Special Education Teacher- Lower School (Part-time)

About the role

This is a part-time position and will be responsible for effective instruction and differentiation for students with learning and thinking differences. This position will be responsible for delivering instruction through the co-taught and small group setting, and will maintain a caseload of students for the purpose of overseeing learning plans and the provision of accommodations.

Responsibilities

• Creates, prepares, and implements strategies in the classroom that appeal to students with learning and thinking differences.
• Collaborates with peers to use and analyze data to plan individually and cooperatively for student success and achievement.
• Ensures full implementation of HCA Learning Plans for caseload students.
• Develops, monitors, and reviews the Learning Plan of each caseload student, annually or more often as needed.
• Challenges and supports each student’s learning by providing appropriate content and developing skills which address individual learning differences.
• Affords all students in achieving academic expectations and establishes high expectations for performance.
• Cooperates with the Board and administration in implementing all policies, procedures, and directives governing the operation of the school.
• Notifies the administration of any policy he/she is unable to support.
• Maintains regular and accurate attendance and grade records to meet the demands for a comprehensive knowledge of each student’s progress.
• Maintains confidentiality of students and students’ records.
• Facilitates home-school communication through conferences, telephone calls, and written communication.
• Keeps students, parents, and the administration adequately informed of progress.
• Attends and participates in scheduled orientation, devotions, in-service retreat, committee meetings, faculty meetings, and staff development programs.
• Be punctual and reports to work as assigned.
• Knows the procedures for dealing with issues of an emergency nature.
• Maintains a clean, attractive, well-ordered classroom.
• Supervises extra-curricular activities and organizations as assigned.
• Supports the broader program of the school by attending extra-curricular activities when possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in subject area or related field.
• Valid Teaching Certificate w/ dual certification in content area and special education.

Skills

• Ability to work collegially and collaboratively while maintaining confidentiality.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• The ability to work as part of a team.
• High level of energy and strong work ethic.
• Displays a love for students and education.
• Knowledge of curriculum and standards.
• Depth of subject matter knowledge.
• Diversity of instructional methodology.
• Knowledge of learners.
• Strong rapport with students.
• Excellent communicator with parents and students.
• High, but reasonable, expectations.
• Ability to self-reflect and improve practices in the classroom.
• Perceive, understand, and value differences.
• Approachability.
• Effective and balanced discipline.
• Effective classroom management.
• Patient, caring, and kind.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Creates, prepares, and implements strategies in the classroom that appeal to students with learning and thinking differences.

Collaborates with peers to use and analyzes data to plan individually and cooperatively for student success and achievement.

Ensures full implementation of HCA Learning Plans for caseload students.

Develops, monitors, and reviews the Learning Plan of each caseload student, annually or more often as needed.

Challenges and supports each student’s learning by providing appropriate content and developing skills which address individual learning differences.

Affords all students in achieving academic expectations and establishes high expectations for performance.

Cooperates with the Board and administration in implementing all policies, procedures, and directives governing the operation of the school.

Notifies the administration of any policy he/she is unable to support.

Maintains regular and accurate attendance and grade records to meet the demands for a comprehensive knowledge of each student’s progress.

Maintains confidentiality of students and students’ records.

Facilitates home-school communication through conferences, telephone calls, and written communication.

Keeps students, parents, and the administration adequately informed of progress.

Attends and participates in scheduled orientation, devotions, in-service retreat, committee meetings, faculty meetings, and staff development programs.

Be punctual and reports to work as assigned.

Knows the procedures for dealing with issues of an emergency nature.

Maintains a clean, attractive, well-ordered classroom.

Supervises extra-curricular activities and organizations as assigned.

Supports the broader program of the school by attending extra-curricular activities when possible.