Special Education Teacher Middle School

Job Description

Job Title: Special Education Teacher
Division: CEA

Location: Chichester School District

Reports to: Director of Pupil Services - Staff Relationship

Building Principal - Line Relationship

Prepared By: Human Resource Office

Prepared Date: January 9, 2017

Salary Level: As per current CEA Agreement

Approved By: Superintendent

Approved Date: January 9, 2017

SUMMARY
Responsible for planning instruction and/or adaption of the education program to enable students to benefit from educational experiences.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

• planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing students' individualized Special Education plans.
• timely submission, preparation, and implementation of special education documentation, programming, and paperwork including IEPs, RRs, NOREPs, Invitations to Participate, progress monitoring, data collection, etc.
• collecting data, and monitoring and evaluating student progress
• consulting and assisting staff needing guidance to support students with a learning disability
• sharing instructional strategies to facilitate inclusion
• leading IEP meetings
• using data to write IEP goals
• coordinating and facilitating parent meetings
• appropriately instructing students requiring learning and/or other support as needed
• participating in professional development
• completing and developing Functional Behavioral Assessments and writing Positive Behavior Support Plans
• instructing students in small or large groups
• planning lessons, implementing programs, and differentiating instruction
• complying with federal, state, and local special education regulations
• providing itinerant, supplemental, and/or full time levels of support
• all other duties as assigned by district administration
• providing additional support to the students within a general education classroom

EVALUATIONS
Performance shall be evaluated in accordance with the Board's Policy on Appraisal.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Special Education K-12 required

WORK EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 5 years teaching experience preferred

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Reading: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.

Writing: Ability to write reports, school correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Presentation: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, managers, employees, students, and/or the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities (permanent or temporary) to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color 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 individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and/or airborne particles. The employee frequently may be exposed to infection (germs, bacteria, viruses). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.