Teacher - Elementary (Special Education - Self Contained Communication Support Classroom) at York County School Division

Job Description

Title:   TEACHER - SPECIAL EDUCATION

Position Type: Exempt

Primary Function:

Assume responsibility for the instructional program for students with disabilities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess a bachelor’s or master’s degree in education or a related field.
• Hold or be eligible for a Virginia Collegiate Professional License or Postgraduate Professional License with appropriate endorsement in Special Education
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the community.
• Ability to develop and maintain required records and written reports.
• Possess high moral standards and integrity.
• Ability to use computer software programs and web-based applications.
• Ability to circulate around classrooms with varied seating and desk organization patterns.
• Ability to travel to more than one work location in the course of the day if assigned to an itinerant position.
• Ability to prepare required written reports.
• Ability to monitor and ensure appropriate student behavior, including outdoor activity areas, gymnasiums, etc.
• Possess high moral standards and integrity.

• Perform tasks assigned to all teachers (see Teacher - Classroom Job Description)
• Teach socially acceptable behavior in instructional settings to ensure environment is conducive to the learning process, including other parts of the school such as outdoor activity areas, gymnasiums, etc.
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials to provide individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of student with disabilities.
• Collaborates with school staff and parents to develop individualized educational programs (IEP) for students.
• Communicates regularly with parents or guardians to discuss student progress.
• Serve as a contributing member of school multidisciplinary teams.
• Adapt and modify curricula and instruction as required by individual students' educational plans.
• Conduct assessments, testing and diagnostic examinations of students, accordance to established procedures.
• Evaluates students’ progress; maintains appropriate records; prepares progress reports according to guidelines.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to plan for specially designed instruction for students with disabilities.
• Facilitate data collection process related to progress of IEP and academic goals.
• Ability to circulate around classrooms with varied seating and desk organization patterns.
• Serve as a member of Child Study, Eligibility, and IEP Committees
• Perform other duties as assigned by building administrator

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; and to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead.

Building Administrator

200 days a year. Salary according to School Board Pay Plan.

Performance on this job will be evaluated in accordance with School Board policy and administrative regulations on evaluation of (licensed/non-licensed) personnel.

The York County School Division does not discriminate on the basis of race (Title VI), color, religion, national origin, veteran status, sex, gender (Title IX), age or disability (Section 504), or any other protected class in its educational programs, activities or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following positions have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

         

Title IX Coordinator Chief Human Resources Officer 302 Dare Road Yorktown, VA 23692 757-898-0349

Section 504/ADA Coordinator Director of Special Education 302 Dare Road Yorktown, VA 23692 757-898-0455