Severe Needs Teacher - West Middle School

Cherry Creek•Greenwood Village, CO

About The Position

Develop coursework to support effective instruction of students with affective and severe needs at the school level. Effectively deliver instruction that promotes an exemplary educational program and ensures success for all students. Assignments may include an Autism Classroom, Behavior Development (BD), Early Childhood Severe Needs, Integrated Learning Center (ILC), Severe Emotional Disability (SED), and Transition Programming.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Three years of professional, certified teaching experience.
Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license.
Colorado Special Education Teacher endorsement applicable to the assigned program.
Complete the District-provided Crisis Prevention Intervention training biennially.
Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.
Intermediate communication, organization, and human relations skills.
Ability to align curriculum and assessments with state content standards.
Ability to support programs designed to increase student achievement.
Ability to assume leadership in developing and communicating programs and curriculum.
Ability and desire to work as a team member and actively participate in a Professional Learning Community.
Ability to understand, appreciate, and accommodate student diversity.
Ability to serve as a role model and innovative, creative learner who stays current with instructional practice and pedagogy.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Three years of special education teaching experience.
Experience working in the public sector.
Experience advising school clubs or co-curricular activities.
Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Racially conscious and culturally competent, with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Instruct students in large-group, small-group, and one-on-one situations.
Develop, plan, prepare, and implement course content, format, structure, schedules, individualized programs of instruction, classroom materials and curriculum, lesson plans, and learning activities.
Administer, edit, proofread, and grade student assignments and assessments.
Design assessment tasks that allow students to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways; use assessment data to provide meaningful feedback and modify instruction.
Create a classroom environment that maximizes instructional opportunity; supervise student behavior and well-being in classroom and other educational settings; and administer discipline when appropriate.
Monitor student growth and progress, adapt support as needed, and maintain documentation of students’ academic, social, and emotional progress and needs.
Communicate students’ progress, needs, and eligibility with parents or guardians and other staff as needed.
Collaborate with teachers, support personnel, administrators, and colleagues to enhance instruction and improve student outcomes.
Participate in department, team, building, and District meetings and discussions; student and family conferences; social, cultural, interscholastic, and extracurricular activities; and professional growth opportunities.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.