Special Education Resource Room Teacher - Lewiston Middle School

About the role

Lewiston Public Schools offers a robust employee benefits package for full-time employees, including: 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!

Responsibilities

Other Duties May Be Assigned.

• 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.
• Encourage 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

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Bachelor's degree in education with experience in Special Education preferred.
• Valid Teaching certificate with one or more special education endorsements.

Pay

Salary: $41,286.41 - $77,875.35 + Stipend