ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:   Other duties may be assigned.

• Follows legal requirements as dictated by state and federal statutes.
• Instructs individuals and groups in special education skill areas.
• Plans curriculum, lessons, and special education programs and teaching methods.
• Evaluates and monitors student progress.
• Maintains physical environment of the classroom.
• Prepares report cards, educational records, classroom observation records, and other forms.
• Maintains communication system with parents/care givers of classroom students.
• Plans individual educational programs designed to meet student’s needs and conform to state and federal laws.
• Assumes responsibility for the development and implementation of specific objectives to meet the needs of each individual student.
• Maintains regular attendance.

JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• The ability to interact with public and other staff is required.
• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program.
• Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community.
• Ability to speak clearly and concisely in written or oral communication.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises students and special education assistants for instruction purposes.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Valid teaching certificate with appropriate special education endorsement.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, managers, employees, clients, customers, and/or the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to apply financial concepts and statistical inferences.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to use available information and develop long-term and short-term goals and objectives.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk, see, and hear, (corrected or uncorrected).
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift 40 pounds or more individually and/or push/pull up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are  representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the environment is variable depending upon the activities in the environment.
• The employee must constantly work to meet deadlines.
• Certain teaching positions in special education dealing with more severely involved students will be at greater risk to exposure to infection than the average person; whereas, teachers working with behaviorally disordered students will be more involved with confrontational and assaultive behaviors.