Special Education Teacher

Special Education TeacherJOB GOAL: To provide specialized instruction to special education students with a variety of needs and disabilities to help students develop the skills and strategies needed to access their educational RESPONSIBILITIES: explicit specialized instruction to students using systematic structured multimodal approaches to learning and supports students by offering supplemental and/or alternative academic curriculum as indicated on the with general education staff and specialists regarding the IEP student learning styles differentiated instruction curricula modifications and environmental modifications and alternative assessments in the least restrictive and the general education curriculum and differentiates the instruction for special needs students based on a variety of instructional techniques and an expertise and knowledge of the MA frameworks by preparing and teaching objectives and outlines for modified courses of study following curriculum guidelines of requirements of the state of Individual Educational Programs (IEP) to include measurable goals and objectives based on current performance using baseline data and facilitates annual review meetings with supervision of special education input from parents administrators testing specialists social workers and professionals to develop IEPs designed to promote students educational physical and social development. the ongoing appropriateness of IEP and ensure the IEP goals and objectives are followed in general and special education settings and follows procedures to amend the IEP if wellstructured lessons with clear challenging measurable objectives for all lessons units and projects with appropriate student engagement strategies and communicates these objectives to students and other teachers involved in the instructional and administers a variety of informal and formal assessments to measure each students growth toward local/state and analyzes results from a variety of assessments to determine progress adjust practice and implement appropriate regular specific feedback to students and families on student performance including how it can be and encourages every family to become active participants in the classroom and school two way communications with families about student performance and responds promptly and carefully to communication from with colleagues to support improved student communicates and consistently enforces specific standards for student work effort and rituals and routines that create and maintain a safe learning uses practices that are likely to enable students to demonstrate respect for reflects on his/her practice individually and with and requests books supplies and technologies to support seeks outs and applies ideas for improving practice from supervisors colleagues and professional developmental activities to gain and with colleagues develops strategies develops strategies that contribute to the learning and productive behavior of all and monitors behavior management plans and collects or directs staff in the collection of data under the direction of the Districts Behavior Intervention Team. with the MA special education IEP process including the development of the Individual Educational Programs (IEP)and related documents and the completion of all required paperwork and activities as mandated in State and Federal Special Education Regulations. in building and/or staff meetings and other activities provided to foster professional growth and coordination of procedures services and implementation of building and district policies and procedures. with next grade level of grade or building to facilitate a smooth transition from school year to school year. relevant professional tasks or duties as may be assigned solely by the building Principal or in conjunction with the Special Education contact Building Principal for specific details on the : Salary to be determined by the School Committee and the collective bargaining : Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Committees policy on evaluation of support services personnel.