SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

Full Time, Regular

Hours per week: 35
Salary range: $52,000 – $66,960

About the role

The Special Education Teacher assumes primary responsibility for the day-to-day classroom behavioral management and academic program for his/her students.

Responsibilities

• Implements original Individualized Education Program (IEP) and prepares subsequent IEPs and Progress Reports with input from the classroom staff and clinical staff as needed for Requested Reviews and Annual Reviews.
• Develops instructional material and activities addressing monthly themes and implements them in a developmentally appropriate manner according to the High Scope curriculum.
• Plans and implements individual and group activities for children.
• Meets with teacher aides, clinical staff, and administrators in team meetings to plan for the academic and behavioral progress of individual children.
• Collaborates with clinical staff to design intervention strategies for children in crisis in order to address significant social/emotional behaviors of individual children.
• Maintains open and frequent communication with parents and reaches out to parents who are reluctant to come to the school.
• Participates in In-Service training, staff meetings, team meetings, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Maintains the order and cleanliness of the classroom environment.
• Addresses the hygienic and health needs of individual children.
• Orders materials for the classroom.
• Completes all required paperwork.
• Provides direct supervision of teacher aides and makes input into the teacher aide’s formal evaluation.
• Directs arrival and dismissal of children to and from the bus.

Requirements

• BA/BS Degree
• One of the following Special Ed Preschool Certifications is required:
  • New York State Certification - Students With Disabilities (Birth-Grade 2) Professional Certificate
  • New York State Certification - Students With Disabilities (Birth-Grade 2) Initial Certificate
  • New York State Certification – Special Education Teacher Permanent Certificate
• Has a bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education or an associate degree in Early Childhood Education – will be on a study plan to obtain New York State Teacher Certification
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

Skills

• Ability to interact with and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics

Physical Requirements

• Able to provide physical “hands-on” intervention when necessary