Certified - Position - Special Education - General Curriculum Teacher
Job Number: 3700261583 Start Date: 01/01/2025 Open Date: 01/01/2025 Closing Date: 06/30/2026
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direction of the school principal, the special education teacher plans and provides for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities in a variety of educational settings. The person in this position is responsible for creating a flexible program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction for students with disabilities, such that the students benefit from the general education curriculum to the greatest extent possible, when supported with supplemental aides, accommodations, and other needed supports.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment. • Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language cognition, and memory. • Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students varying needs and interests. • Teach socially acceptable behavior as determined by the students individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system. • Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies. • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students. • Meet with parents to discuss their childrens progress and to determine priorities for their children and their individualized educational needs. • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students educational, physical, and social-emotional development. • Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students. • Develop plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow-up of students in inclusive classroom settings. • Provide crisis intervention as needed for students and those in inclusive classrooms. • Assist in the collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions. • Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate. • Assist in the preparation of data for local, state, and federal reports. • Maintain professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge of the necessary principles and application of theory into practice for effective instruction and positive behavioral supports that are beneficial for implementation with all students with disabilities. The special educator also demonstrates the ability to provide positive behavioral support to students in a group and in an individual setting, demonstrates an understanding of the federal, state, and local mandates governing the determination and delivery of special education services, completes observations and reports pertaining to learning behaviors of students, displays the ability to work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office, and school-based staff, students, parents, and community members. Overall, the special educator possesses excellent human relations skills and a working knowledge of the English language in written and verbal form.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Masters degree in an approved program for Speech-Language Pathology. Must be eligible or possess a valid Virginia Board of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology license from the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public using the telephone and personal contact as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, hear, handle, or feel objects and controls. Frequent sitting, walking, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, grasping, fingering, repetitive motion, and reaching. Occasional standing, crawling, and physical management that includes supporting individuals with impaired weight-bearing or unsteady gaits, repositioning individuals in therapeutic equipment, including use of hydraulic lifts to a maximum of 100 pounds with assistance. Ability to lift over 50 pounds occasionally. Requires timely and regular adherence to established work schedules. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Possession of a valid drivers license. Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.
HOW TO APPLY
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Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Job Posting Link:https://vbschools.com.finalsite.com/fs/resource-manage/view/90d40e60-754c-4f43-850b-cba99868cf30
Salary Range: From $55,687 to $87,000
Salary will be based on job-related creditable years of full-time verified work experience. Entry-level salary will be awarded at the time of hire. Upon the return of employment verification forms from the candidates current and previous employers, the salary will be adjusted if creditable full-time experience is confirmed.
VBCPS offers a full range of benefits, including health insurance, paid life insurance, paid sick/personal reasons leave, tuition reimbursement, professional development, and membership in the Virginia Retirement System.
Instructional Experience-Based Step Pay Scale
Standard Teaching
Start Date: 2026-2027 School Year
Endorsements: Speech-Language Pathologist
Virginia Beach City Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition, disability, marital status, age, genetic information, or veteran status in its programs and activities.
Reference: School Board Policies 2-334-44-6
To seek resolution of grievances resulting from alleged discrimination or to report violations of these policies, please contact the Chief Human Resources Officer at 757-263-1133 or 2512 George Mason Drive, Municipal Center Building 6, Virginia Beach, VA 23456.
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