What are the responsibilities and job description for the SPED Teacher position at Starkville High School?
REPORTS TO: Principal
SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Writes benchmark and goal aligned IEPs for students.
- Conducts IEP reviews as needed to amend student schedules or accommodations, to add or revise FBAs and/or behavior plans and for all other reason stated in rules and regulations.
- Becomes familiar with Mississippi IDEA regulations and adheres to them.
- Participates in IEP reviews with special education teachers in upper and lower adjacent grades and plans a smooth transition for students for the next year.
- Teaches and supervises activities in special education and inclusion settings.
- Provides IEP goal and accommodation sheets, for each student on the special education teacher's roster, to all teachers who teach the students.
- Completes paperwork by deadlines given by building principal and/or Student Support Office.
- Complies with all IDEA timelines for evaluation, IEP, and reporting.
- Records student progress on IEP and sends it to parents at least quarterly.
- Confers frequently with general education teachers and other service providers about Special Education students.
- Monitors progress of students’ IEP goals biweekly.
- Reports regularly and punctually to assigned work location and notifies supervisor or designee of impending absence in a timely manner.
- Follows all regulations set forth in the general education teachers’ job description.
- Promotes a positive image of the school district program to the public.
- Performs other duties/responsibilities as directed by the building level principal or Director of Student Support Services.