QUALIFICATIONS:

Possess a valid West Virginia Teaching Certificate with Certification in Multi-Categorical K-5 with an Endorsement in Autism or eligibility for permit and agrees to fulfill certification requirements.

• Possess a valid WV Teaching Certificate in any content area K-AD.
• Completion of a successful background check.
• Demonstrated ability to provide differentiated instruction and intervention to students exhibiting a wide range of abilities and behaviors.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Exhibits the physical attributes to passively restrain both male and female students who display aggressive and violent behavior over an extended period of time
• Knowledge/experience of how to interpret and apply test data, including Alternate Performance Task Assessment
• Knowledge/experience in providing computer assisted instruction to exceptional students
• Knowledge/experience in providing established procedures for medically fragile students
• Knowledge/experience developing and implementing IEP’s and MEP’s
• Knowledge/experience in the appropriate identification and placement for exceptional students
• Training and experience in a variety of strategies including PECS, TEACCH, Discrete Trial Teaching, Social Stories, Applied Behavior Analysis, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Co-teaching, Crisis Prevention Intervention.
• Any additional combination of training or experience which would lead to successful employment as a Special Education Teacher.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:
• Collaborate with or without mental health provides, classroom teachers, parents, and other specialist to address the social/emotional learning of all students
• Adhere to all federal, state, and district laws and policies.
• Promote and adhere to the district mission, core beliefs, academic goals, and target areas.
• Demonstrate a deep and extensive knowledge of the subject matter.
• Design standards-driven instruction using state-approved curricula.
• Use a balanced assessment approach to guide student learning.
• Understand and respond to the unique characteristics of learners.
• Establish and maintain a safe and appropriate learning environment.
• Establish and maintain a learner-centered culture.
• Utilize a variety of research-based instructional strategies.
• Motivate and engage students in learning, problem solving and collaboration.
• Adjust instruction based on a variety of assessments and student responses.
• Facilitate a de-escalation space for students in crisis.
• Provide check-ins and monitor students participating in classes throughout the day.
• Guide and monitor individualized supports and schedules for all students participating in the social/emotional learning classroom.
• Engage in professional development for self-renewal that guides continuous examination and improvement of professional practice.
• Engage in collaborative learning opportunities for self-renewal with colleagues.
• Participate in school-wide collaborative efforts to support the success of all students.
• Work with parents, guardians, families, and community entities to support student learning and well-being.
• Promote practices and policies that improve school environment and student learning.
• Provide measurable progress of student learning of state-approved curricula.
• Demonstrate professional conduct as defined in law, policy and procedure at the state, district, and school level.
• Provides a program which may include behavior management, emotional/social skills, academic instruction, career education, leisure skills and daily living/survival skills (which may include toileting and related lifting)
• Assures that instruction is programmed in sequence and systematically presented
• Utilizes a varied multidisciplinary approach when providing direct instruction and/or integrating with other instructional areas of study
• Provides direct instruction which encourages students to generalize and maintain skills and attitudes in appropriate life situations
• Selects learning outcomes with consideration given to the following:
• present skills of the students
• age appropriateness
• social acceptability of the skill
• the functionality of the skill
• Conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBA) to determine what motivates and maintains a challenging/interfering behavior of an individual with disabilities
• Develops, monitors, and modifies a behavior plan for students with disabilities
• Establishes a classroom atmosphere that is caring and safe
• Encourages individual social and academic growth
• Establishes a classroom structure which provides a learning environment which is well-planned, highly structured, consistent in expectations and consequences, and success oriented
• Facilitates parental involvement in the management plans for individual students
• Develops and implements an individualized educational plan (IEP) for each student that is learning and goal oriented with defined expectancies
• Administers, scores and interprets the appropriate assessment instruments, including observations, as part of the multidisciplinary evaluation team (MDET)
• Consults with parents on a regular basis regarding any progress and program review/revision to ensure least restrictive environment
• Collaborates with consultants and therapists to implement the goals and objectives for related services
• Maintains complete and accurate records while documenting information appropriately
• Works with staff, organizations, agencies and the community to promote and develop an understanding of the program
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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