Special Education Teacher

Legacy Traditional Schools•Casa Grande, AZ

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Legacy Traditional Schools is seeking a Special Education Teacher to instruct children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school. The school emphasizes a positive and powerful energy that ignites a desire to be the best, inspires educators, and fuels school spirit. They aim to change lives through education, cultivate bright minds, achieve award-winning results, uphold values, and engage positively with students, parents, and communities.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in education
Current Special Education Teaching Certificate (issued by state education agency where campus operates)
Must be highly-qualified in subject area
Must be able to pass a criminal history background check.

Responsibilities

Meets and instructs assigned students at designated locations and specific times.
Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like, communicating these objectives to students.
Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media, consistent with the physical limitations of the provided location and the needs and capabilities of the individuals involved.
Strives to implement, by instruction and action, the district's philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives.
Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.
Recognizes and evaluates the learning and other disabilities of students on a regular basis; seeks the assistance or referral of district specialists as required.
Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
Makes provision for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
Performs other necessary duties as assigned.