PA Certified_Special Education Learning Support Teacher

About the role

Special Education Learning Support Teacher at Lindley Academy Charter School, full‑time, exempt position for a 10‑month term. Reports to the Special Education Director. The role involves developing and delivering specialized instruction, progress monitoring, serving as IEP Case Manager, and co‑teaching with general education teachers. American Paradigm Schools are Caring School Communities. Relationships are the foundation of classroom and school life and underpin teaching, learning, and prosocial development. Building relationships and fostering students' sense of community are a critical part of our work at APS and as such, we have partnered with the Collaborative Classroom to implement the Caring School Community Model in all of our schools. Caring School Community model builds positive classroom and schoolwide communities while developing students' social and emotional learning (SEL) skills and competencies. It is designed to help students become caring, responsible members of their school communities and, ultimately, to grow into humane, principled, and skilled citizens of a democratic society. The lessons in the program help faculty and staff create a warm, safe, and disciplined school environment where all community members can develop the skills and dispositions they need to interact constructively with others. All employees at American Paradigm Schools are expected to be true champions of the Caring School Community Model.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific research‑based instruction to students with special needs in small‑group settings using data‑driven instruction.
• Deliver specialized instruction to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities in the general education classroom through co‑teaching.
• Progress monitor and assess student progress against instructional objectives and individualized goals.
• Case manage assigned students, follow state‑mandated procedures (producing invitations, procedural safeguards, IEP drafts, NoRep, etc.), hold annual IEP meetings and other meetings as needed.
• Communicate with parents and IEP team daily, weekly, and monthly; provide updated reports and comments on student progress; document all family communication in the SIS.
• Attend professional development relevant to grade level.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with students and families.
• Demonstrate active participation in Caring School Community (CSC).
• Adhere to compliance dates, assignments (individual or departmental), and due dates.
• Participate actively in CSC, PBIS, and all school‑wide initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (required).
• Pennsylvania Teaching Certification (required).
• Physical requirements: sitting, walking, standing, talking, pushing, driving, lifting 20‑25 lbs, moving up and down from a seated position, restraining students (training required), walking up and down stairs.

Qualifications

• Time management.
• Education and training.
• Social perceptiveness.
• Learning strategies.
• Monitoring.
• Critical thinking.
• Judgment and decision making.
• Coordination.
• Written expression and comprehension.
• Compliance.
• Collaboration.
• Flexibility.
• Organization.
• Data analysis.
• Writing.

Skills

• Technology skills: SIS, Special Education Data Management Systems, Google Suites/Microsoft Office, basic office equipment, video conferencing.