Upper School Junctions

Upper School Junctions JobID: 288

Position Type:

Student Support Services/LD/BD Resource

Date Posted:

6/7/2024

Location:

Comprehensive Grammar School

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TITLE: Teacher of Upper School Intensive Classroom,Comprehensive Grammar School

DATE OF OPENING: SY24-25

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensure by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as special needs teacher under existing regulations; preferably Intensive Special Needs

• A Master's degree in special education preferred

• Background and experience in the teaching of lower school students with special needs

• Ability to accommodate and provide services to students with a range of abilities

• Excellent behavior management skills; Crisis Prevention Institute certification preferred

• Knowledgeable about developmental curriculum

• Knowledgeable about Common Core

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team

• Ability to conduct specialist assessments

• Outstanding preparation and/or experience may be substituted for some of the above qualifications.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate will be expected to work with students identified by the Evaluation Team as having special needs; develop, in coordination with the Evaluation Team, individualized educational plans for the students approved to receive special needs resource services and implement these plans; provide diagnostic testing of students referred; submit written forms, time logs, data of students and reports required by the building special education administrator and/or the in-service coordinator; participate in all special education staff meetings and in-service trainings and school programs; provide annual re-evaluations of students currently placed in the program; submit purchase orders for supplies and materials required in the program; complete a yearly inventory of supplies and materials; and participate in all regular school functions at the direction of the building principal

SALARY: Based on training and experience according to the current salary schedule as negotiated by Unit A of the Methuen Education Association

INTERVIEWS BY INVITATION ONLY

THE METHUEN SCHOOL DEPARTMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPURTUNITY EMPLOYER AND SERVICE EMPLOYER.

The Methuen Public Schools prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, gender identity, religion, national origin or sexual orientation and ensures that all students and employees have equal rights of access and equal enjoyment of the opportunities, advantages, privileges and courses of study.