Elementary Special Education Teacher-ASD/EBD

Qualifications

• Provides direct instruction for all core content as well as transitional areas.
• Uses a variety of techniques including individualized instruction, lectures, team teaching, hands-on formats, and many other instructional strategies.
• Implements and delivers instructional activities to actively engage students in meaningful learning experiences.
• Instructs and monitors students in the use of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
• Assigns and grades class work, homework, tests, and assignments.
• Plans and prepares lessons for appropriate subject and grade/age level and ensures continuous student growth and achievement.
• Evaluates, selects, and modifies instructional resources to meet the needs of students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and special needs.
• Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, parents, and other professionals on a regular basis.
• Maintains accurate and complete records of students' progress and development including implementing plans for special education groups.
• Develops and writes annual IEP's, positive behavior support plans, progress reports, and three-year reassessments and complies with due process requirements.
• Assesses changing curricular needs, offers plans for improvement, and develops new curriculum within District guidelines.
• Keeps up to date with developments in subject area, teaching resources, and methods and makes relevant changes to instructional plans and activities.
• Participates in department and school meetings, parent meetings.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of current best practices, laws, including due process and Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), and interventions regarding the education of special needs students.
• Considerable knowledge of specific disabilities and familiarity with common children's mental health disorders, as well as specific strategies/interventions to use in the classroom.
• Knowledge of educational philosophy, teaching methods and approaches, and currently researched best practices and strategies, Knowledge of child development.
• Knowledge of learning theory; students' learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.
• Skill in classroom and behavior management.
• Skill in working with students having a wide range of disabilities.
• Skill in organization, and in verbal and written communications.
• Skill in utilizing computer technology for educational purposes.
• Skill in interpersonal relationships, and the ability to work with students and staff in stressful situations.
• Skill in signing, cued speech, and auditory-verbal areas is required for some positions.
• Skill in transitional service planning and remedial instruction.
• Skill in interpersonal relations, especially regarding working as a member of a team.
• Skill in accommodations and adaptations for visual impairments, including reading and writing Braille, using low-vision devices, and utilizing assistive technology for vision impairments is required for some positions.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• A current teaching license, in EBD/ASD, issued by the Minnesota Department of Education.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with challenging behavior.