Special Education Teacher

Essential Duties

• Help create an environment inclusive of students with disabilities, set high expectations, and deliver targeted instruction for students with exceptional needs.
• Use various data sources for IEP development and amendments, developing lessons, and determining students' progress toward goals; write IEP progress reports using specific data describing progress toward goals.
• Plan and deliver meaningful instruction in and outside the general education classroom that aligns to grade-level academic standards, mapped backward to target students' present levels of performance.
• Write and implement IEPs designed with student, parent, and general education teacher input, various data sources, target priority skills, and include meaningful accommodations and classroom supports.
• Deliver targeted instruction to students individually or in small groups; use data to track and communicate student progress; and propose adaptations to IEP programming.
• Support development of behavior intervention plans (BIPs) or informal behavior systems; hold students accountable to high behavioral expectations while supporting their social-emotional development.
• Engage families meaningfully to discuss their child's progress and include input on IEPs, evaluation decisions, and Secondary Transition Plans.
• Engage parents and families in their child's academic success by fostering an ongoing relationship centered around hopes and dreams.
• Drive academic outcomes by analyzing student work and data and implementing high-leverage instructional moves to ensure gains for all learners.
• Work collaboratively with general and special education teachers to plan and deliver a general education curriculum.
• Work collaboratively with general education teachers to ensure they implement accommodations and supports for students as outlined in their IEP.
• Participate in Liberty Grove Schools' learning community, professional development, and weekly grade-level planning sessions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Graduate Degree preferred
• Teaching experience (required)
• Special Education teaching experience (preferred)
• Valid Indiana State Teacher’s License or Charter School Licensure