CLIMB Program Special Education Teacher - McMahon Elementary School

About the role

Join an innovative team of educators supporting students with special needs in a unique and specialized setting attached to a community school. To meet the needs of students with complex learning and developmental needs, Lewiston Schools has established a multidisciplinary intensive education program designed to support students with individualized programming while encouraging them to benefit from their peers and offer access to naturalistic teaching settings.

Responsibilities

• Affirms and evaluates the accomplishments of students' academic and social growth using standardized and curriculum-based measures, paired with ongoing data collection and analysis.
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials, providing individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
• Communicates regularly with parents in monthly student meetings as well as newsletters, notes, phone calls, etc.
• Creates a learning environment that encourages student independence using evidence-based practice and data-based decision-making.
• Leads a team of Ed. Techs/BHPs: Providing coaching and modeling around classroom and individualized programming, coordinating schedules within and across days, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to design individualized supports.
• Maintains compliance with all assessment, progress monitoring, and IEP reporting standards.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree. Valid Teaching Certificate.

Qualification Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Course of Year & Schedule

This is a full-time role working a program-specific calendar aligned to Lewiston Public School's academic year with 6 weeks of full-time summer services as well as additional summer professional learning days.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises classroom and students and volunteers with assistance, advice, and support from administration.

Pay

Starting at $56,000.00

Schedule

Program-specific calendar aligned to Lewiston Public School's academic year with 6 weeks of full-time summer services as well as additional summer professional learning days.