Special Education Teacher (2026 - 2027 School Year)

Performance Responsibilities

• Provides and appropriate program for special education students consistent with federal and state guidelines.
• Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers, interpreting the abilities and disabilities of the special education students to the staff and assisting the special education student with regular class assignments.
• Confers regularly with parents and professional staff members regarding the educational, social, and personal problems of students.
• Affords assistance to other professional staff members in meeting the unique needs of each student.
• Affords assistance in screening and evaluating students who are exhibiting learning problems.
• Affords assistance to students in making realistic assessments of their abilities and in establishing educational and occupational goals in keeping with these abilities.
• Provide motivation for learning.
• Maintains attendance records and any other data pertinent to the special education program.
• Takes responsibility for own professional growth and development; for keeping current with literature, new research findings, and improving techniques; and for attending appropriate professional meetings and conventions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

• Sit
• Stand
• Walk
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Sometimes stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Talk and hear
• Lift and/or move up to 40 pounds

Terms of Employment

• Ten month year.
• Salary to be established by the Board.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.