2425 - Special Education Teacher Short term leave replacement

• This position will be from 4/21 5/23/2025
• This is not eligible for health benefitsand is paid as a substitute teacher.

The Districts special education service delivery model provides students with a continuum of instructional programs including specially designed instruction in the general education setting and indistrict special education programs including: resource personalized learning and EBDprograms.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree
• Possess or qualify for immediate issuance of a valid Washington State teaching certificate with a special education endorsement
• Experience working in a multicultural environment preferred

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of behavior management strategies
• Knowledge of IEP process and the writing of goals/objectives and behavior intervention plans
• Ability to instruct in multiple languages preferred
• Skills in oral and written communication
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work with other members of a school or department to accomplish common goals
• Ability to perform in accordance with applicable board policies and district and legal requirements
• Demonstrates a commitment to equity through culturally relevant teaching practices through the design and implementation of instruction and high expectations for all students
• Provides high quality instruction through knowledge of differentiated instructional practices and datadriven instructional decisionmaking.
• Ability and skills necessary to individualize instruction. Commitment and ability to work with a full range of students including gifted mainstreamed special education English language learners and students from diverse cultural and social backgrounds
• Ability to develop students technology literacy
• Ability to work in a collaborative or team approach
• Ability to communicate effectively professionally collaboratively and positively with students parents and colleagues orally and in writing
• Ability to work with students in multiaged groups
• Ability to use varied assessments including performance tasks portfolios and student selfassessment
• Attends ongoing professional development activities such as college course work professional associations workshops and inservice opportunities
• Exhibits a strong and positive attitude with the belief that each student can be taught and has the right and capacity to achieve personal academic excellence
• Ability to perform all duties in accordance with applicable board policies and district and legal requirements
• Ability to meet and maintain punctuality and attendance expectations

WORKING CONDITIONS

Required to deal with a wide range of student achievement and behavior; required to remain flexible to meet students immediate needs; required to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize; may experience frequent interruptions; may occasionally deal with distraught or difficult students; potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students; in some positions the necessary and appropriate instructional methods may require specific positions and movements and sufficient stamina and exertions to demonstrate techniques properly for student safety or to conduct or direct students; in some positions precautions may need to be taken to prevent or lessen exposure of self and/or students to various materials fumes equipment cutting edges or hot surfaces; may teach in a classroom without telephone communication.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Positions in this class typically require: stooping kneeling crouching reaching standing walking pushing pulling lifting finger dexterity grasping talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions. This position may be exposed to prolonged exposure to visual display terminals as required.

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts odors chemicals extreme temperatures inadequate lighting workspace restrictions and intense noises.