Teacher - Exceptional Education Intensive Support (Adapted Curriculum)

Chimborazo Elementary School; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Part time

Job summary

Chimborazo Elementary School in Richmond, VA seeks a Teacher for Exceptional Education Intensive Support (Adapted Curriculum) to support students with disabilities in an Autism Specialty classroom.

The role emphasizes alignment of IEP goals with ASOL, evidence-based practices, data collection, and collaboration with families and staff. The 9.5-month schedule includes exempt duties and a focus on creating a targeted, inclusive learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and promote the mission and curriculum of the Autism Specialty classroom to parents, school staff, and community partners.
• Align IEP goals with ASOL and develop safe, conducive learning environments; implement evidence-based practices and collect data.
• Understand concepts and methods for teaching students with intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
• Meet communication needs of students, including nonverbal learners, effectively.
• Develop and assess instructional strategies to keep all students actively engaged.
• Create coherent, ASOL-aligned lesson plans with appropriate teaching strategies, technology integration, and both formative and summative assessments.

Job description

Teacher - Exceptional Education Intensive Support (Adapted Curriculum)

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Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Job Title:

Grade Level/Terms of Employment:

9.5-month (200 Day)

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Work Location:

Assigned School

General Description: Duties performed typically in a school setting. Performs professional work providing teaching and/or training services to students with disabilities. Occasional movement of students in wheelchairs and other mechanical devices may be required. Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds. Work requires stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, vocal and written communication for expressing or exchanging ideas, hearing to perceive information at a normal spoken word level and visual acuity for preparing and analyzing written or computer data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to effectively communicate and promote the mission, philosophy, and curriculum of the Autism Specialty classroom to parents, school and classroom staff, colleagues, and community partners.
• Participates in regularly scheduled and on-going professional development and technical assistance sessions and demonstrate consistent and accurate implementation of all competencies addressed in the trainings including: alignment of IEP goals and objectives with ASOL, development of a safe and conducive learning environment; implementation of evidence based practices such as positive behavior supports, person- centered planning, functional communication instruction, applied behavior analysis and data collection.
• Working knowledge of the concepts, principles and methodologies of instruction, learning theory, and teaching of special education students with intellectual disabilities and or Autism.
• Effectively meet and address the communication needs of students, including those with limited or no verbal communication skills.
• Develops, implements, and assesses instructional strategies to ensure all students are actively engaged in learning.
• Ability to develop a coherent lesson plan properly aligned with ASOL, Aligned Standards of Learning, and IEP goals to include evidence of utilizing appropriate teaching strategies, integrating technology, formative and summative assessments, and data-based interventions.
• Provides effective differentiated instruction to teach functional academic and daily living