Southwick School Special Education Teacher 2627 SY

Southwick School located in the beautiful Lakes Region is seeking a Special Education Teacher to join our K-4 team for the school Education Teachers are responsible for providing individualized instruction and support to students with diverse disabilities including learning emotional behavioral and physical challenges. This role is focused on creating and implementing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) that ensure students receive the academic social and behavioral support they need in a nurturing and inclusive environment. The Special Education Teacher will work collaboratively with general education teachers emphasizing commitment to educating students in the least restrictive environment. The goal is to foster students independence while offering the necessary tools strategies and accommodations to ensure their academic and personal :Work closely with general education teachers providing specialized support to students with disabilities as appropriate in general education classrooms. This involves planning and delivering lessons that are accessible engaging and inclusive of all and implement individualized education programs (IEPs) tailored to each students specific needs ensuring accommodations and if necessary modifications are incorporated to support student a commitment to educating students in the least restrictive environment (LRE) by integrating students into general education settings whenever possible and promoting inclusive practices that support full specialized instruction and support in small groups or one-on-one settings to address academic social emotional and behavioral assess and monitor student progress adjusting teaching methods and accommodations to help students reach their IEP goals and become more independent and maintain a positive safe and structured classroom environment that encourages autonomy emotional growth and academic data-driven instructional strategies to adjust teaching plans and provide meaningful feedback to behavior management strategies including positive reinforcement and social- emotional interventions to enhance students ability to navigate the classroom environment and develop appropriate social communicate with parents and guardians regarding student progress goals and challenges and offer strategies for supporting student growth at in multidisciplinary team meetings to review and update students IEPs ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations and advocating for students student independence by encouraging self-advocacy decision-making and responsibility for their own with other special education professionals counselors and paraprofessionals to create a team approach to support each students unique current with research best practices and legal requirements in special education to continually refine teaching strategies and better support :Bachelors or Masters degree in Special Education NH state certification in Special Education Experience working with students with various disabilities including learning disabilities autism spectrum disorders intellectual disabilities and behavioral of educational laws and regulations including IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and a commitment to providing education in the least restrictive communication organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate in a team to implement and track individualized education plans and empathy and a strong desire to support and empower students in achieving their academic and personal goals.

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