Special Education Teacher - Preschool

• Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials to meet individual needs of students
• Instructs students, using special education strategies and techniques
• Uses lessons that incorporate best practices, accommodations, and equipment that best meet individual needs of students
• Creates learning materials and bulletin boards that foster motivation and learning
• Works with students to increase motivation, provide consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning, and continuous feedback
• Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, therapists, social worker, and others to develop individual educational program for each student
• Incorporates and carries out student's behavior programs
• Directs and maintains well-organized classroom routines and schedules
• Completes required paperwork including evaluations, weekly/monthly data sheets, reports, quarterly evaluations, attendance, lesson plans, classroom schedules
• Administers and scores standardized testing to evaluate and/or assess assigned students’ needs
• Develops appropriate education objectives and goals for individualized program, treatment, or education plans
• Plans and directs classroom duties of teaching assistants (TAs)/paraprofessionals
• Coordinates, plans, and completes required paperwork for fieldtrips where allowed, including reserving and driving vans
• Coordinates and plans special activities such as classroom celebrations, guest speakers, and special events
• Assists with planning for and carrying out summer programming
• Assists with feeding and changing of students and other personal care needs
• Keeps monthly progress data to show student's progress towards goals and objectives
• Communicates with guardians and other staff about student's progress through quarterly reports
• Attends team meetings and other meetings held to discuss student needs
• Conducts monthly observations for public school children where applicable
• Arrives before students and is prepared for the instructional day
• Maintains good attendance
• Dresses appropriately and professionally
• Completes annual training hours as required
• Supervises one to three teaching assistants in the classroom
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring and training employees
• planning, assigning and directing work
• appraising performance
• rewarding and disciplining employees
• addressing complaints and resolving problems

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year College or university with major in Special Education
• Arkansas teaching license required
• Certification in special education preferred
• Individuals completing an alternate licensure plan will be considered
• Three or more years’ experience as a classroom teacher preferred
• Valid Arkansas Driver's License
• FBI Criminal Check
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Physical ability to stand, walk, use hands, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste, smell, sit, climb, balance, and occasionally lift up to 100 pounds with assistance
• Specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

• Certification in special education
• Three or more years’ experience as a classroom teacher

$2,000 SIGN-ON BONUS