Medical Edge Recruitment has an immediate opening for a Special Education Teacher

Specialty : Special Education

Location : Kansas City, KS

Facility type : School

Pay rate : $42

Start Date : 2 weeks after hire

Assignment Type : Contract

Shift / Hours : 8 hour shifts

Duties Include :

• To advocate for the rights of students with special needs.
• To develop and maintain a positive professional working relationship with student, parents, teachers, administrators and other service providers.
• To be responsible for planning instructional programs for the classroom. This includes, but is not limited to, individual plans as outlined on students’

Individual Education Programs.

• To serve as a liaison between the school and the community.
• Establish I.E.P. / annual review meetings, affording parents’ and student’s right to input and notifying all service providers per local guidelines.
• To serve as an active member on the I.E.P. team for students, served yet not on the caseload.
• Develop and maintain all I.E.P.’s in accordance with federal, state and local guidelines.
• Maintain close communication with mainstream teachers and other service providers,
• keeping them fully informed of student progress.
• To carry out other responsibilities as assigned by the building administrator or special education administrator.
• Perform additional duties which will provide a positive role model for the student to follow
• both in the classroom and outside of the classroom setting.
• Evaluate student performance by performing diagnostic testing necessary in preparing for annual reviews and eligibility staffings, as well as quarterly updates on the I.E.P.
• Monitor student progress in mainstreamed classes.
• Assist in establishing class schedules.
• Supervise, evaluate and help train paraprofessionals as assigned.
• Request equipment and supplies as necessary to meet objectives as outlined on individual student’s I.E.P.s
• Demonstrate curriculum knowledge and teaching strategies.
• Implement behavioral intervention plans, as necessary
• To be responsible for other duties deemed necessary and appropriate as outlined in federal, state and local guidelines and students’

Individual Educational Program.

• Physical and emotional ability to perform required work and move about as needed in the fast-paced, highly intensive school environment.

Requirements :

• Meet the employment qualifications set forth by the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
• Hold or be eligible for Kansas certification appropriate for the position
• Must be tolerant and understanding of students with special needs.
• Show initiative, creativity, self-motivation and good judgment.
• Demonstrate good judgment, adaptability and flexibility.
• Respect confidentiality.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, professional judgment, oral and written communication
• Be efficient and organized in “paper management”

Last updated : 2024-05-03