SUMMER SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
Qualifications:
To
perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1.
Must hold valid Idaho Exceptional Child Certificate endorsed for
the appropriate levels and areas.
2.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and transfer students weighing up
to 200 pounds with the assistance of appropriate equipment.
3.
Ability to work with students, staff, parents and the public.
4.
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may
find appropriate and acceptable.
Reports to
:
Building Administrator & Director of Special Services
Supervises:
Paraprofessionals
Job Goals:
To
provide each special education student with a program that will
enable him/her to reach his/her fullest intellectual, physical,
emotional, psychological and behavioral potential.
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
1.
Displays content knowledge and makes connection between content
and other parts of the discipline.
2.
Plans a program of study that aligns with district and state
standards and meets the individual needs, interest, and abilities
of students assigned for instruction.
3.
Completes all district and state assessment mandates using the
data provided to drive instruction.
4.
Reflects understanding of current research and best pedagogical
practice.
5.
Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of special education
laws and procedures.
6.
Develops and implements Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
7.
Maintains student compliance filed in accordance with federal,
state and local procedures.
8.
Displays thorough understanding of typical developmental
characteristics of age group as well as exceptions to general
patterns.
9.
Displays solid understanding of the different approaches to
learning that different students display.
10.
Develops
instructional goals that adequately reflect identified individual
student needs as determined by evaluation or assessment.
11.
Uses
assessment results to plan for individual and group
instruction.
12.
Displays
knowledge of resources and knows how to gain access to enhance
student learning.
13.
Designs
learning activities, which are suitable to students' IEP
goals.
14.
Interacts
with students in a polite, caring and respectful manner.
15.
Conveys
genuine enthusiasm for subject and students.
16.
Supervises
paraprofessionals and volunteers.
17.
Responds
to student misbehavior appropriately and successfully.
18.
Demonstrates clear and accurate oral and written
communication.
19.
Engages
students in learning
20.
Persists
in seeking instructional approaches for students who have
difficulty learning.
21.
Makes
accurate assessments of instructional effectiveness.
22.
Monitors
student progress toward achievement of instructional goals.
23.
Communicates with students and parents about student progress on
a regular basis.
24.
Mains and
submits data for Medicaid billing as requested.
25.
Moves,
lifts and positions students as required.
26.
Seeks out
opportunities for professional growth.
27.
Maintains
high standards of ethical behavior and confidentiality of student
information.
28.
Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
Performs all
other duties as assigned.
Terms of
Employment:
An employee working in this position shall, at
all times, be subject to the direction of the persons to whom
said employee has primary responsibility or said person's
designee(s), and at all times shall be subject to the rules,
regulations and policies of the District as promulgated by the
board of Trustees.
Each employee shall be held
responsible for having knowledge of said school district rules,
regulations and policies.
This position will
have variable hours per day during the scheduled summer school
session.
Hours and days will be determined annually based on student need
and budget.
Wage paid on hourly basis.
Evaluation:
N/A
Physical Demands/Work
Environment:
The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is regularly required to talk and hear; sit; stand;
walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and
arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and lift and/or move up
to 50 pounds.
The employee must occasionally
transfer students weighing up to 200 pounds with the assistance
of appropriate equipment.
The work environment characteristics described
here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is
usually moderate, but can on occasions be loud.
Reviewed ________ Revised
03/11_