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About the role

A staff member responsible for providing special education students with appropriate learning activities and experiences to fulfill their potential for learning.

Qualifications

• Appropriately certified and/or licensed as a teacher in the State of Colorado as provided by law.
• Licensed staff must be qualified for the area or grade level in which they perform, meeting Colorado Department of Education accreditation standards.
• Special Education Certification preferred.

Reports to

The Building Principal

Job Goal

To provide special education students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth.

Professional/Ethical Responsibilities

• Confidentiality
• Courtesy
• Cooperation and positive attitude
• Reliability/Punctuality
• Accuracy and efficiency
• Respectfulness toward others
• Honesty
• Timeliness in respect to deadlines

Classroom Teacher Responsibilities and Duties

• Creates an appropriate positive, caring and safe environment conducive to learning.
• Implements a variety of effective standards-based instructional strategies that meet district adopted curriculum for a particular teaching assignment and the needs of individual students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or socioeconomic status.
• Implements a variety of standards-based and/or appropriate assessments to promote higher levels of achievement for all students.
• Implements communication strategies with students, families, community and staff that promote higher levels of professionalism and understanding.
• Fulfills all contractual obligations, as per master contract and district, state and/or federal policies, as well as duties as assigned per building or district.
• Conducts self with integrity that promotes higher levels of professionalism.
• Maintains accurate, complete and correct student records as required by law, district policy and building administration.
• Aids building administration in consistent enforcement of district and building policies: i.e., dress code.
• Maintains professional competence, including the assigned level(s) and content area(s).
• Accesses Special Education laws and implementing them through the IEP process.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the Board's policy and procedure for evaluation of certified/licensed staff.