RSP Teacher For 24-25 School Year

Resource Specialist Provides:

1.Support for the instructional program for students with special needs.

2.On-going student assessment and evaluation.

3.On-going planning with regular classroom teachers also promotes and supports the school Student Study Team/SST.

4.Instruction in all content areas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops educational plans (IEP's) for the purpose of meeting the individual needs of exceptional students

• Evaluates students for the purpose of identiying student needs

• Coordinates services to students for the purpose of ensuring efficient instruction and effective cohesive program

• Teaches/instructs students for the purpose of ensuring successful progress towards student's goals and objectives

• Consults/collaborates with staff, parents, and agencies for the purpose of ensuring appropriate delivery of services for students

• Schedules services for students for the purpose of providing efficientand effective services for students

• Knowledge and skills to provie instruction in the areas of English Language Arts, math, and algebra

Eductation and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree, including appropriate coursework in education

• Special Education Credential

• Experience preferred

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities Required:

• K-8 core curriculum content

• A variety of appropriate assessment tools to identify students with special needs

• How to implement an integrated instructional program

• How to write effective, meaningful student goals and objectives

• Appropriate options of delivery methods and services

• How to coordinate services with regular education classroom and program

• Appropriate modifications and/or accommodations and interventions of classroom curriculum

• Due process rights and procedures

• Effective interpersonal communication techniques

Ability to:

• Work with core curriculum and know wher eand how to access curriculum content Material

• Interpret and evaluate assessment results

• Coordinate curricular areas to help establish and integrated program for each student

• Conduct on-going evaluation of student goals and objectives

• Evaluate effectiveness of strategies and techniques used and adjust instruction and delivery as needed

• Work on a daily basis with teachers to develop and maintain teaming/communication

• Support classroom modifications and intervention strategies

• Translate all necessary documentation in an understandable format on Special Education forms and files

• Use effective and appropriate communication techniques with students, parents, staff, agencies and community members

• Work with students with exceptional needs

• Modify core curriculum and implement appropriate teaching strategies

Qualifications:

Language Skills: Have a great command of the English language.

Mathematical Skills: Mastery of basic math and Algebra

Technology Skills: Able to use excel, Word, PowerPoint, communicate via email, Google Docs

Reasoning Ability: Able to initiate tasks, plan and problem solve

Personal Qualities: Prompt, team player, flexible

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