Special Education Teacher For Life Skills Program- (Elsp)

Duties

Purpose:

To provide a positive, enthusiastic, nurturing, and caring educator to serve as a special education teacher in a self-contained educational life skills classroom. Candidates must possess a willingness to work towards the development of a continuum of special education programming.

Responsibilities:

• This self-contained program serves students whose disabilities include moderate to severe cognitive impairments.

• Candidate should have at least 3 years experience in working with students with a range of disabilities

• Understands basic classroom management theories and methods; with strategies for individual behavior management, crisis prevention, intervention, de-escalation techniques, and the balance between classroom management with academic teaching strategies.

• This program utilizes use of community resources and functional skills curriculum to address the needs of the students.

• Use various teaching methods to promote learning including intensive individualized instruction, problem-solving assignments, and small-group work.

• A full complement of related service and individualized mainstreaming or integration opportunities are available as recommended by the IEP team.

• Provide physical care as needed: diaper, toilet, feed, reinforce adaptive PE/motor activities per instructions from therapist(s); assist, as needed, with independent living skills; employee may have to use physical ability to lift students and perform other manipulations

• Creates a classroom culture which is a cognitively busy place, characterized by a shared belief in the importance of learning; establishes high expectations and personal achievement.

• Understands the aspects of schedule, routines, and transitions that promote development and learning.

• Demonstrates ways in which technology can assist with creating and managing the learning environment, incorporating the verbal and visual redirection and classroom expectations.

• Provides supervision of paraprofessional educators.

Qualifications

• Professional Educator License - LBS-1, Psychologist, or Social Worker

• At least 3 years working in school districts

• Early Childhood through Middle School Experience preferred

• Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Salary/Benefits

Based on experience and education level

How to Apply

Please follow the link to our online application.

Link to District/Third Party Online Application Web Page

https://www.applitrack.com/d21/onlineapp/default.aspx

Email Address

robert.gurney@ccsd21.org

School District

www.ccsd21.org

Position Website

https://www.applitrack.com/d21/onlineapp/default.aspx

ILearn Link

ILearn

Report Card Link

District Report Card

Job Posting Date

6/10/2024

Application Deadline

7/15/2024

Start Date

12/10/2024 12:30:59 PM