South Shore K-8 - Special Education Teacher (Resource Grades 6th-8th) - 0.5 FTE

About the role

This position is assigned to the Resource service pathway. To learn more about our special education service pathways, please follow this link to the SPS Special Education Department website: 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, which are 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: maintaining an open positive relationship as appropriate to provide guidance and evaluation, and to encourage student achievement;
• 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 notes regarding student behavior and progress;
• Makes referrals for assistance where appropriate.

Requirements

• Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate with Special Education Endorsement;
• Some positions may require valid first aid and CPR certification;
• Some positions may require a valid Washington State driver's license or a class II driver's license.

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.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of subject areas appropriate to assignment;
• Effective behavior management techniques;
• Effective instructional techniques;
• Rules and procedures for student safety;
• Rules and regulations governing special education;
• Designing and implementing lesson plans for students having a wide range of achievement;
• Adapting curricula and programs to meet the intellectual, social, physical and emotional needs of a population of special education students.

Benefits

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Seattle Public Schools benefits are administered by the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA) under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB).

Pay

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Schedule

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