Rainbow Center School ~ Special Education Teacher

Job Duties

• Develop programming and teaching curriculum for age appropriate programs for children with special developmental and behavioral needs.
• Provide creative non-fail, self-esteem building activities through all modalities, with emphasis in pre-readiness, self-help and behavior management.
• Develop goals and objectives for Individual Education Plans for students.
• Provide data for evaluations and documentation reports as required for review and update progress report cards quarterly.
• Create lesson plans for efficient and effective teaching techniques, and substitute plans as needed.
• Follow behavior plans as stated in the IEP.
• Communicate with parents in a positive manner both on the phone as needed and during IEP meetings.
• Develop and implement daily class schedule cooperatively with other staff members.
• Collect data on daily and periodic basis for probe data to determine success and benchmark outcomes, share data on a periodic basis with Team Leader and Program Coordinator to determine success and accountability of teaching methods, teaching techniques and skills.
• Maintain room cleanliness, orderliness and storage of materials and equipment, keep classroom bulletin boards updated.
• Provide leadership and direction for paraprofessional staff within your classroom and other classrooms as needed.
• Contribute to annual staff evaluations as requested for paraprofessional staff under your supervision. Also, participate with administrator in annual personal evaluation.
• Adhere to policies and procedures outlined in the staff handbook, policies & procedures manual and Code of Ethics.
• Maintain required licensures and certifications.
• Attend required training classes, staffings, in-services and meetings as requested.
• Complete MAP-A, MAP and other state testing training as required.
• Implement testing for each student.
• Participate in fundraising activities and public relations opportunities on behalf of Rainbow Center as able and appropriate.
• Meet all deadlines set by the Program Coordinator and/or other supervisors.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Computer skills
• Well organized
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Able to meet deadlines
• Confidentiality
• Able to adapt to a changing environment
• Perform a broad range of simultaneous duties

Qualifications

• College degree
• Appropriate Missouri Certification in Special Education (SDD, EMH, BD/ED. LD, CC and/or ECSE)
• 2 to 3 years teaching experience in special education, autism or behavior preferred