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Exceptional Student Services Teacher: Self-Contained

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in special education or approved alternative certification.

Certification/Licensing: Valid Georgia teacher's certificate

Proficiency Skills: Written and oral communication skills, student management, supervisory and leadership skills. Ability to employ a variety of instructional strategies that connect the curriculum to the learners. Ability to deal with multiple tasks, computer competence, organizational and interpersonal skills.

Personal Skills: Pleasant personality, cooperative attitude, physical skills and stamina to perform essential duties.

GOAL:

The exceptional student services teacher will provide quality services to special education students in inclusion, a multi-grade self-contained or resource classroom setting. The exceptional student services teacher will also provide appropriate instruction in a safe and orderly environment conducive to learning for all students.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure that all special education student information is updated and correct. (Student Information System, IEP programs, FTE and hard copies).
• Maintains appropriate student data and other records and submits reports as required in a timely manner.
• Ensures due process is followed by regularly progress monitoring, completing progress reports, conducting IEP reviews and completing and submitting accurate paperwork in a timely manner.
• Facilitate transitions from grade to grade and school to school.
• Assist with initial placements or data reviews to ensure that timelines are met for initial placements, including completion of referral packers, facilitating meetings, working on eligibilities and attending meetings as necessary.
• Collaborate with ESS Director, ESS Specialist, School Psychologists, student support teams and other key personnel.
• Collaborate with behavior specialist, therapists, and other supports as needed.
• Ensure transition plans are accurate and completed in a timely manner if applicable.
• Provide master lists of accommodations and schedules when requested and ensure that accommodations are carried out.
• Maintain a professional and helpful demeanor in addition to maintaining confidentiality.
• Prepare individual education plans in collaboration with parents and IEP team members.
• Completes weekly lesson plans that reflect specially designed instruction utilizing specialized curriculums tailored to students' needs.
• Acts as coordinator of IEP implementation with general education staff.
• Assists other professional staff in development of accommodations and evaluation of student progress.
• Works with special education students; modifying/adapting general education curriculum; and providing educational services in varied environments.
• Implement positive behavior plans with all students who have behavior needs.
• Implement research-based strategies in the classroom.
• Provide BPIS, accommodations and other pertinent behavior information to general education teachers, assistant principals in charge of discipline, and counselors if appropriate.
• Follow policies and procedures as outlined in the Exceptional Student Services manual.
• Communicate frequently with parents through positive contacts, progress reports, conferences and IEP meetings. Be available to address questions and concerns of parents.
• Ability to be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.
• Uses assistive and instructional technology and a variety of research based instructional strategies and resources as directed by IEP to enhance student learning and to provide technical assistance as needed to other professionals serving the student and family.
• Constant and consistent ability to supervise students required.
• Perform professionally and proficiently other duties as assigned.

Self-Contained and Resource Teacher:

• Design instruction, both individual and small group, to meet the unique needs of the students.
• Collaborates with general education teachers to build a schedule providing the least restrictive environment.
• Communicates with and directs paraprofessionals to provide academic and physical supports to students.
• Assists students physically with personal needs, physical needs, and emotional supports.
• Employee is capable of lifting up to 100 pounds.
• Adaptive certification required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employee (supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform assigned tasks. It should also be noted that the order of duties/responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.