Job Description
Position Title: Teacher, Special Education, All Levels
Job Code: 141, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 167, 171
Division: Academic - Support and Specialized Services
Salary Schedule: Teacher
Department: Special Education
Workdays: 187
Reports To: Principal
Pay Grade: CIT (4, 5, 6, or 7)
FLSA: Exempt
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Primary Function: Provides instruction for eligible students with disabilities through collaboration with general education teachers and parents/guardians that enables them to learn and achieve to the maximum of their abilities in an appropriate special education program.
Requirements:
- 1. Education Level: Bachelor's degree required; If you are seeking alternative certification, you must have passed or exempted the GACE Basic Skills Test and the GACE Special Education General Curriculum Content Test
- 2. Certification/License Required: Valid Georgia Teaching Certificate
- 3. Experience: None
- 4. Physical Activities: Routine physical activities that are required to fulfill job responsibilities; ability to lift a student up to a weight of 40 pounds without assistance; ability to perform a 2 person lift for students over 40 pounds
- 5. Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Written and oral communication; knowledge of areas of disability and special education practices and procedures; specialized instructional strategies that connect the curriculum to the learner; student behavior management
The Board of Education and the Superintendent may accept alternatives to some of the above requirements.
Essential Duties
- 1. Demonstrates prompt and regular attendance.
- 2. Completes designated follow-up procedures for students referred for special education service.
- 3. Demonstrates knowledge of the eligibility process and assists with initiation of the process to completion of the eligibility/IEP.
- 4. Develops, implements, monitors, and regularly reviews the Individual Education Program (IEP) and Individual Learning Plan (ILP) of each student on their caseload.
- 5. Works with parents/guardians in all aspects of their child's educational program.
- 6. Compiles, maintains, and submits accurate paperwork within designated timelines.
- 7. Collaborates with the general education teacher and/or Related Services Staff to provide special education services that maximize student achievement according to the guidelines of the program through established service delivery models.
- 8. Maintains lesson plans according to policies and/or directives.
- 9. Demonstrates knowledge of research-based practices by delivering specialized instruction to students according to their IEPs and Individual Learning Plans.
- 10. Develops and implements carefully designed data driven behavior management strategies including Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) based on student need.
- 11. Utilizes formative and summative assessments and collects data on student achievement and progress toward mastery of IEP goals and objectives and reports progress to parents/guardians on a regular basis.
- 12. Assures all due process procedural safeguards are afforded to students and their parents/guardians.
- 13. Facilitates effective use of instructive and assistive technology.
- 14. Adheres to district special education policies and procedures and federal regulations/state rules.
- 15. Serves as a resource to general education teachers who teach students with disabilities.
- 16. Seeks to improve knowledge and skills through professional learning and training activities associated with job related tasks and student needs.
- 17. Meets the unique needs of students with severe disabilities; i.e. lifting, positioning, feeding, toileting as appropriate.
- 18. Meets expectations according to the general education teacher job description.
- 19. Maintains prompt and professional communication with parents.
- 20. Performs other duties as assigned by appropriate administrator.