Special Education Teacher

Qualifications:

Appropriate NYS Certification in Special Education SWD 1-6 or SWD 7-12/Content Area 7-12

General Performance Responsibilities:

Facilitates the learning activities of exceptional children (Students with Specific Learning Challenges Speech/Language Impairments Intellectually Delayed Emotional Disturbance Other Health Impairments Autism Hearing Impairments Orthopedic Impairments Visual Impairments and Traumatic Brain Injury)

• In the attainment of grade-level subject school and system objectives
• Utilizes a wide variety of instructional strategies devices and methods
• Works with small and large instructional groups
• Functions effectively as a staff member of the school community

Major Responsibilities:

• Instruction

-Teaches grade level or content area

-Provides adequate educational experiences to enable each student to develop interpret and transmitideas effectively.

-Provide opportunities for each student to develop the ability to solve problems think critically andto study effectively.

• Classroom Management

-Establishes a classroom climate conducive to effective learning and study

-Systemizes clerical and record-keeping duties so that instructional process is uninterrupted

• Guidance and Counseling

-Assists each student in dealing with academic problems

-Works closely with guidance counselors and instructional teams on specific problems of individual students

• School Organization and Administration

-Contributes to continuous improvement of educational program by initiating suggestions for staffConsideration

-Serves on committees

• Professional Development

-Engages in appropriate studies and activities to improve professional competence

-Contributes to solution of education problems of the school district

• School/Community Relations

-Works closely with parents in guiding the growth and development of students

• Case Manager Responsibilities

-The special education teachers responsibilities not only include teaching. Their job also requires case management of their students as a whole. This includes all paperwork related to the students and plansfor intervention. The case manager is legally responsible for following the terms of a childs IEP to provide the services recommended by the CSE. As the Case Manager for a group of students the casemanager:

- Updates manages and ensures the full implementation of IEPs

- Assesses Progress periodically throughout the school year based on the districts progress reporting time frame.

-Ensures that progress reports are being completed based on goals and by those individuals addressing

the goals.

-Ensures that parents receive an updated copy of the goals with the progress marked as well as any additional notes or paperwork related to the ongoing assessment.

-Ensures that parents are involved in the planning and implementation of the IEP process.

-Ensures that the general education teacher is implementing modifications and strategies prescribed inthe IEP process.

-Provides services to students within the general education classroom and works with the generaleducation teachers as co-workers.

- Collaborates with general education teachers in all planning and changes to the IEP when they are working with students with IEPs.

- Meets periodically with students to assess and discuss student progress challenges and needs to meettheir goals and /or objectives.

- Meets with parents students various educators and/or clinicians working with students.

- Reviews progress reports for their students thorough out the school year.

- Advocates for students and works with all stakeholders.

Reports to: Building Principal; Responsible to the Special Education Supervisor and the Director of Special Education. (Updated 4/2023)