Special Education Teacher Thrive

Little City Foundation•Palatine, IL

1d•$79,820 - $83,700•Onsite

About The Position

Little City is seeking a caring and compassionate Special Education Teacher to join our Thrive program. This role involves developing and implementing learning goals and objectives aligned with residential and day services treatment plans. The Special Education Teacher will provide small group instruction to students diagnosed on the Autism spectrum and other developmental disabilities, ensuring their understanding and progress in the general curriculum. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities, helping them to live, work, and succeed within their communities.

Requirements

A Bachelors degree in Exceptional/Special Education or a field meeting requirements for an individual to obtain a Professional Educator License with an LBS1 endorsement.
Must maintain American Heart Association certification in First Aid and CPR.
Must successfully complete Little City required training, re-training, and any additional training as required by Little City policies and practices, or as assigned by his or her immediate supervisor.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with students on the Autism spectrum.
Experience working in a Special Education Cooperative or Intensive District Special Education Program.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement learning goals and objectives in alignment with residential and day services treatment plans.
Provide small group instruction to students diagnosed on the Autism spectrum and/or students with developmental disabilities to ensure understanding and progress in the general education curriculum.
Oversee intensive intervention classrooms, teach in one of the classrooms, and help coordinate activities for other intensive intervention teachers.
Develop intensive intervention activities in collaboration with the lead teacher, school administration, and other members of residential and school teams.
Maintain a new classroom structure of high intensity teacher, lead para, BCBA, and therapies on a daily basis.
Create and maintain a high intensity classroom environment, both physically and socially/emotionally.
Develop a specialized high intensity curriculum based on evidence-based best practices.
Create individualized high intensity programs for each high intensity student.
Sustain a high level of behavioral interventions in collaboration with the BCBA team.
Coordinate multi-environment learning between residential and school settings.
Serve as a team member to hire and train para-educators.
Monitor daily progress between residential and school for each student.
Participate regularly in multi-disciplinary team meetings, including the BCBA, home manager, other related service personnel, and school administration.
Provide direct supervision and daily instruction of students with autism and other intellectual disabilities.
Develop weekly lesson plans and implement learning goals and objectives in alignment with the general education curriculum, Little City Center for Education Curriculum, and student's IEP.
Develop re-evaluations triennially, IEPs annually, and monitor them quarterly.
Monitor student behavior plans annually, IEP goals and objectives, and other student goals as identified, or more frequently if needed.
Prepare quarterly IEP progress reports and report cards.
Plan, coordinate, and participate in weekly Community Based Instruction and Cooking Groups.
Plan, coordinate, and participate in field trips.
Supervise, monitor, and train paraprofessionals in collaboration with the Little City Center for Education principal and/or designee.
Participate in all IEP meetings, team meetings, staff meetings, committee meetings, and other meetings as determined by the Center for Education principal.
Maintain weekly communication with student parents and residential case managers.
Participate in ongoing professional development to ensure certification/licensure remains current.
Develop, monitor, and revise classroom behavior management programs.
Administer formal, informal, benchmarking, classroom, and state assessments.
Provide needed accommodations for student learning and testing when required.
Build and maintain safe, fair, and respectful learning environments that celebrate the diversity of the student population.
Work collaboratively within a team environment.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Center for Education Principal that would be expected or anticipated of a special education teacher.
Maintain American Heart Association certification in First Aid and CPR.
Successfully complete Little City required training, re-training, and any additional training as required by Little City policies and practices, or as assigned by his or her immediate supervisor.