Teacher - Early Childhood Exceptional Education

Location: Pemberton Elementary School – 1400 Pemberton Road, Henrico

Full-time, 209-day position. Minimum salary: $59,663 (bachelor’s degree) or $62,527 (master’s degree). Salary prorated based on start date.

About the role

Under the direction of the school principal, the special education teacher plans and provides appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities in a variety of educational settings. The teacher creates a flexible program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction so students benefit from the general education curriculum to the greatest extent possible when supported with supplemental aids, accommodations, and other needed supports. Classes may be single or multi-grade level, subject, skill, or specialty oriented.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.
• Employs special educational strategies and techniques to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Instructs students in academic subjects using techniques such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning, and repetition to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
• Plans and conducts activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.
• Meets with parents to discuss their children’s progress and to determine priorities for their individualized educational needs.
• Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
• Maintains accurate and complete student records and prepares reports as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicates those objectives to students.
• Develops plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow-up of students in inclusive classroom settings.
• Assists students with learning personal hygiene.
• Collects and analyzes data to inform educational decision making.
• Assists in the development of Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavior Improvement Plans (BIP).
• Serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
• Assists in preparation of data for local, state, and federal reports.
• Supervises paraprofessionals assigned to the classroom.
• Maintains professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Regular attendance is required.

Requirements

• Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching license with an endorsement in special education.
• Master’s degree in special education preferred.
• Demonstrates accurate knowledge of evidence-based teaching practices (reinforcement, prompting, visual schedules, antecedent-based intervention, etc.).
• Demonstrates accurate knowledge of the learning and behavioral characteristics of the disabilities of the students with whom they work.
• Demonstrates understanding of functions of behavior and is knowledgeable of interventions matched to each.
• Experience with a variety of evidence-based instructional practices as well as data collection and its utilization.
• Knowledge of special education laws, policies, and practices.
• Proficient with Microsoft and/or Google Suite and other related educational software.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently and 25 to 50 pounds occasionally, and may assist, move, or restrain students when required to intervene in student safety issues.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, lift, walk, stand, and hear.

Benefits

For information about benefits, visit Henrico County Public Schools Employee Benefits.