Special Education Resource Teacher Full-time Standard

About the role

A special education teacher under the general supervision of an administrator will be assigned a caseload and will implement school board policy regarding the educational curriculum of a particular instructional division and/or instructional unit.

Responsibilities

• Administers appropriate district curriculum which is aligned with Common Core State Standards and is consistent with IEP instructions as needed.
• Designs and implements the components of an effective lesson for instruction and student assessments aligned with Common Core State Standards.
• Designs coherent, differentiated, instruction and student assessments aligned with Common Core State Standards at the appropriate instructional level for the student.
• Provides appropriate instructions, modifications, adaptations, and implements Individual Education Plans (IEP) in an organized, systematic, and meaningful manner.
• Analyzes student progress and ensures assessment regulations and guidelines are followed at all times.
• Demonstrates mastery of content and pedagogy, knowledge of students and resources, typical developmental patterns of student, and characteristics of students with disabilities.
• Sets instructional outcomes for diverse learners.

Classroom Environment

• Creates an environment of respect and rapport while developing a climate that promotes positive learning conditions.
• Maintains a positive, orderly, safe, accessible and academically focused learning, resource-rich environment.
• Demonstrates cultural competency.

Instruction

• Communicates learning expectations to students.
• Engages students in learning.
• Utilizes discussion and questioning techniques.
• Embeds assessment in instruction.
• Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness.
• Demonstrates familiarity with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support.
• Demonstrates knowledge of strategies and accommodations to assist students with disabilities to access curriculum.
• Collaborates effectively with other service staff in providing student instruction.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintains accurate records and IEP's as mandated by state and federal guidelines, within established timelines.
• Demonstrates professionalism, integrity and ethical conduct.
• Supports, communicates and works professionally with administrators, staff and community and follows all protocols consistent with the WCSD's procedures.
• Makes a focused effort to promote meaningful participation of parents in the IEP process.
• Reflects on teaching.
• Participates in a professional community.
• Participates in other job-related duties and activities related to the position as assigned.
• Works as part of an education/assessment team responsible for identifying, developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating individual objectives for assigned students.

Specialized Programs

• Picollo: Assignments may include Adaptive Physical Education, Early Childhood/Pre-K, Early Childhood/SIP, Early Childhood/Strategies, Multi Age, Integrated Kindergarten, Comprehensive Life Skills, Social Intervention Program, and CLS/SIP.
• Early Childhood/Pre-K: Provides services to three, four, and five-year-olds with disabilities. Focuses on literacy and math readiness skills, gross and fine motor skills, self-help skills, communications skills, and social skills.
• Early Childhood/SIP: Focuses primarily on social emotional development and primarily serves students with behavioral challenges in a small group setting.
• Early Childhood/Strategies: Focuses primarily on the development of communication and social emotional skills using a variety of strategies.
• Multi Age: Provides instruction in developmentally appropriate curriculum that addresses all areas of child development including literacy and math readiness skills, gross and fine motor skills, self-help skills, communications skills, and social skills. Services are provided in a multi-age setting which includes 3, 4, and 5-year-old students.
• Integrated Kindergarten: Provides developmentally appropriate curriculum in a co-teaching model that addresses all areas of child development including literacy and math readiness skills, gross and fine motor skills, self-help skills, communications skills, and social skills along with kindergarten standards and curriculum. Services are provided in a kindergarten setting.
• Comprehensive Life Skills: Focuses on building a foundation to success in life while maintaining an academically rich environment that promotes student success with the specific development of critical social, emotional, and cognitive skills.
• Social Intervention Program (SIP): Provides a system of support - both academic and emotional/behavioral - for students with significant emotional/behavioral needs within the regular school setting. The goal is to help children acquire and develop effective, prosocial behaviors so they can be successful in regular classroom settings, and to support the children to make adequate academic progress.
• CLS/SIP: Combines CLS and SIP practices to best suit student needs.