Primary purpose:
To empower students with diverse needs to reach their full potential advocate for their rights and inclusion and ensure they have the necessary support and resources to thrive academically and socially. Special education teacher will create a supportive learning environment to provide individualized support and instruction to students with Autism and intellectual disabilities ensuring that they have access to a quality education tailored to their unique needs.
Responsibilities:
Duties of this job include but are not limited to:
- Supports learning for students who have a wide range of learning mental health social emotional and physical disabilities.
- Designs instruction both individual and small group which parallels Indiana Academic Standards or Alternate standards.
- Choreographs classroom and prepares materials for class activities differentiated to learner needs.
- Maintains physical environment of the classroom including visual supports visual schedule and strong adherence to routine.
- Assist students in development of emotion identification regulation and behavioral skills.
- Assists case conference in developing individual education program (IEP) designed to promote students educational physical and social development.
- Writes IEPs for Teacher of Record students on caseload.
- Ensures appropriate staff have IEP and accommodation information on each student.
- Completes progress monitoring of student IEP goals at least quarterly.
- Participates in review and revision of students IEP as appropriate.
- Assists with students medical toileting and daily living needs.
- Maintains accurate student records
- Supervises classroom students aides and volunteers.
- Communicates to maintain positive relationships with students and their parents
- Follows legal requirements as dictated by state and federal statutes.
- Follows school district policies and procedures
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Special Education from accredited university.
- Indiana Teaching License.
- Strong classroom management skills.
- Strong knowledge of and use of visual supports in the classroom.