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TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE TEACHER - LIFE
- LEAP: (Learners Excelling And Progressing) Lab/Resource setting with collaboration, monitor, co-teach and direct instruction service delivery.
- RISE: (Reaching Independence through Structured Education) Functional skills and modified curriculum classroom for students with mild/moderate disabilities.
- LIFE: (Learning In a Functional Environment) Functional skills and modified curriculum classroom for students with severe/profound disabilities.
- ABLE: (Academic and Behavioral Learning Environment) Classroom for students with emotional and behavioral concerns.
QUALIFICATIONS: As set by state certification authorities
REPORTS TO: Principal and/or Assistant Principal
JOB GOAL: To facilitate the appropriate academic, social, and emotional growth of students identified as Disabled under P.L. 101-476
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Meets and instructs assigned class in the location and at the time designated.
- Prepares for class assigned and shows written evidence of preparation upon request of the administration.
- Participates in evaluative process for Special Education placement when called upon to do so.
- Participates in Eligibility, Placement, and IEP team meetings when called upon to do so.
- Maintains a "work" folder for each student when appropriate; can document students'' progress or lack of progress.
- Provides appropriate educational program for students.
- Cooperates with regular classroom teachers and other staff members in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods to be used with students in Special Education.
- Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided, materials available, and needs and capabilities of the child.
- Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Attends and participates in faculty meetings.
- Assists in the selection, and inventory of books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
- Completes reports and other school related paperwork as required, at or before the time requested.
- Accepts the responsibility and arrives punctually for activities and duties as assigned.
- Works to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the academic and behavioral progress of assigned students.
- Provides for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
- Creates an effective classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the developmental level and interests of students within the limits of the resources of the district.
- Guides the learning process toward the achievement of the IEP goals and, in harmony with these goals, establishes clear objectives and communicates these objectives to students.
- Assists the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct; and for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
- Maintains appropriate emotional stability, physical health, personal appearance, and personality.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- 10-month/182-day work calendar
- According to the current YPS Pay Scale Information
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board''s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.