26-27 High School Special Education Teacher (ESE/Learning Specialist)

Here’s what you need to know:      
Our schools are seeking awe-inspiring teachers to guide our students as they climb the mountain to college and beyond. Our teachers are dynamic leaders both in and outside of their classroom. They love students, working with families and the community they serve.

Special Education/ ESE Teacher
As a Special Education Teacher you'll be responsible for the academic, socio-emotional growth, and development of students by creating a learning experience that provides opportunities for each student to reach their full potential regardless of their disabilities.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:
Joining our schools as a teacher comes with a lot of growth opportunities, but with great power comes great responsibility. Your role as a Special Education Teacher will involve a number of responsibilities which will include but are not limited to: 

Teaching and Classroom Responsibilities

• Teach in an inclusive class, sharing all responsibilities with a general education teacher
• Provides resource small group support as needed 
• Provides an alternative or parallel teaching to a group of students and provides 1:1 teaching, as needed 
• Employs multisensory teaching strategies and specialized instruction as needed based on student’s specific disabilities 
• Implements all modifications and accommodations for the classroom and in testing 
• Create IEPs in collaboration with Child Response Team to ensure services are being delivered at ahigh level and are in compliance. 
• Uses student IEPs, evaluations, and present levels of performance to ensure services are being delivered at a high level. 
• Collaborate with student support team to conduct annual IEP meetings 
• Use data to responsively teach to mastery of academic skills 
• Tracks student performance and progress and is responsible for continual improvement in student growth objectives 
• Administers and tracks weekly assessment data to both monitor progress towards grade level goals as well as IEP goals 
• Create action plans to improve performance when students are not on track to meet goals
• Consistently and clearly communicates progress to all shared stakeholders 
• Participate in school, departmental, and parent meetings 
• Participate in school events, activities, and programs both during and outside of regular class instruction hours. 

IEP Management

• Assumes responsibility for writing both initial and updated IEPs based on present levels of performance and developing goals that related to curriculum standards and content 
• Track student progress towards IEP goals on a weekly and quarterly basis 
• Uses tracking of student progress to determine changes in student programming 
• Report achievement of goals and objectives at the end of every advisory period and issues quarterly progress reports 
• Maintain a portfolio of student grades, work samples, anecdotal data, and classroom observation information

Case Management

• Assume responsibility for case compliance and student academic progress as documented through both academic and compliance tracking tools.
• Assume responsibility for reviewing and analyzing all student information and developing a corrective action plan for students who need additional testing and/or a change in service.
• Maintain special education files, in collaboration with the grade level social worker, and ensure that all evaluation recommendations are followed up and completed. 
• Help to coordinate all IEP meetings for the grade level (Initial, Eligibility, IEP, Re-eligibility, Triennial), providing all academic data 
• Communicates IEP notes and updates to GL teams / teachers and paraprofessionals
• Ensure that related services are represented in the IEPs and are being delivered in an integrated way and practically applied in the classroom. 
• Review monthly data as to student performance with Assistant Principal.

Team and Family Engagement

• Collaborate closely with students, families and colleagues to create an environment that is supportive of student progress. 
• Effectively communicate academic and behavior performance to families 
• Participate in school, departmental and parent meetings as required.

Professional Development

• Engage actively in the Performance Management Process. 
• Continue personal development in your subject matter knowledge and teaching methods.
• Attend and actively participate in school sponsored professional development.
• Participate in school events, activities and programs both during and outside of regular class instruction hours.