WIP Intern - Special Education - Horizons Elementary School bei Appleton Area School District

Program Description

The Wisconsin Improvement Program (WIP) provides an excellent opportunity for school districts, educator preparation programs, and the Department of Public Instruction to collaborate in the preparation of future teachers. WIP pairs promising student interns with experienced cooperating teachers in a semester-long clinical experience.


Essential Function:
The purpose of this position is to provide quality learning opportunities for students with disabilities while maintaining a learning environment that enables each student to master academic, social/emotional skills appropriate to their age, grade level, and individual capacity while providing supervision throughout the day.
 

Responsibilities, Tasks & Duties:

Direct Support and Intervention:

•  Support students' daily functional routines and encourage independence
• Teach social, communication, self-regulation, academic, and functional skills
• Assess effectiveness by samples of work, rating scales, and other data collection
• Provide specially designed instruction to meet the IEP of each student
• Utilize teaching methods, resources, and suitable materials to meet student’s individual needs
• Ability to demonstrate willingness to adjust to alternative techniques, methods, and programs to meet student’s academic, social, and/or behavioral needs

Planning and Indirect Support:

• Collect and analyze data to address the ongoing needs of each student
• Prepare assessments based on the data
• Communicate findings with team members including but not limited to classroom teachers, related service providers, paraprofessionals, those working directly and indirectly with the student
• Prepare lesson plans and materials for classrooms

Classroom Environment:? 

• Manage the behavior of students to provide a safe environment for all students
• Establish and communicate to all students clear and challenging expectations at their instructional level
• Comply with and enforce district policies and school rules and regulations
• Create and maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the developmental level and interests of students
• Infuse Culturally and Linguistically Responsive teaching practices into the classroom environment to increase student engagement and strengthen relationships in the classroom environment

Team Meetings:

• Conduct meetings to promote communication and student learning
• Plan, review materials, prepare agendas, and conduct follow-ups as needed and in accordance with state-mandated timelines

Compliance:

• Complete and submit required reports, plans, and evaluations in accordance with district and state-mandated timelines
• All reports, plans, and evaluations are legibly and accurately completed with fidelity to DPI compliance standards and implemented within the legal timelines

Communication and Training:

• Consult, collaborate, and coordinate with other educators/service providers to promote student success
• Conduct conferences with parents and students regarding student progress and needs. Facilitate annual IEP meetings and follow-up meetings as needed
  Interaction with Students, Parents/guardians, and Outside Agencies:
• Support home school programs by conferences, meetings, and other communications
• Position requires various contacts and interactions with students, parents/guardians, and administration. Contact outside of the District includes community agencies/resources, and other school districts