Special Education Teacher - Functional Core Program (FCP) - Elementary

About the role

A functional core program (FCP) teacher works with identified disabilities that demonstrate primary learning needs in the functional life skills domain. They may need intensive specially designed instruction to learn how to independently manage self-care or to acquire basic academic and social-emotional skills needed to be successful in supervised or sheltered adult employment. Functional core programs are also for students with significant disabilities, including those who are medically fragile, who need to develop basic communication and skills for participating in daily support routines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain compliant individual education plans (IEPs) and other compliance documents.
• Develop, implement, and adjust appropriate programming to provide access to a student's least restrictive environment (LRE).
• Provide interventions and systematic purposeful instruction at students' instructional levels, linking district initiatives and grade level expectations to IEPs.
• Design and implement intervention based on student assessment and evaluation.
• Collect and utilize data and frequent ongoing progress monitoring systems to inform instructional decisions or revisions.
• Design and implement appropriate accommodations and modifications.
• Establish and communicate clear lesson and intervention purpose.
• Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and economic self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation through classroom and community-based instruction.
• Train and supervise paraeducators.
• Provide individualized inclusion opportunities.

Qualifications

• A current Washington state teaching certificate with a special education endorsement.
• Training or experience in serving students with moderate to severe disabilities.
• Proficiency in conducting functional behavior assessments and developing behavior intervention plans.
• Bilingual.

Preferred Qualifications

• Training or experience in serving students with moderate to severe disabilities.
• Proficiency in conducting functional behavior assessments and developing behavior intervention plans.
• Bilingual.

Benefits

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