Job Title: Life Skills Special Education Teacher                                      

Wage/Hour Status: Exempt  

Reports to: Principal                                                                

Dept./School:  Assigned Campus                                                  

Date Revised: 

Primary Purpose:

Provide special education students with learning activities, self-help, and social emotional learning experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.  Develop or modify curricula and prepare lessons and other instructional materials to individual student ability levels. Work in self-contained classroom with specially designed instructional activities focused on building independent living skills, functional and vocational skills with assigned students.

Qualifications:

     Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university
• Valid Texas teaching certificate with required special education endorsements for assignments

     Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge of special needs of students in assigned area
• Knowledge of Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee process and Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal setting process and implementation
• General knowledge of curriculum and instruction

     Experience:

• At least one year student teaching or approved internship

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Instructional Strategies
• Student Growth and Development
• Classroom Management and Organization
• Communication
• Other

Supervisory responsibilities:

• Supervise assigned special education paraprofessional(s)

Working Conditions:

     Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students. Biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases.  Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom or adaptive equipment. May be required to lift and position students with physical disabilities; control behavior through physical restraint; and assist non-ambulatory students.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.