Job description

Job summary

Openings to support students with special education within either 1st-6th, 7-8th or 9-12th grades in an environment that nurtures the children's academic, social, physical, emotional and spiritual needs; in an environment that challenges each child to reach his/her fullest potential, in accordance with the Montessori philosophy and California State Education curriculum benchmarks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The list of duties and responsibilities are not listed by importance or priority. Other duties may be assigned:

• Develop Individualized Education Plans and manage the learning experiences for students within special education to ensure the needs of the groups and individual students are met.
• Serve Specialized Academic Instruction, collect regular data to inform instruction, participate in goal writing and implementation, write and facilitate IEPs as necessary.
• Assist students toward self-directed learning, executive functioning and normalization
• Create and implement individualized lesson plans and communicate with team members (teachers, parents, and providers etc) regularly
• Participate in professional activities designated by the Principal, which may include workshops, curriculum development, retreats, meetings, planning, and other professional pursuits.
• Attend all pre-announced staff meetings and professional sessions, including staff, department, committee, and evening parent meetings.
• Work to develop close and effective relationships with parents, including opportunities to discuss and understand the child’s individual progress; encourages them to bond with both the class and the larger school community; provides individualized tracking of student progress.
• Share in the rotation of arrival and dismissal responsibilities with other site teachers.
• Participate in the admissions process, speaking from time to time with prospective families--at the request of the Principal about the special education department.
• Follow the school’s policies and procedures for student evaluation and record keeping, meeting all due dates as required; including the administration of standardized tests.
• Participate as a member of the Response to Intervention team to assess the needs of the school community to help identify and implement Child Find to identify students with disabilities.
• Supervise and develop work plans for special education assistants, interns, class parents, and other aides who support the classroom and individual students on your caseload.
• Support in assessing students through academic achievement testing.
• Participate in special education team meetings.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Valid California State Special Education Credential

Qualifications:

• Experience teaching in Special Education environment and working with parents, teachers and administration.
• Knowledge and skill in instructional principles, methods and techniques of Special Education- Serving Specialized Academic Instruction, collecting regular data to inform instruction, goal writing and implementation, experience writing and facilitating IEPs
• Skill in obtaining, clarifying and exchanging information.
• Skill in overseeing and coordinating with related service providers (Speech, OT etc
• Skill in behavior management.
• Skill in handling student discipline.
• Ability to organize and coordinate activities.
• Ability to serve as role model and treat students as individuals in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people in a multicultural, diverse socio economic setting.
• Ability to fully participate as a team member in a professional learning community.
• Ability to learn about and embrace and incorporate the Montessori philosophy.
• Record of continuous professional development.
• Attuned to variations in learning style of individual students and willing to adapt to them.
• Demonstrated enjoyment and understanding of children.
• Demonstrated ability to write proficiently, speak in public and work with adults.
• Computer proficiency including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, E-Mail and internet research.

Other Qualifications:

• The ability to establish and maintain, foster, positive, and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the performance of duties.
• The teacher must maintain the health and energy level needed to work with students.
• The teacher must maintain a positive, open, and professional attitude toward other staff members, parents, and students.
• The ability to handle challenging situations with evidence of maturity and good judgment. Must have openness to learn about the Montessori philosophy, the school’s mission and objectives and be able to implement these philosophies. Must be able to serve as a model of behavior and philosophy to students, parents, and the support staff.
• Able to work effectively as a member of a team.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
We follow protocol instruction from Alameda County and Hayward Unified School District.

Work Location: In person

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