Special Education AES (Life skills) Teacher - SST Alamo
About The Position
The Special Education Teacher provides students with appropriate learning activities and experiences to support intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. The role plans and delivers instruction tailored to students’ individual needs, interests, abilities, accommodations, and learning goals, while maintaining a classroom environment conducive to learning. The teacher assesses student progress, maintains required records and documentation, communicates with students, parents, colleagues, and community members, and participates in campus and district activities. Special education duties include coordinating with campus personnel and general education teachers, supporting referrals, evaluations, ARD processes, transition procedures, and required special education paperwork. The teacher implements services and accommodations based on IEP and ARD documentation; monitors IEP and BIP progress; supports assessment decisions and discipline processes; and maintains documentation of special education services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Meet Texas “highly qualified” standards.
- Texas Teacher Certificate appropriate for the level and subject area of assignment; required for ESL/Bilingual and Special Education assignments.
- Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
- Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral forms with all levels of management, both within and outside the campus.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within and outside the district.
- Ability to use computers, district software and databases, spreadsheets, word-processing software, a calculator, copy machine, and telephone.
- Ability to use effective interview techniques, public speaking skills, and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Plan programs of study that address students’ individual needs, interests, and abilities.
- Create and maintain a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to students’ maturity and interests.
- Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for individual differences and prepare for assigned classes.
- Guide student learning toward curriculum goals, establish clear lesson and unit objectives, and communicate objectives to students.
- Use varied instructional techniques and media consistent with the setting and students’ needs and capabilities.
- Assess student accomplishments regularly and provide progress reports as required.
- Refer students for evaluation by district specialists as required.
- Take reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Maintain accurate and complete records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
- Support administration of policies and rules governing student conduct, and establish and maintain fair classroom behavior expectations.
- Be available to students and parents for education-related purposes when required.
- Plan and supervise assignments for teacher aides and volunteers and, in cooperation with department heads, evaluate their job performance.
- Maintain professional competence, participate in district and campus staff development, attend staff meetings, and serve on staff committees.
- Maintain professional relationships with colleagues and open communication with students, parents, and community members.
- Submit lesson plans on time in the school’s designated platform and maintain the required number of timely gradebook entries.
- Meet regularly with a mentor teacher if a new teacher.
- Attend special programs training and meetings at cluster and campus levels.
- Conduct weekly meetings with general education teachers of special population students served under mainstream.
- Assist the campus coordinator with timely referrals, evaluations, ARD processes, and preparation of special education paperwork, including ARDs, FIEs, IEPs, and modifications.
- Assist with collecting updated IEPs and sending them to parents every nine weeks.
- Complete special education student transfer steps, including folder checks, in a timely manner.
- Assist with ARD process tasks, from scheduling through mailing paperwork to parents.
- Assist with transition procedures and paperwork for students over age 14.
- Implement special education services based on the applicable IEP and ARD paperwork.
- Disseminate modifications, accommodations, and IEPs to relevant teachers and personnel in a timely manner.
- Participate in appropriate state assessment decisions at ARD meetings and implement necessary modifications and accommodations.
- Collaborate with general education teachers to develop intervention plans for Tier III students.
- Attend SST meetings as needed and attend MDR meetings.
- Monitor special education students’ IEP and BIP progress.
- Coordinate with the campus discipline committee to support appropriate handling of discipline issues for Special Education and 504 students.
- Maintain organized documentation of special education services, including sign-ups, schedules, modified lesson plans, assignments, and logs.
- Observe students and provide input for entry and exit COSF ratings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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Job Type
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