Leave replacement assignment is from 8/19/24 - 1/10/2025.

Please note that the salary range indicated is the 2023-24 salary schedule and will be adjusted as new bargained agreement is reached.

The position is eligible for health benefits through the School Employee Benefits Board (SEBB) and retirement through the Department of Retirement Services (DRS).

POSITION SUMMARY

The District’s special education service delivery model provides students with a continuum of instructional programs, including specially designed instruction in the general education setting and in District special education programs including: resource, personalized learning, and Compass programs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

(These duties are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.)

 Depending on the instructional setting and grade level in which you work, duties and responsibilities include:

• Follow the processes and procedures as outlined in the special education department manual
• Develop procedurally compliant and educationally useful Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).
• Plan and provide specially designed instruction in accordance with students’ IEP goals, monitor progress toward those goals and maintain regular data collection.
• Develop and implement behavior plans intervention plans informed by functional behavioral assessment data.
• Work cooperatively with general education teachers, paraprofessionals, and other related services providers;
• Center instruction on high expectations for student achievement by establishing a culture for learning, providing clear communication with students and engaging students in learning.
• Identify individual student learning needs and develop strategies to address those needs. This will be demonstrated through knowledge of students and demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness.
• Provide clear and intentional focus on subject matter content and curriculum through knowledge of content and pedagogy, setting instructional outcomes, knowledge of resources and designing coherent instruction.
• Foster and manage a safe, positive learning environment through creating an environment of respect and rapport, managing classroom procedures, student behavior and organizing a safe physical space for student learning.
• Use multiple student data elements to modify instruction and improve student learning. Design student assessments, use assessment in instruction, and maintain accurate student records.
• Communicate and collaborate with parents and the school community through effective and ongoing communication.
• Exhibit collaborative and collegial practices focused on improving instructional practice and student learning.
• Participate in a professional community, grow and develop professionally and demonstrate professionalism.
• Establish student growth goals to ensure student growth over time.
• Direct the activities of assigned non-certificated personnel.
• Attend or participate in all required staff meetings and other activities deemed necessary by the District and/or building principal, in order to accomplish the objectives of the position and for professional development.
• Participate in site-based decision-making processes.
• For some positions, possess a valid Washington State Driver’s License and be willing to transport students in District van, or District car, for community work experience programs.
• Ability and willingness to provide students with instruction and support in critical life skills, inclusive of feeding, toileting and hygiene.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Possess or qualify for immediate issuance of a valid Washington State teaching certificate with a special education endorsement
• Experience working in a multi-cultural environment preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of behavior management strategies
• Knowledge of IEP process and the writing of goals/objectives and behavior intervention plans
• Ability to instruct in multiple languages preferred
• Skills in oral and written communication
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work with other members of a school or department to accomplish common goals
• Ability to perform in accordance with applicable board policies and district and legal requirements
• Demonstrates a commitment to equity through culturally relevant teaching practices through the design and implementation of instruction and high expectations for all students
• Provides high quality instruction through knowledge of differentiated instructional practices and data-driven instructional decision-making.
• Ability and skills necessary to individualize instruction. Commitment and ability to work with a full range of students including gifted, mainstreamed special education, English language learners, and students from diverse cultural and social backgrounds
• Ability to develop students’ technology literacy
• Ability to work in a collaborative or team approach
• Ability to communicate effectively, professionally, collaboratively and positively with students, parents, and colleagues, orally and in writing
• Ability to work with students in multi-aged groups
• Ability to use varied assessments, including performance tasks, portfolios, and student self-assessment
• Attends ongoing professional development activities, such as college course work, professional associations, workshops, and in-service opportunities
• Exhibits a strong and positive attitude with the belief that each student can be taught and has the right and capacity to achieve personal academic excellence
• Ability to perform all duties in accordance with applicable board policies and district and legal requirements
• Ability to meet and maintain punctuality and attendance expectations

WORKING CONDITIONS

Required to deal with a wide range of student achievement and behavior; required to remain flexible to meet students immediate needs; required to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize; may experience frequent interruptions; may occasionally deal with distraught or difficult students; potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students; in some positions the necessary and appropriate instructional methods may require specific positions and movements, and sufficient stamina and exertions, to demonstrate techniques properly for student safety, or to conduct or direct students; in some positions precautions may need to be taken to prevent or lessen exposure of self and/or students to various materials, fumes, equipment, cutting edges or hot surfaces; may teach in a classroom without telephone communication.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions. This position may be exposed to prolonged exposure to visual display terminals as required.
Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noises.

Annual full time salaries listed are based upon the 2017-18 MIEA salary schedule and will be adjusted when the 2018-19 MIEA salary schedule has been approved. Please note that part-time positions will be pro-rated based on the FTE of the position, e.g. .5 of a 1.0 salary.