Job Title: | Teacher Exceptional Education |
Terms of Employment: | 9.5-month (200 Day) |
FLSA Status: | Exempt |
Work Location: | Lucille Brown Middle |
Immediate Supervisor: | School Principal |
General Description:
Duties performed typically in a school setting. Performs professional work providing teaching and/or training services to students in a specialized subject. Work requires frequent standing sitting light lifting up to 10 pounds walking vocal communication for expressing or exchanging ideas hearing to perceive information at a normal spoken word level and visual acuity for preparing and analyzing written or computer data.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ability to effectively communicate and promote the mission philosophy and curriculum of the Autism Specialty classroom to parents school and classroom staff colleagues and community partners.
- Participates in regularly scheduled and ongoing professional development and technical assistance sessions and demonstrate consistent and accurate implementation of all competencies addressed in the trainings including: alignment of IEP goals and objectives with ASOL development of a safe and conducive learning environment; implementation of evidence based practices such as positive behavior supports person-centered planning functional communication instruction applied behavior analysis and data collection.
- Working knowledge of the concepts principles and methodologies of instruction learning theory and teaching of special education students with intellectual disabilities and or Autism.
- Effectively meet and address the communication needs of students including those with limited or no verbal communication skills.
- Develops implements and assesses instructional strategies to ensure all students are actively engaged in learning.
- Ability to develop a coherent lesson plan properly aligned with ASOL Aligned Standards of Learning and IEP goals to include evidence of utilizing appropriate teaching strategies integrating technology formative and summative assessments and data-based interventions.
- Provides effective differentiated instruction to teach functional academic and daily living skills social competence self-management skills self-advocacy skills and community and vocational skills.
- Follows a standardized protocol for assessing students entry level skills developing IEPs aligned with the students need using data collection tools to measure student progress and inform instruction and providing skill-specific instruction utilizing principles of applied behavior analysis and environmental supports.
- Meets on a regularly scheduled basis with autism mentors and other technical assistance providers to discuss the curriculum review student progress and identify professional development needs.
- Serves as case-manager and instructional leader of the classroom by supervising and providing training to instructional assistants and by working collaboratively with related service personnel to ensure a cohesive program that is aligned with the curriculum and reflects evidence-based practices.
- Demonstrates effective and respectful communication and interactions with family members other caregivers and community partners.
- Includes parents and caregivers in all aspects of the program including the IEP process person-centered planning review of student progress and sharing of techniques/materials which can be used in the home and community setting to facilitate generalization of skills.
- Provides parent training and linkages to community resources as appropriate.
- Adheres to all federal state and division mandates as related to IEP development assessments and other special education procedures. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Licensed to teach in the Commonwealth of Virginia or eligible for licensure in special education. Bachelors degree in special education with an endorsement in adaptive curriculum preferred.
- Three years of experience teaching students with autism intellectual disabilities or other low incidence disabilities and knowledge of the transition process/priorities preferred.
- Three years of experience working in a collaborative and cooperative manner meeting with students parents to discuss student progress and areas of need and organizing exceptional education programs.
- Three years of experience working collaboratively with co- workers staff and community representatives and three years of experience scheduling and conducting individualized education programs (IEP).
- Bilingual skills to include Spanish are a plus.
- Ability to perform job expectations independently as well as possess the ability to collaboratively work with various stakeholders.
HOW TO APPLY:All applicants (including RPS employees) must submit an online application. Please access website at:
Please upload the following information with your application: a current resume transcript and license if applicable.Three references names and contact information will be required if you progress to the interview step of the selection process.Richmond Public Schools will conduct a background investigation fingerprinting and tuberculosis screening as a condition of employment. EOE.
PAY SCALE:Teachers salary scale
START DATE:Based on School Board approval