Special Education Teacher

Responsibilities

• Teach youth different skills based on their current abilities in order to enhance their opportunity for normalization and self determination
• Maintain classroom management including counseling and crisis intervention when needed
• Work as a team and take direction considering students’ needs
• Create and implement lessons for each class period
• Provide course outlines/syllabi for each class before each semester
• Prepare lesson plans if absent
• Determine and report individual student grades using Infinite Campus gradebook
• Ensure all Personal Learning Plans and Individualized Education Plans are in compliance
• Professional communication with parents/professionals as needed (report cards, IEP progress reports, post-secondary planning, etc.)
• Create an Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) for each homeroom student
• Support post-secondary planning for students
• Attend and participate in all in-service activities
• Attend professional staffing's for students, when possible, as needed
• Attend morning staff meetings each morning
• Attend two staff development meetings a week, as scheduled
• Knowledge of the histories and IEP's for all youth in order to give individualized care
• Interact with residential houses on campus to coordinate care, including providing written daily updates
• Work within course budget

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study related to the work assignment, along with a valid Colorado Initial or Professional Secondary Teacher license with an endorsement in SPED from CDE
• A current valid Colorado driver's license, with a clean driving record (no DUI/DWAI in the last five years)
• A clean criminal record
• To be at least 22 years of age
• The ability to obtain QMAP, and CPR/First Aid certification
• To pass an extensive background and DMV check
• To comply with Federal Drug Screening laws