Teacher - Special Education - WMS

Nimble; Syracuse (IN); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 56 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ReNEW Schools is seeking a Certified Special Education Teacher in Indiana to support students with disabilities and collaborate with general education staff. Responsibilities include developing IEPs, adapting curriculum, and coordinating with the multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive services.

The role emphasizes inclusivity, individualized instruction, and ongoing assessment to promote independent living skills and academic progress for elementary and secondary students.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree required.
• Indiana Teaching License with emotional handicapped certification.
• Experience working with emotionally handicapped students.
• Ability to plan and organize.
• Skills in human relations - Student-oriented.
• Ability to communicate effectively before groups of students and parents.
• Other qualification as deemed desirable by the School Board.

Responsabilités

• Serve as a member of the multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility for LD, MiMD, and ED programs by administering, processing, and interpreting achievement tests and observing students in classrooms.
• Provide consultative services in writing and verbally to students, parents, and other teachers regarding strengths, weaknesses, and support services.
• Develop and implement daily individual lesson plans based on IEPs.
• Advance development of elementary and secondary students using diagnostic and prescriptive techniques to remediate processing deficits.
• Adapt curriculum for students with disabilities to enable integration of subject areas and assist with career planning/secondary level programming.
• Assist with inclusion of students with disabilities in general education.
• Develop and implement teaching strategies and behavior modification programs to foster self-motivation.
• Assist students in establishing positive interpersonal relationships in schools.
• Participate in long-range planning and development of student IEPs.
• Coordinate case conferences and annual reviews via meetings, data interpretation, and reporting.
• Coordinate system-wide services with administrative personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal.

Connaissances

Plan and organize

Human relations - Student-oriented

Communicate effectively before groups

Other qualification as deemed by Board

Formation

Bachelor of Science Degree

Indiana Teaching License with emotional handicapped certification

Experience with emotionally handicapped students

Description du poste

JOB TITLE:Special Education Teacher

TYPE OF POSITION:Certified

REPORTS TO:Principal,Director of Exceptional Learners

POSITION PURPOSE: To provide services to complement and support the general education curriculum; to address curriculum needs of students with disabilities in the basic skills areas; to provide support services to students in general education, with the goal of developing socially and economically independent adults, and to provide consultation services to general education teachers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

• 1.Serves as a member of the multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility for the Learning Disabled (LD) program, the Mildly Mentally Disabled (MiMD) program, and the programfor Emotionally Disabled via administering, processing, and interpreting achievement tests and by observing students in classrooms.
• 2.Assist other teachers, parents, and students by providing both written and verbal consultative services relative to students’ strengths, weaknesses, and support services.
• 3.Develops and implements daily individual lesson plans based on the goals and objectives contained in the student’s Individual Education Plans (I.E.P.’s).
• 4.Encourages effective development of elementary and secondary students via the utilization of diagnostic and prescriptive techniques designed to remediate processing deficits by teaching basic competency skills and the appropriate grade-level skills.
• 5.Adapts the curriculum for students with disabilities to enable subject areas to be taught; assists with career planning and preparation by facilitating appropriate academic and vocational programming at the secondary level.
• 6.Assists with the inclusion of students with disabilities in general education.
• 7.Develops and implements teaching strategies and student behavior modification programs designed to teach socially appropriate behavior and to foster self-motivation.
• 8.Assists students in establishing and maintaining satisfactory interpersonal relationships in the public schools.
• 9.Participates in long range planning, the development, and implementation of student IEP’s.
• 10.Coordinates selected case conferences and annual case reviews via scheduling meetings, interpreting data, and writing case conference reports.
• 11.Coordinates system-wide services and responsibilities with appropriate administrative personnel.
• 12.Performs other reasonably related duties as may be assigned by the building principal.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• *Bachelor of Science Degree
• *Indiana Teaching License with emotional handicapped certification
• 2. Experience working with emotionally handicapped students
• 3. Ability to plan and organize.
• 4. Skills in human relations - Student-oriented.
• 5. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of students and parents.
• 6. Other qualification as deemed desirable by the School Board.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

TERMS: Length of year and rate of pay to be determined by the School Board.

EVALUATION: Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provision in the policy handbook.