Special Education Teacher (3)

Lee County Schools • Opelika, AL

14h • Onsite

About The Position

To teach life skills and basic communication and literacy in connection with the general education curriculum. This role involves developing, implementing, and monitoring Individual Education Programs (IEPs), working with parents, and providing educational services according to program guidelines. The teacher will also serve as a resource to regular education teachers for mainstreamed disabled students and perform special duties as needed for unique population needs, such as lifting physically disabled students. Additionally, the role includes preparing transition paperwork, aiding with self-help skills, participating in training, supervising teacher aides and volunteers, and maintaining professional competence through ongoing professional development and in-service activities. The teacher is responsible for creating an effective learning environment and ensuring adherence to safety procedures and all federal, state, and board policies.

Requirements

• Must comply with all employment criteria legally established by the Lee County Board of Education.
• Must hold an appropriate Alabama Teacher Certificate in Special Education or Collaborative Education.
• Must meet the suitability criteria for employment as required by the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999 and Act No. 2002-457.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
• Upon offer of employment, employees will be required to submit legible fingerprints for a background review by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the federal Bureau of Investigation.

Responsibilities

• Attend on a regular and predictable basis.
• Complete assigned tasks in a safe manner and in a constant state of alertness.
• Uphold Board policies, including the anti-harassment program.
• Work in a cooperative manner with students, teachers, staff, supervisors, and the public.
• Work effectively and efficiently under time and productivity standards.
• Report for duty fifteen minutes before the opening of school and remain fifteen minutes after the close of school.
• Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations at the times designated.
• Complete required evaluation procedures for students referred for special education service.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and review the Individual Education Program (I.E.P.) of each eligible student on the caseloads, at least annually.
• Effectively utilize available technology in the development of the IEP and related documents.
• Work with parents in all aspects of their child’s educational program.
• Compile, maintain and submit all required reports within mandatory timelines.
• Provide educational services according to the guidelines of the program and through the established delivery model for service.
• Implement instructional and assistive technology as determined by IEP.
• Assure all due process procedural safeguards are afforded students and their parents.
• Use special methodology for instruction according to the population needs.
• Use carefully designed behavior intervention strategies as indicated.
• Administer, on an on-going basis, evaluations of student progress toward mastery of established goals and objectives.
• Serve as a resource to the regular education teachers who teach mainstreamed disabled students.
• Perform special duties required for meeting the unique needs of specific population, i.e., lifting physically disabled.
• Prepare paperwork to transition students from Early Intervention and into kindergarten.
• Aid with self-help skills, i.e., bathroom, diapering, feeding.
• Participate in training programs to increase skills and proficiency related to the assignment.
• Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for teacher aide(s) and volunteer(s) and, cooperatively with department heads, and assists the principal with the evaluation of their job performance.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
• Creates an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, bulletin boards, and interest centers.
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by professional growth activities.
• Participates cooperatively with the appropriate administrator to develop the method by which the teacher will be evaluated in conformance with guidelines.
• Selects and requisitions books and instructional aids; maintains required inventory records.
• Review current developments, literature, and technical source information related to job responsibilities.
• Ensure adherence to safety procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws, as well as Board policies.
• Perform any other pertinent assignment deemed necessary by the principal to assist in the efficiency and effectiveness of the classroom.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed