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IDEA Special Education Teacher is the teacher of record for their students and provides instruction, support and guidance and manages the learning process focusing on self-contained and ALT students’ individual needs as defined by each student’s Individual Education Program (IEP). This role is also responsible for progress monitoring on goals and service logs as required in serving special education students and for all compliance documents required in serving self-contained and ALT students.
Job Responsibility:
Collaborate with parents and colleagues to manage coarse goals, curriculum, and materials that enhance the learning experience
Manager to create compliant IEP’s, progress reports and other state specific required special education documentation
Participate and provide input for collaborative special education meetings such as annual IEP meetings
Actively participate in Professional Learning Communities (or professional development)
Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students
Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment as needed
Participate in data analysis meetings to monitor student growth
Collect data and work samples to monitor student progress towards IEP goals and objectives
Document all contact with parents, collaborations with general education teachers, and interventions with students
Using provided resources to ensure accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities such as assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text
Provide special education services to students
support general education teachers and parents with student accommodations to promote the attainment of IEP goals
Ensure inclusion and success of student in the general education classroom
Provide personalizing learning for all students
Demonstrate a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations
Maintain grade book ensuring student academic integrity, provide input for student placement and promotion decisions, and alert administrators to concerns about student performance and progress
Prepare students for high stakes standardized tests
Understand that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner
Support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures
Support in-person student testing
Requirements:
Texas Special Education and ESL preferred
Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions
Receptive to receiving coaching on a regular basis with administrators
Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word
PowerPoint
Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
Strong written/verbal communication skills
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to support in-person student testing, attend professional development or other travel as required by the school
Ability to clear required background check
Nice to have:
Experience working in with self-contained and ALT students in the proposed age group
Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology
Experience teaching online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment