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Bellingham - USA

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Not Disclosed

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ANTICIPATED OPENING FOR THESCHOOL YEAR
FUNDING CONTINGENT ON TOWN MEETING APPROVAL MAY 28 2025

BELLINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BELLINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS

Title:ALC Summary Teacher
Academic Learning Center (ALC) Program Grades812
The Elementary School ALC program is a substantially separate program providing academic support for students individual learning needs. The program provides evidencebased curriculum across all subject areas. The model is flexible to promote high rates of explicit instruction balanced with student pacing and tolerance for successful participation. The program has opportunities for preteaching basic concepts and vocabulary paired with spiraling of content. The ALC program includes specific and strategic data collection procedures based on student learning goals and objectives. Students in the ALC program benefit from small group instructions formats as well as organizational and study skills instruction.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.
  2. Develop and implement Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) with measurable goals and objectives (SMART Goals).
  3. Administer and interpret a variety of standardized academic assessments and construct professional assessment summary reports.
  4. Adhere to and implement state and federal special education laws regulations and mandates.
  5. Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory and perceptualmotor skills language cognition and memory.
  6. Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics multisensory learning and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students varying needs and interests.
  7. Teach socially acceptable behavior as determined by the students individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system.
  8. Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies in accordance with the students IEP
  9. Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction demonstration and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe question and investigate.
  10. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.
  11. Meet with parents to discuss their childrens progress and to determine priorities for their children and their individualized educational needs.
  12. Confer with parents administrators testing specialists social workers and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students educational physical and social/emotional development.
  13. Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities as required by laws district policies and administrative regulations
  14. Establish clear objectives for all lessons units and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
  15. Develop plans for effective communication monitoring and followup of students in TLC program.
  16. Provide crisis intervention as needed for students and those in TLC program.
  17. Assist in collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions.
  18. Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
  19. Maintain professional competence by participating in staff development activities curriculum development meetings and other professional opportunities.
  20. Maintain current techniques related to trauma sensitive learning environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  1. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  2. Working knowledge of state and federal special education laws regulations and mandates.
  3. Work collaboratively with staff parents administrators.
  4. Excellent organizational skills.
  5. Knowledge of trauma sensitive practices and ability to implement social skills groups.
  6. Ability to implement and utilize positive behavioral intervention strategies.
  7. Is physically able to participate and complete the Districts Behavioral Safety Training Program: SafetyCare as well as CPR training and meet the Physical Employment Requirements of both.

SKILLS/ABILITY:
1. Experience teaching students with Developmental Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder (required).
2. Knowledge and familiarity with state and district curriculum standards (required).
3. Knowledge and familiarity of federal and state special education laws regulations and mandates (required).

CERTIFICATES LICENSES and/or DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
1. DESE License as a Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities Required (All Levels) or Moderate Disabilities with ability to work towards severe license plus additional training in developing individualized modified curriculum for students with cognitive delays (required).


PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
You are required to be physically capable of escorting students from the building in case of a practice drill or emergency situation in a safe and timely fashion.

Must be able to move about the classroom and have the ability to bend sit or stand frequently.

REPORTS TO: Building Principal and Director of Student Services

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Students & Paraeducators in classroom
You are required to be physically capable of escorting students from the building in case of a practice drill or emergency situation in a safe and timely fashion.

Must be able to move about the classroom and have the ability to bend sit or stand frequently.

OUR MISSION:
The Bellingham Public School Districts enrollment is approximately 1930 students and an organizational staff of 400 employees. The district is split into the following building grade levels:
DiPietro Elementary (Preschool Grade 3) Stall Brook Elementary (Preschool Grade 3) Bellingham Memorial School (grades 47) and Bellingham High School (grades 812) and Keough Memorial Academy (grades 712) is our therapeutic day school for students with special needs.

Our core mission is to foster an environment in which students and staff have opportunities to reach their full potential. The Bellingham School District is committed to providing a challenging and academically motivating education where all students staff and families accept responsibility for education within their schools.

The School Committee and the Administrative Team support the District Improvement Plan and Strategic Plan. Our goal is to always reach for our vision: The Bellingham Public Schools in collaboration with students their families and the community will provide a safe learning environment where the unique strengths of every learner are enhanced and celebrated. We will work together to build a shared sense of pride in the Bellingham Public Schools by amplifying academic excellence increasing communication cultivating a positive climate improving social and emotional wellbeing and enhancing technology use and implementation.

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