Special Education Teacher Job Description
The mission of our organization is to provide an excellent public education focused on developing and demonstrating understanding, while building connections within a diverse community.
We are seeking an experienced and innovative special education teacher who is excited to work in a unique charter school environment and who has at the core a powerful alignment to our school's mission and a deep appreciation for the unique needs of diverse learners. We expect our educators to be leaders and to play an active role in realizing the school's mission by building and shaping our school culture and guiding students to academic achievement and growth into capable citizens in a diverse and complex world.
This is a full-time position located in Kansas City, MO. Our schools are in strong demand: in 2015, we had ten times more student interest than space available. Our classrooms are challenging and joyful learning environments that engage children through projects tailored to their personal experiences, strengths, and needs.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Develop Curriculum Maps
2. Developing curriculum maps, lessons, and units of study that meet or exceed requirements of Missouri Learning Standards and incorporate constructivist learning strategies.
3. Ongoing Assessment
4. Ongoing assessment of student progress and achievement using a variety of means to collect and report on academic data.
5. Tailored Instruction
6. Using data to tailor instruction to meet individual student academic and social needs with a goal of having a vast majority of students performing on-grade level or above in all subject areas.
7. Comprehensive Assessment and Individual Education Plans
8. Leading the design of comprehensive assessment and individual education plans for students with severe disabilities that require a functional and/or alternative temporary or long-term curriculum.
9. Professional Development
10. Participating in professional development activities, both internal (led by the principal, lead teachers, and visiting experts) and external (visiting other schools, attending conferences, and engaging in best practice sharing with others in the charter school community).
11. Community Involvement
12. Participating as an active member of the community to provide stewardship of the school and adherence to its mission and guiding principles.
13. Maintaining High Level of Professionalism
14. Maintaining a high level of professionalism including meeting deadlines, and commitments to self, students, and the community.
15. School Compliance
16. Monitoring and implementing School's compliance with all student Individual Education Plans (IEPs), maintaining active and up-to-date records.
17. Assisting Director of Special Education
18. Assisting the Director of Special Education with monitoring and implementing the School's Special Education Program, which includes compliant timely response to parent inquiries, student assessment, and reporting.
19. Student Support Teams
20. Assisting the Director of Special Education with supporting and leading the convening of the Student Support (Success) Teams, providing clear agendas, goals, and documentation of each meeting.
21. Collaboration with Teachers and School Leaders
22. Assisting the Director of Special Education with conferencing with teachers, school leaders, and other instructional personnel, external educational agencies, to aid in the development of robust, appropriate, educational programming and supports to students who are at-risk of failure, not meeting school academic goals, and/or currently being supported by a formal IEP.
23. Response to Intervention Program
24. Assisting the Director of Special Education with overseeing and implementing the School's Response to Intervention program and monitoring and documenting school-wide, including classroom progress toward goals.