What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elementary Resource Teacher position at Hamden Public Schools?
Position Type
Special Education Department/Resource Teacher
Date Posted
11/18/2025
Location
Bear Path School
Date Available
ASAP
Closing Date
Until Filled
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HAMDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HAMDEN, CT 06517
Title
Resource Teacher
Qualifications
Building Administrator or Director/Coordinator
Job Goal
To provide each educationally handicapped student with the individually tailored help, counsel, and learning experience he or she needs to make progress toward educational goals established with the student's limitations in mind.
Performance Responsibilities
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee may be required to lift, push and/or move up to 50 pounds, including office supplies, books and other instructional materials as well as technology equipment. The employee must be able to hear clearly (correctable to within normal limits) to record telephone information and receive detailed messages. The employee needs to be able to tell where a
sound is coming from a noisy environment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision correctable to 20/20, distance vision, depth perception and peripheral vision. Adaptive technology may be used. There is some stress in interacting with students, faculty or the public and in meeting deadlines.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment
Exposure to student illnesses. There is regular intermittent exposure to computer screen. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud and is acceptable to this particular environment. The employee must work with students, staff and the public, continuously meeting multiple demands from several people.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Terms of Employment
Per negotiated agreement
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.
Special Education Department/Resource Teacher
Date Posted
11/18/2025
Location
Bear Path School
Date Available
ASAP
Closing Date
Until Filled
Additional Information: Show/Hide
HAMDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HAMDEN, CT 06517
Title
Resource Teacher
Qualifications
- Certification in the subject and/or grade level to be taught as determined by state certification authorities.
- Such other alternatives to the above qualification as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
Building Administrator or Director/Coordinator
Job Goal
To provide each educationally handicapped student with the individually tailored help, counsel, and learning experience he or she needs to make progress toward educational goals established with the student's limitations in mind.
Performance Responsibilities
- Determines specific learning problems, skill deficiencies, or social adjustment difficulties of students and initiates remediation programs in these areas.
- Provides students with tutoring for other classes.
- Evaluates each student in terms of initial needs and progress toward remediation.
- Prepares progress reports and year-end evaluations.
- Makes available a wide range of teaching materials and equipment, including reading materials at many levels, instructional games, and resource materials.
- Counsels students in identifying and dealing with academic and social problems.
- Provides opportunities for students to explore life and career goals.
- Establishes and maintains standards of individual student behavior.
- Works closely with other teachers to help the students maintain satisfactory class work, homework, and behavior.
- Helps parents to understand the specific problems of educationally handicapped students and the goals and operation of the program, apprising them of problems and progress.
- Participates in selection and evaluation of students for admission to the program of education for such students.
- Participates in case conferences about educationally handicapped students.
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee may be required to lift, push and/or move up to 50 pounds, including office supplies, books and other instructional materials as well as technology equipment. The employee must be able to hear clearly (correctable to within normal limits) to record telephone information and receive detailed messages. The employee needs to be able to tell where a
sound is coming from a noisy environment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision correctable to 20/20, distance vision, depth perception and peripheral vision. Adaptive technology may be used. There is some stress in interacting with students, faculty or the public and in meeting deadlines.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment
Exposure to student illnesses. There is regular intermittent exposure to computer screen. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud and is acceptable to this particular environment. The employee must work with students, staff and the public, continuously meeting multiple demands from several people.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Terms of Employment
Per negotiated agreement
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.