Meridian Teacher - 25-26 School Year

ESU 13 is looking to add a Teacher for the 25-26 School Year!!

Meridian School is a separate school placement for students with significant support needs. The school is located on ESU 13's main campus in Scottsbluff. It has 2 classrooms for students age 5 to 21. Meridian focuses on life skill academics and functional skills. Students participate in leveled, age-appropriate math, literacy, science, social studies, and social-emotional curriculums.  In addition, students have music class and participate in a community bell choir. They attend the YMCA for swimming and physical education class. Students who are of transition age have work-based learning experiences with the support of a job coach, a transition skills class, and the RPAD program - an apartment where students work on independent living skills like cooking, shopping, and home care. Placement at Meridian School is an IEP team decision in accordance with a continuum of placement of students in their least restrict environment (see NDE Guidance Doc for more information).

Job Title:  Teacher

Department:  Instruction

Education Level and Certification:  Bachelor's degree required. Must at all times during employment possess a Nebraska Teaching Certificate with such endorsements as required by NDE Rule 10 and all other certification and training as required or assigned.

Terms of Employment:  185 Day Contract / Schedule 4
Reports To:  Special Education Director and/or Special Education Coordinator

Performance Responsibilities and Job Tasks:  

1. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
2. Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
3. Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
4. Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
5. Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
6. Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments in order to evaluate students' progress.
7. Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. 
8. Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, ESU policies, and administrative regulations. 
9. Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
10. Assign lessons and correct homework.
11. Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students. 
12. Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
13. Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. 
14. Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of the State and the ESU 13. 
15. Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
16. Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests. 
17. Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress. 
18. Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
19. Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
20. Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
21. Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration. 
22. Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula. 
23. Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading. 
24. Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine student strengths and areas of need. 
25. Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
26. Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities. 
27. Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

Working Conditions

1. Inside offices and classrooms.
2. Outside for activities with students and student supervision.  

FLSA Status:  Exempt.

Professional exemption:  The employee has a primary duty of performing work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study or has a primary duty of teaching, tutoring, instructing, or lecturing in the activity of imparting knowledge and is employed and engaged in this activity as a teacher.  

Essential Functions:  The essential functions of the SPED Teacher position include: (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities and to perform the identified work activities; and (3) the ability to perform the following identified physical requirements:

*It is the policy of ESU 13 to not discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, religion, veteran status, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, or other protected status in its educational programs, admission policies, employment policies or other administered programs. Persons requiring accommodations to apply and/or be considered for positions are asked to make their request to the ESU 13 Administrator.