Classroom Teacher / Special Education

Job Description:

Are you looking to impact a child's life? Is education your passion?

Are you looking to use your past gained experience to help make children successful, no matter the challenges they may face?

If your future plans are leading you toward a new adventure?

Then we would love to invite you to look at Ädelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Services as your next step in your career path. Ädelbrook offers a supportive and collaborative environment encompassing a variety of professionals and disciplines with one goal in mind; meeting the unique needs of our students.

Our educational programs have small classrooms with low student to staff ratio, adaptive curriculum and assessment aligned with common core standards and IEP goals and objectives. Our programming includes modified discrete trial teaching and ABA based methods.

As an employer Ädelbrook offers competitive salaries high quality and low cost health insurance, generous paid time off, a matching retirement savings plan. We also support continuing education with reimbursement programs and matching loan programs.

The responsibility of the Special Education Teacher is to strengthen a student's academic, vocational, behavioral, emotional, and social skills, enabling the student to maximize his/her potential and return to mainstream community schooling. The Special Education Teacher will implement an education program that facilitates the treatment process in compliance with the student's IEP. This is an exempt, 219 day, including ESY position that reports directly to the Director of Education.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Instruction and Interaction with Students

1.Administers and interprets educational diagnostic testing that culminates in a comprehensive educational evaluation and/or IEP.

2.Performs behavioral observations to obtain baseline data; writes a report that assesses the student's entry levels of behavioral, emotional and social functioning.

3.Creates instructional opportunities that support students' academic, social

and personal development; designs tasks that meet curricular goals, build upon students' prior learning and advance the students toward important learning goals.

4.Demonstrates proficiency in central teaching concepts and skills, tools of inquiry and structures of the discipline(s) s/he teaches.

5.Employs a variety of instructional strategies that enable students to think critically, solve problems and demonstrate learning skills.

6.Monitors students' understanding of each lesson and adjusts teaching as necessary.

7.Establishes and maintains appropriate standards of student behavior and creates a positive learning environment that reflects a commitment to students and their successes.

8.Demonstrates a commitment to his/her students and a passion for improving their educational performance.

9.Functions as a member of the PPT team for each student. Reviews the academic performance of each student quarterly, at PPTs and via report cards.

10. Participates in therapeutic holds in accordance with PMT training if a student is at risk of hurting her/himself or another human being.

Education, Experience and Other Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Special Education from an accredited college or university and CT Certification in Special Education required. Minimum two years teaching experience in a regular or special education classroom setting is preferred.

Training in PMT, CPR, mandated reporting and professional boundaries is required and may be taken post-hire. Must have a positive attitude, demonstrated good judgment and ability to establish rapport with students and colleagues. Knowledge of IEP development including goals and objectives, accommodations and modifications is required.

Knowledge of materials and functions of a Positive Behavioral Support system is necessary. The ability to work with students and other employees from diverse ethnic, economic, educational and religious backgrounds is requisite as is commitment to the CT Code of Responsibility for Teachers*.