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Classroom Teacher, Middle School for 2019-2020
Full-time
Job Requirements:
- Master’s Degree required
- Middle Grades Special Education certification, or meets eligibility criteria
- Minimum of two years teaching experience at the middle school level working with children who have special needs
- Knowledge of multi-sensory teaching techniques
- Training and knowledge of a variety of academic programs and methods for teaching math and reading
- Knowledge of various assessment measures (standardized and non-standardized) and ability to interpret data to evaluate progress
- Knowledge of classroom behavior management and data collection
General statement of duties and responsibilities: Work with students in various settings, develop and modify a therapeutically guided curriculum, generate reports to meet students’ needs, communicate with families, coordinate with therapists, and plan for teaching assistants to carry out lessons.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with occupational therapists, speech therapists and support staff to develop and implement therapeutic goals within individual academic programs to carry out Wolf’s Immersion Model©
- Teach and plan for instruction across all subject areas
- Work with and plan for teaching assistants to reinforce and integrate lessons
- Participate in planning community outings to practice academic and social skills
- Administer academic screenings/assessments to develop individualized learning plans
- Ability to integrate and support use of educational technology resources in the classroom
- Communicate and meet with the Education Supervisor on a regular basis
- Communicate and meet with Social Emotional Educator as needed
- Communicate and update families on student progress
- Ability to work with families in support of the home/school partnership
- Develop IEP/Learning Plan goals and document progress throughout the year
- Attend weekly staff meetings, and all team meetings
- Complete educational reports twice a year
- Participate in parent conferences three times a year
- Consult with teachers, parents, administrators and outside professionals regarding the student’s individual classroom and home interventions
- Engage in ongoing professional development
- Develop and implement positive reinforcement systems and behavior management techniques in the classroom
- Communicate & coordinate with integrated art and music programs to support curricular study
- Maintain documentation and data collection as needed
- Other duties as assigned
For more information view our job description
To apply please send your resume to:
Lauren Duffy Karlsson
215 Ferris Avenue
East Providence, RI 02916
