McClure Middle - Special Education Teacher (Extended Resource) - 1.0 FTE

About the role

This position is assigned to the Extended Resource service pathway. For more information about our special education service pathways, visit the SPS Special Education Department website.

Responsibilities

• Fosters an educational environment conducive to the learning and maturation process of assigned special education students;
• Plans an instructional program designed to meet individual student needs;
• Prepares individual student lesson plans;
• Adapts and modifies programs and plans as necessary;
• Uses necessary and appropriate instructional methods and materials suited to the well-being of the students and to the nature of the learning activities, program, and/or curriculum involved;
• Attends in-service training and continues to improve professional growth through study and experimentation to remain current in methods and techniques for special education instruction;
• Establishes and implements, in a positive and supportive manner, classroom policies and procedures governing student behavior and conduct;
• Provides guidance, counseling, and discipline to encourage students to meet standards of achievement and conduct;
• Makes referrals for assistance where appropriate;
• Confers with students, parents or guardians, specialists and other staff;
• Establishes classroom goals and objectives appropriate to the special education student population and their individual education programs, following the rules and regulations governing special education, and in conformance with courses of study specified by State and School District statutes, regulations and guidelines;
• Evaluates and records student progress;
• Prepares reports for parents or guardians;
• Directs the activities of assigned non-certificated personnel;
• Attends to or directs staff to attend to the physical, emotional, behavioral, medical, or hygienic needs of students as appropriate;
• Makes observations and collects data;
• Develops, implements and evaluates individual education plans (IEP's);
• Provides reports for administrative purposes;
• Amends documents where appropriate;
• Attends or participates in all required staff meetings and other activities deemed necessary by the District and/or building principal, in order to accomplish the objectives of the position and for professional achievement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree;
• Academic preparation for or experience in teaching a culturally, racially, and economically diverse student population in an urban school system, and teaching reading and adapting instructional techniques and practices for special education students;
• Specific programs may require additional academic preparation or professional experience, including; working with bilingual students and assisting them in the transition to regular classrooms; implementing programs designed to prevent the dropout of "at-risk" students; and, teaching multi-level, open-concept, and main-streamed classes;
• Establishing and implementing behavior change programs.