What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Teacher- Emotionally Disabled position at Stuart Elementary?
Job Title: Special Education Teacher
General Description: Assists students in fulfilling their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth.
Requirements:
- Possesses at minimum a bachelor’s degree.
- Holds or is eligible for a Virginia teaching license with the appropriate teaching endorsement.
Reports To: Principal; Assistant Principal
Essential Job Functions:
- Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students.
- Develops individualized educational programs and lesson plans.
- Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
- Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and establishes clear objectives for all units, lessons, and projects that are measurable, attainable, realistic, and specific.
- Employs instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives.
- Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.
- Diagnoses the learning styles of students regularly and refers to specialists as needed.
- Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by the school division.
- Assists the administration in implementing all policies/rules governing student life and conduct and develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains discipline in a fair and just manner.
- Confers with colleagues, students, and parents regularly.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings and makes provisions for professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, etc.
- Assists in the selection of texts, equipment, and other instructional materials.
- Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for assistants and/or volunteers.
- Accepts a share of responsibility for co-curricular activities as assigned.
- Maintains positive public relations at all times.
- Completes other tasks as assigned.