Instructional Interventionist(s) K-5

Position: Instructional Interventionist (K-5)

Employment Status: Full-time

Reports to: Building Principal/Director of Special Programs

FLSA Status: Exempt

Description: Provide high-quality, specially designed instruction and services for K-5 students, including special education and at-risk pupils.

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.

• Has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

• Shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.

• Ensure the safety of students

• Maintain a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students. ?

Effectively manage classroom and individual student behavior to maintain a good learning environment in a fair and just manner.

• Support students in the curriculum as well as goals and objectives set forth by the IEP team.

• Ensure IEP compliance, including accommodations and modifications.

• Be a student-focused problem solver who creates a collaborative culture for staff in supporting students with unique needs.

• Assist with interventions (Tier 1,2,3) in small groups in both a pull-out and/or a whole group setting (with students served with an IEP or general education students).

• Maintain accurate and complete records as required, including progress on IEP goals as well as intervention tracking of progress.

• Work with special programs staff (including related service providers) and general education teachers, ensuring compliance and progress (in curriculum as well as IEP goals).

• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present clear, complete, and accurate explanations utilizing a variety of instructional techniques, media, and sound instructional practices.

• Prepare clear and timely lesson plans (including plans for substitutes) that align with state standards and the Board-approved scope and sequence.

• Regularly assess student accomplishments, monitor progress, and provide accurate, complete, and timely data for progress reports or records.

• Follow and provide input for the development of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

• Ensure IEP goals are met.

• Adhere to federal and state laws regarding special education (IDEA).

• Collaborate with colleagues, students, and parents; attend parent/teacher conferences and multidisciplinary teams such as IAT or IEP meetings.

• Consult with colleagues concerning modifications, adaptations, accommodations, or alternate assignments in a general education classroom for students with unique needs.

• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, including education, medical, testing, and family history.

• Observe the ethics of the teaching profession

• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students, parents, and the general public using tact and diplomacy.

• Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Promote good public relations through personal appearance, attitude, and conversation.

• Assist in the selection and inventory of textbooks, equipment, and other educational materials.

• Supervise student teachers and act as a mentor for first-year teachers as agreed upon.

• Perform assigned hall/bus duty, participate in committees or co-curricular activities.

• Respond to routine questions and requests in a timely manner.

• Attend meetings and in-services as required.

• Attend educational field trips.

• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships.

• Discipline students when necessary.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Special Programs Director, Principal, Superintendent, or designee.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a four-year college or university (accredited institution).

• Appropriate State of Ohio certification/license.

• Intervention Specialist OR General Education Certification

• Meet the requirements of a "Highly Qualified" Teacher under the No Child Left Behind Act.

• Such alternative to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of academic area, teaching methodology, child development, and age or developmentally appropriate tasks.

• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing

• Effective active listening skills.

• Ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.

• Organizational and problem-solving skills

• Basic computer/word processing skills, and the ability to operate school equipment.

• Knowledge of IDEA, Title I rules, due process, and laws governing special education.

• Training in varied instructional design

• Background/knowledge base in methodology and supervised practice.

• Ability to assess needs and create goals that provide for those needs.

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent.