Job Title: G.I.S Special Education Teacher FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Direct Reports To: Superintendent or Designee
Days: 10 Month
Division/Campus: G.I. S Date Revised: 10/18/2022
Primary Purpose:
TITLE: Special Education Teacher
Category: 10M
Contract Type: None
Program or Department: School
Reports to: Superintendent or Designee
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
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BASIC FUNCTION:?
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The Teacher, Special Education provides students with specially designed instruction that is based on district curriculum and is aligned with the student’s individualized education program (IEP).
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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- Bachelor's Degree
- Texas teaching certificate in a core subject
Primary Responsibilities:
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Teaches core academic subject areas such as English, Reading, and Math at the elementary level. Secondary resource teachers must be highly qualified in English, Math, Social Studies, or Science. In addition, these teachers will also provide Inclusion (Co-teach, Support Facilitation, Content Mastery) support; will plan and work collaboratively with general education teachers to provide accommodations to meet specific learning needs of students; provide strategies and interventions that address specific skill deficits; and provide students with disabilities opportunities to receive rigorous academic instruction with teachers who are experts in both content and pedagogy.
Skills for Learning and Living (SLL): Teaches students with cognitive disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
Structured Learning Center (SLC): Teaches students with autism in the least restrictive environment.
Behavior Support Center (BSC): Teaches students with significant emotional disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
Preparing Students for Independence (PSI): Teaches students with severe cognitive, communicative, sensory and/or physical disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
Preschoolers Achieving Learning Skills (PALS): Teaches preschool-aged students who are identified as having a disability.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
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Mental Demands:
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Maintain emotional control under stress. Ability to read, analyze and interpret data and information for effective classroom presentation. Ability to actively engage students and parents in the learning process. Ability to effectively resolve parent and student concerns and manage student behavior in the classroom in a positive, constructive way.? Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with a variety of people.
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Physical Demands:
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Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.? Frequent speaking and listening, reading, writing, and using computers. Ability to lift and move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.
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WORK ENVIRONMENT
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OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE CATEGORY
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