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Special Education Teacher-Applied Skills
Job Description
Education :
Bachelor's degree and valid Indiana Teacher's license or eligible to receive a valid Indiana Teacher's license or permit inIntense or Mild Interventions Experience:
Professional experience in the employment discipline with professional, technical, and experience requirements. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.REFERENCES
Minimum of two (2) professional references required, including most recent supervisor. Assist in the achievement of the short and long-term educational goals of the school corporation. Serve as the instructional leader in the classroom. Design and conduct learning situations which instruct students in the content of one's respective discipline per the MCS adopted curriculum, course of study and Indiana Academic Standards. Stimulate each student to want to live an honest, responsible, fruitful life, instilling within each one a feeling of competency and productivity. Encourage students through a positive personal attitude to utilize every opportunity for a constructive learning experience. Systematically acquire knowledge about individual students for helping them plan and conduct needed learning experiences. Teach students the skills for recognizing fact, opinion, theory, approximation, bias, and propaganda, and for evaluating each in terms of personal value. Participate in curricular and program development with principals, supervisors, and department chairpersons for initiating curricular improvements meeting students' needs. Assume active participation in in-service programs for professional improvement. Observe established policies of the corporation and school; make recommendations for changes in policies when advisable. Confer with students and parents at appropriate and set times. Sponsor and supervise reasonable extracurricular assignments, chaperon school events, and monitor assigned areas. Involve the students and parents, when feasible, in planning, implementing, and evaluating units of study. Execute teaching activities in a constructive and meaningful manner. Evaluate student progress, issue grades and reports; prepare, record and report class attendance. Handle discipline problems within classroom areas, arrange and conduct parent conferences; assist in building discipline and security. Supervise paraprofessional, student, and volunteer helpers. Perform other duties assigned by the Principal.Career Insights for Special Education Teacher
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What they do
A Special Education Teacher teaches students who have disabilities, and adapts teaching methods to meet the needs of students. Assesses students and helps to develop individualized education plans that specify the services and accommodations needed for each student. Works in a classroom that includes only students with IEPs, or works with students and teachers in regular classes. For students with severe disabilities, may focus on developing skills for independent living. Works as part of a team that includes therapists, school counselors or social workers.
$64,133 / year median in Indiana
+5% projected growth