Intellectual Disability 1 Teacher

About the role

The position is a Certified - Position - Special Education - Adapted Curriculum Teacher at Shelton Park Elementary School in Virginia Beach, VA.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.
• Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, as determined by the students' individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system.
• Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.
• Meet with parents to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their individualized educational needs.
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social/emotional development.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Develop plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow-up of students in inclusive classroom settings.
• Provide crisis intervention, as needed, for students and those in inclusive classrooms.
• Assist in collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions.
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
• Assist in preparation of data for local, state, and federal reports.
• Maintain professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.
• Perform related work as required.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in an approved program for special education - general curriculum or have completed a major in special education - general curriculum or have completed 27 semester hours in the education of students with disabilities in the assigned area required. Must be eligible or possess a valid Collegiate Professional License from the State of Virginia.
• Comparable amount of training and experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.

Skills

• Knowledge of necessary principles and application of theory into practice for effective instruction and positive behavioral supports that are beneficial for implementation with all students with disabilities.
• VBCPS curriculum and instructional techniques.
• Human behavior, development, and skill performance.
• Individual differences in ability, personality, and interests.
• Learning and motivation.
• The assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• VBCPS policies and effective instructional practices.
• Positive behavioral support to students in a group and in an individual setting.
• Understanding of the federal, state, and local mandates governing the determination and delivery of special education services.
• Completing observations and reports pertaining to learning behaviors of students.
• Working effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office and school based staff, students, parents and community members.
• Excellent human relations skills.
• A working knowledge of the English language in written and verbal form.

Benefits

• Full range of benefits including health insurance, paid life insurance, paid sick/personal reasons leave, tuition reimbursement, professional development and membership in the Virginia Retirement System.
• Instructional Experience-Based Step Pay Scale (Standard Teaching).

Pay

$57,801 - $90,347

Schedule

Full Time

Contact Information

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