Special Education Teacher

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Valid Nebraska Teaching Certificate with an endorsement in Special Education.

REPORTS TO: Building Principal and Director of Student Services

Performance Responsibilities:

• Provides accommodations that can be implemented during services and collaborate with the general education teachers to ensure they are in place while the student is in the general education setting.
• Completes Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) as needed based on individual student needs.
• Plans for and uses paraprofessionals effectively to support the students.
• Continuous assessment and evaluation of progress toward Individual Education Program (IEP) goals.
• Develops students’ cognitive, emotional and social capacities for learning.
• Plans for and guides the learning process to help students achieve their program objectives.
• Implements useful diagnostic and progress assessment measures.
• Promotes a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized and small group instruction, and student learning.
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction.
• Selects and uses effective instructional methods, district approved intervention programs, and learning materials.
• Establishes a cooperative relationship with all assigned students.
• Maintains open lines of communications with parents, guardians and staff.
• Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research.
• Maintain compliance on all special education procedures, timelines, and documents such as Individual Education Program (IEP), progress reporting, parent notification, consents, evaluation process, etc.
• Organizes and maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping and lesson planning and student progress toward IEP goals as required by district procedures and applicable laws.
• Works collaboratively to achieve the overall purpose of the program and support the District’s strategic plan.