Special Education Functional Life Skills Teacher - Connors Elementary School
Lewiston Public Schools · Lewiston, ME · 3 wk ago
Full-time
Summary
Responsible for planning instruction and/or adaptation of the education program to enable students to benefit from educational experiences.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Builds trust and confidence with students
- Plans curriculum, lessons, and special ed programs and teaching methods
- Maintains the physical environment of the classroom for organization and presentation purposes
- Encourages good citizenship
- Instructs individuals and groups on Special Ed skill areas
- Monitors student progress in and outside resource room
- Modifies curriculum
- Maintains contact with parents of students
- Evaluates student progress based on work output and observation, determines goals, objectives and directions
- Prepares report cards, educational records, IEP forms, classroom observation records, and other forms
- Participates in weekly building Special Ed Committee Meetings
- Administers testing evaluations
- Supervises students
Qualifications
Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree in education with experience in Special Education preferred.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid Teaching certificate with one or more special education endorsements.
Pay and Benefits
- Salary: $45,518.26 - $85,857.57 + Stipend
- Health insurance with up to 85% of the premium paid by the employer
- Dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible spending and dependent care accounts
- Maine Public Employee, 403(b) and 457 retirement plans
- 15 paid sick days per year
- Tuition reimbursement and more