Special Education (2025-2026 School Year)

POSITION TITLE: LIFE SKILLS SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM TEACHER

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Arkansas certification in Special Education

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

JOB GOALS: Develop and implement individualized education programs (IEP) for students with a disability or multiple disabilities that significantly impact intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior essential for someone to live independently and to function safely in daily life. Develop and implement instructional programs for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities to be able to achieve higher academic outcomes and leave high school capable of pursuing a variety of postsecondary options.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assess the needs of individual students and determine each students strengths and weaknesses.
2. Develop an individualized education program (IEP) for each student based on diagnostic/assessment data to include Goals Objectives and instruction for individual students linked to the enrolled gradelevel state content standards and address knowledge and skills that are appropriate and challenging.
3. Use systematic instructional strategies to implement the IEP of each student.
4. Use systematic data collection to monitor and analyze student progress.
5. Create and maintain an atmosphere conducive to learning in both appearance of instructional station and activities conducted therein.
6. Plan prescribe and direct the learning activities of students.
7. Prepare and follow effective lesson plans.
8. Ensure that substitutes will have all information necessary for effective instruction.
9. Train and supervise paraprofessionals and volunteers.
10. Review student records and important information across multiple school years and settings (e.g. school home and community).
11. Supervise students in corridors in restrooms in lunch rooms on school grounds community sites etc. in accordance with district policy.
12. Assist in the enforcement of school regulations at all times.
13. Participate as a team member in all aspects of a students educational program.
14. Implement a system of curricular instructional and assessment tools so that students with significant cognitive disabilities are able to participate in content instruction and assessments that are aligned to the state content standards.
15. Ensure that students are able to participate in a stateassessment that is a measure of what they know and can do in relation to the gradelevel state content standards.
16. Assist in assessing and adapting instructional equipment and materials by using substantially adapted materials and individualized methods of accessing information in alternative ways to acquire maintain generalize demonstrate and transfer skills across multiple settings.

1. Take responsibility for issued materials and equipment.
2. Assist in development of school and district curriculum.
3. Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments and develop behavior management programs for individual students as needed and/or required.
4. Direct and assist students to meet their physical needs including but not limited to feeding toileting dressing catheterization physical management etc.. Some heavy lifting of students is required.
5. Counsel with students relative to individual needs.
6. Use District functional curriculum.
7. Attend and participate in team meetings parent meetings etc.
8. Assist the special education coordinator in establishing communitybased education training sites and presenting programs to community organizations.
9. Participate in all prescribed inservice programs.
10. Submit timely and accurate required special education reports student progress reports etc.
11. Maintain and make reports on necessary records for pupil accounting pupil progress material and equipment inventories collection of money etc.
12. Check student attendance and report absences and tardies.
13. Sponsor clubs and activities on an equitable basis.
14. Inform parents of each students educational program regularly through home visits phone calls etc.
15. Work to make parents an integral part of the team.
16. Schedule attend and complete required paperwork for Programming/Annual Review/Referral/Evaluation/ReEvaluation Conferences etc.
17. Maintain organized special education files.
18. Have a working knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to the education of individuals with disabilities and adhere to those requirements.
19. Know PCSSD Board of Education policies Desegregation Plan district and school guidelines and regulations and adhere to them.
20. Perform other duties as assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Salary Range: Teacher Salary Schedule. Placement depends upon education and experience.
Length of Contract: 190 days per contract year

INSURANCE ELIGIBLE: YES

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Certified Personnel.

Application Deadline: 10 days from original date of post or until filled