Special Education Teacher - General Curriculum

Lynchburg City Schools•Lynchburg, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct instructional support to students in a positive environment. This role involves employing special educational strategies and techniques to improve student development, instructing students in academic subjects using various methods, and teaching socially acceptable behavior. The teacher will modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities, plan and conduct activities, and establish and enforce rules for behavior. Collaboration with parents, administrators, and other professionals is key to developing individualized education programs (IEPs). The position requires maintaining accurate student records, preparing reports, and establishing clear learning objectives. Effective communication and monitoring in inclusive classrooms, crisis intervention, and data collection for interventions are also essential. The role includes serving on multidisciplinary teams and assisting with data preparation for reports. Maintaining professional competence through staff development is expected.

Requirements

Candidate must possess or be eligible for a Virginia teaching license with a special education endorsement in general curriculum K-12.
Candidate must possess leadership and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with students, parents, and staff.

Responsibilities

Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory and perceptual motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi sensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students' varying needs and interests.
Teach socially acceptable behavior, as determined by the students' individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system.
Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.
Meet with parents to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their individualized educational needs.
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social/emotional development.
Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
Develop plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow up of students in inclusive classroom settings.
Provide crisis intervention, as needed, for students and those in inclusive classrooms.
Assist in collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions.
Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
Assist in preparation of data for local, state, and federal reports.
Maintain professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.
Perform related work as required.