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Assistant Special Education Teacher
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The Shooting Stars Program
Scarborough, ME (In Person)
$47,840 Salary, Full-Time
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Job Description
Develops and nurtures children with special education needs implementing educational programs; providing day-care; keeping children safe. Assisting special education teachers and treating therapists with implementing individual goals and objectives. Overseen by a lead special education teacher.
Duties:
- Stimulates emotional, intellectual, and social growth of students by developing and directing educational programs and activities tailored to assigned class;. Required to take daily data on individual IEP goals.
- Provides safe environment by maintaining orderly, clean, and appealing facilities; eliminating or removing known safety hazards; following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal recommendations.
- Encourages students' participation by providing interactive activities.
- Works closely with therapists to assist with implementing goals for speech/language, occupational and physical therapy.
- Keeps parents informed by posting parent information in the classroom; maintaining and sharing records of child's progress and behavior.
- Encourages development of student self-control by utilizing classroom management and modeling techniques.
- Ensures consistency of service by maintaining open communications with parents and staff. 8.maintains equipment and supplies following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; performing preventive maintenance, calling for repairs; inventorying supplies; placing orders; verifying receipt.
- Improves educational quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Enhances pre-school center reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.