Special Education Teacher

General Areas of Responsibility * Improve the skills of students with disabilities through direct teaching using a variety of instructional methods and in a Montessori setting. * Evaluate students to determine eligibility for services. * Monitor ongoing student progress. * Consult with Gen Ed teachers and other staff members regarding the educational needs and programs for students with disabilities. * Provide information to parents regarding their child’s disabilities, educational program, and progress. * Direct instructional assistants in program implementation and monitoring of special education programs. * Teach students, in small groups, individual, and large groups, in a variety of subjects and in different settings (general education, resource room, sub separate classroom, multi-purpose rooms) with an outcome of improved student performance in identified areas. * Work collaboratively with other special education teachers, general education teachers, instructional assistants, and therapists to ensure information is shared in a timely fashion and to ensure coordination of efforts/programs for individual students. * Evaluate students to determine special education eligibility, using appropriate instruments (district defined protocols), writing comprehensive and thorough evaluation reports that clearly synthesizes and communicate findings to parents and other professionals, and to do so within the district and DESE defined timelines. * Provide supervision and direction to instructional assistants regarding individual student needs, specific program implementation including techniques and strategies to ensure students are receiving the optimal support; to maintain documentation regarding paraprofessionals’ performance and response to supervision. * Observe designated students in a variety of settings for purposes of evaluation (using designated forms/templates), data collection and to provide consultation to educational team members. * Prepare for and participate in team meetings, including providing specific detail and data regarding student progress and to develop or revise IEPs, using district determined software programs, and to do so according to specified timelines. * Collaborate with other professionals as needed in order to write specific, comprehensive and accurate progress reports, which meet dictated by district/regulatory descriptions and timelines/schedules. * Administer and summarize assessment data/information to document student progress and to inform district administrators regarding ongoing and/or changing student needs. * Provide information to district administrators for program planning, budget development, and staffing needs/ deployment, as needed during the year. * Any/all other duties assigned by the Executive Director and/or Directors of Special Education. Reports To Executive Director and Directors of Special Education Compensation & Work Year This is a 10-month position. Compensation is commensurate with experience.