The posting
TITLE: EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ability to communicate effectively and gain the confidence of administrators, parents, students, and teachers individually and in groups.
- Possesses skills needed to plan and conduct meetings, in-services, and workshops.
- Ability to maintain complete confidentiality and professional discretion.
- Initiative that will lead to continued program improvement and development.
- The willingness to work cooperatively as a team member with a variety of individuals and take directions from supervisors.
- Must have, or be able to obtain, and maintain a valid Kansas driver’s license.
- Must have and maintain a dependable means of transportation.
CERTIFICATE/LICENSE REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum of at least a Kansas teaching license in an area of preschool special education or the ability to obtain endorsement through a waiver.
REPORTS TO:
Executive Director-NKESC
Director of Special Education and/or Designee-NKESC
District Administrators
JOB GOAL:
The development of outcomes which will enable all children and/or student(s) with disabilities to take advantage of their learning strengths and overcome their identified needs that they may have the opportunity to achieve their overall potential.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with parents and appropriate team members to plan and implement Individual Educational Programs (IEP) and/or Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP) designed to improve child outcomes.
- Carry out responsibilities associated with case management for each child assigned to his/her caseload.
- Design and implement specialized instruction for each child, for whom responsible, that will help his/her learning strengths and overcome his/her developmental weaknesses.
- Determine and write an appropriate IEP or IFSP for whom responsible. (According to major components designated in IDEA).
- Provide the general education teacher(s) and/or parents with the IEP and/or IFSP and developmental appropriate strategies that are being used with children demonstrating needs.
- Provide informal or consultant role as initial indirect service to general education and/or community preschool teachers.
- Administer educational evaluations as qualified to determine child’s developmental strengths, weaknesses and learning styles.
- Provide parent support by informing parents on a periodic basis of child’s specific objectives and progress toward them (as required by law).
- Keeping accurate records related to the instruction and monitoring of all children for which they are responsible.
- Review child’s progress toward objectives consistently and modify program as needed.
- Initiate review staffings when necessary (at least once a year and any time a major program change is needed).
- Keeping accurate records related to the instruction and monitoring of all children for which they are responsible.
- Continually evaluate all aspects of the program to determine areas, which need improvement and then determine and implement methods to carry out improvement goals.
- Participate actively in the in-service activities provided.
- Provide supervision for paraprofessional/clerical personnel as directed by administration.
- Perform any other duties as directed.
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
- Exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed materials with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; and physical agility to reach overhead.
- Ability to move between schools, school buildings and multiple rooms.
- Ability to interact with children, students and families to assist in meeting their physical, emotional and psychological needs.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Executive Director and/or Designee as per board policy.
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Received by: Date:
