Special Education Teacher

• Serve as teacher of record for students and provide instruction, support, and guidance
• Manage the learning process for self-contained and ALT students according to individual IEP needs
• Monitor progress toward goals and maintain service logs
• Prepare compliant IEPs, progress reports, and other required special education documentation
• Collaborate with parents, colleagues, general education teachers, and learning coaches
• Participate in annual IEP meetings, special education meetings, data analysis meetings, and Professional Learning Communities
• Provide synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences
• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment
• Collect data and work samples to monitor IEP goals and objectives
• Document parent contacts, collaborations, and student interventions
• Ensure accommodations and modifications using assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text
• Provide special education services and support accommodations to promote IEP goal attainment
• Ensure inclusion and success in the general education classroom
• Maintain the grade book and provide input on placement and promotion decisions
• Prepare students for high-stakes standardized tests
• Maintain positive rapport with families and respond to students and parents in a timely manner
• Support parents with curricular, instructional, and basic virtual-classroom troubleshooting issues
• Support in-person student testing

• Provide instruction, support, and guidance to special education students according to each student’s IEP
• Manage the learning process for special education students
• Maintain compliance documentation required for serving special education students
• Implement instructional strategies that stimulate learning and increase student engagement
• Create instructional resources for varying student needs
• Collaborate with parents and colleagues on course goals, curriculum, and materials
• Participate in Professional Learning Communities and professional development
• Host live synchronous sessions
• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment
• Participate in data analysis meetings to monitor student growth
• Collect data and work samples supporting IEP goals
• Document parent contacts, general education teacher collaborations, and student interventions
• Modify K12 lessons and assessments according to IEP requirements
• Collaborate with general education teachers to support inclusion and student success
• Collaborate on progress, semester, and grade reports
• Provide special education services and support teachers and parents with accommodations
• Communicate with parents and related service staff regarding appropriate therapies
• Travel within and between assigned geographic areas to support students, attend meetings, and participate in school activities, open houses, and orientations

Special Education Teacher – Elementary School

• Provide individualized instruction and accommodations in general education and/or special education environments
• Support students’ diverse abilities and identify their unique needs
• Participate in the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) process and ARD Committee meetings
• Collaborate with students, parents, campus staff, District staff, classroom teachers, service providers, and support personnel to develop and implement IEPs
• Conduct formal and informal assessments and analyze student progress data
• Use data to plan instructional strategies, activities, materials, and equipment
• Implement modifications, accommodations, behavior supports, and Behavior Intervention Plans
• Support special education students across school settings
• Collaborate on student schedules and supervise paraprofessionals, volunteers, and assigned teacher aides
• Support communication, technology, problem-solving, social/emotional development, independence, and growth
• Provide or supervise personal, medical, and feeding care when specified in IEPs
• Maintain classroom environments, student records, confidentiality, and required documentation
• Participate in extracurricular activities, faculty meetings, committees, and professional development
• Comply with federal, state, District, and school special education regulations and policies

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