Classroom Teacher – Special Education

About the role

This position is responsible for providing professional instruction designed to foster academic, social, physical, and skills development for students in specific grades and subject areas. The role aims to prepare students to become successful citizens and workers in the 21st century by creating an educational environment conducive to learning and appropriate to students' maturity and needs.

Responsibilities

• Creates an educational environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and needs of students.
• Prepares instructional materials for assigned classes and provides written evidence of preparation to supervisor/administrator upon request.
• Establishes standards of classroom behavior and maintains classroom management both in and outside of school.
• Assesses student accomplishments on an established timetable and provides written and oral progress reports to parents/guardians, administrators, and selected staff; administers tests and assessments.
• Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and instructional materials to meet individual student needs within state and school requirements, based on educational, physical, and emotional levels of student development.
• Confers with parents, administrators, specialists, mental health staff, and resource staff to develop educational programs for students.
• Creates learning materials tailored to students' abilities and interests.
• Instructs students using educational strategies and techniques to improve sensory-motor and perceptual-motor development, perception, memory, language, communication skills, cognition, social, and emotional development.
• Motivates students and provides consistent reinforcement of learning skills, along with continuous assessment and feedback for all learning activities.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law and district/administrative regulations.
• Assists administration in implementing policies and rules governing student activities and conduct.
• Sponsors student activities, clubs, teams, organizations, and tutors students as requested.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and endorsement in the grade/subject taught with a valid Tennessee certificate.
• Must be physically and mentally able to perform the responsibilities and duties of the position.
• Proof of education, training, and/or experience is required.

Qualifications

• Degree Equivalency Formula:
  • Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years plus required years of experience.
  • Master’s Degree = 6 years plus required years of experience.