
• Fingerprinting and CHRC as required by Maine DOE.
• Experience with students with emotional/behavioral needs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop IEPs and complete related paperwork within required timelines.
• Evaluate and adapt lesson plans to student needs.
• Communicate progress with parents, counselors and teachers.
• Provide proactive behavior interventions for students with significant needs.
• Deliver research-based instruction aligned to IEP goals.
• Utilize varied teaching techniques to meet IEP objectives.
• Consult with classroom staff on adaptations and instructional interventions.

Skills

Special Education

IEP development

Communication with parents

Behavior interventions

Education

Maine Certification 282 Endorsement

Job description

Spruce Mountain School District - RSU #73

Proudly Serving: Jay, Livermore, & Livermore Falls

• Special Education Teachers

1 - Resource Room at SM Middle School - Grades 6-8

1 - Resource Room at SM High School - Grades 9-12

Description

• Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), to align with a student’s academic, functional and social-emotional needs as well as the ability to coordinate the delivery of special education services in each student’s IEP, complete special education paperwork and adhere to timelines.


• Evaluate and determine your students’ learning capacity and adapt lesson plans accordingly.


• Effectively communicate with parents, counselors and other teachers to discuss the students’ progress and continued needs.


• Hold a capacity to provide proactive behavior interventions for students with significant emotional / behavior, academic and social concerns.


• Provide research-based specialized instruction to address the instructional, functional, and developmental goals and objectives contained within each student’s IEP.


• Employ various teaching techniques, methods and principles of learning to enable students meet their IEP goals.


• Provide consultation to classroom teachers regarding classroom adaptations, instructional modifications, adaptive equipment, behavior modification plans and other similar instructional interventions to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Maine Department of Education Certification (282 Endorsement)


• Maine State Law requires all school employees to be fingerprinted and pass a Criminal History Records Check (CHRC) for a Department of Education.


• Experience working with students with challenging emotional / behavioral needs and at risk students with academic, social and behavioral concerns is preferred.

For more information regarding certification visit the Maine Department of Education website: https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert

Pay Rates - Teacher Salary: BA0 $47,594.00 - DR30+ $84,917.00

Closing date: when suitable candidates are found

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