1/2 Contract Secondary Special Education Educator - Level II - Parowan High School

About the role

Parowan High School is seeking a 1/2 Contract Secondary Special Education Educator beginning in August for the 2026-2027 school year. The Iron County School District supports families in developing college and career readiness by building knowledge, skills, and relationships for all, empowering students to learn at high levels through systematic district and school-wide support.

Responsibilities

• Provide students with learning, cognitive, or physical disabilities individually tailored help, counsel, and learning experiences to make progress toward educational goals.
• Monitor and evaluate outcomes for students with disabilities.
• Assist in the development of Individual Education Programs (IEP).
• Determine specific learning problems, skill deficiencies, or social adjustment difficulties of students and initiate remediation programs.
• Evaluate each student in terms of initial needs and progress toward remediation.
• Develop and present appropriate IEP goals.
• Prepare progress reports and year-end evaluations, administering pre-tests and post-tests as appropriate.
• Provide a wide range of teaching materials and equipment, including reading material at many levels, instructional games, and resource materials.
• Counsel students in identifying and dealing with their academic and social challenges.
• Provide opportunities for students to explore life and career goals.
• Tutor students for other classes.
• Establish and maintain standards of individual student behavior.
• Work closely with other teachers to help students maintain satisfactory class work, homework, and behavior.
• Help parents understand the specific challenges of educationally handicapped students and the goals and operation of the program, apprising them of challenges and progress.
• Participate in selection and evaluation of students for admission to the special education program.
• Participate in case conferences about students who learn differently.
• Perform basic attendance accounting and similar record-keeping functions pertinent to the special education program.
• Keep abreast of new developments in the field by reading journals, attending professional society meetings and seminars, and discussing problems of mutual interest with others.
• Evaluate special education needs to ensure objectives for student education are met.
• Understand and interpret laws, rules, and regulations to students, parents, and paraprofessionals.
• Prepare reports for federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
• Administer achievement tests to measure student level of performance.
• Write and maintain IEP files and monitor compliance.
• Help students with daily living skills such as toileting and social interaction.
• Work with students and their behavior needs.