7-12 Special Ed Teacher

Middle/High School Special Education Teacher

POSITION TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Valid Arkansas Teaching License
• Certification in Special Education
• Strong communication, organization, and leadership skills

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Maintain confidentiality at all times.
2. Co-teach with regular education teachers to adapt lessons to provide inclusion to all students with disabilities.
3. Assess the individual needs, strengths, and weaknesses of students with disabilities.
4. Develop an individualized education plan (IEP) for each student based on diagnostic/assessment data.
5. Utilize instructional strategies to implement individual education plans for each student.
6. Maintain and utilize data collection to monitor and analyze student progress.
7. Develop behavior management programs for individual students as needed.
8. Create and maintain an atmosphere conducive to learning in both appearance of instructional station and activities therein.
9. Counsel with students on individual needs for their academic, personal, social, and career improvement.
10. Prepare and follow effective lesson plans to direct the learning activities of students.
11. Train and supervise paraprofessionals.
12. Ensure that substitutes will have all information necessary for effective instruction.
13. Follow adopted district guidelines and procedures for implementation of programs for students identified as having special needs. 
14. Participate as a team member in all aspects of students’ educational programs.
15. Assist in the development of school and district curriculum.
16. Supervise students in the school environment in accordance with district policy.
17. Assist in the enforcement of school regulations at all times.
18. Participate in all prescribed in-service programs.
19. Check attendance and report absence and tardies.
20. Submit required special education reports and student progress reports. .
21. Inform parents of each student’s education program regularly through conferences, phone calls, etc. and work to make parents an integral part of their child’s IEP team.
22. Communicate well with parents/guardians, administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals.
23. Schedule, attend, and complete required paperwork for Programming/Annual Review Conferences/Referral Conferences/Evaluation and Re-evaluation Conferences, etc. 
24. Take responsibility for issued materials and equipment.
25. Maintain special education files.
26. Have a working knowledge of all federal and state legislation and regulations which pertain to the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities.
27. Know Board of Education policies, Desegregation Plan, and district and school guidelines/regulations and adhere to the same.
28. Other duties as assigned.