About this role
Qualifications
Appropriate NYS Certification in Special Education, SWD 1-6
General Performance Responsibilities
Facilitates the learning activities of exceptional children (Students with Specific Learning Challenges, Speech/Language Impairments, Intellectually Delayed, Emotional Disturbance, Other Health Impairments, Autism, Hearing Impairments, Orthopedic Impairments, Visual Impairments, and Traumatic Brain Injury)
- In the attainment of grade-level, subject, school, and system objectives
- Utilizes a wide variety of instructional strategies, devices, and methods
- Works with small and large instructional groups
- Functions effectively as a staff member of the school community
Major Responsibilities
- Instruction
- Teaches grade level or content area
- Provides adequate educational experiences to enable each student to develop, interpret, and transmit ideas effectively.
- Provide opportunities for each student to develop the ability to solve problems, think critically, and to study effectively.
- Classroom Management
- Establishes a classroom climate conducive to effective learning and study
- Systemizes clerical and record-keeping duties so that instructional process is uninterrupted
- Guidance and Counseling
- Assists each student in dealing with academic problems
- Works closely with guidance counselors and instructional teams on specific problems of individual students
- School Organization and Administration
- Contributes to continuous improvement of educational program by initiating suggestions for staff Consideration
- Serves on committees
- Professional Development
- Engages in appropriate studies and activities to improve professional competence
- Contributes to solution of education problems of the school district
- School/Community Relations
- Works closely with parents in guiding the growth and development of students
- Case Manager Responsibilities
- The special education teacher's responsibilities not only include teaching. Their job also requires case management of their students as a whole. This includes all paperwork related to the students and plans for intervention. The case manager is legally responsible for following the terms of a child's IEP to provide the services recommended by the CSE. As the Case Manager for a group of students, the case manager:
- Updates, manages, and ensures the full implementation of IEP's
- Assesses Progress periodically throughout the school year based on the district's progress reporting time frame.
- Ensures that progress reports are being completed, based on goals and by those individuals addressing
the goals.
- Ensures that parents receive an updated copy of the goals with the progress marked as well as any additional notes or paperwork related to the ongoing assessment.
- Ensures that parents are involved in the planning and implementation of the IEP process.
- Ensures that the general education teacher is implementing modifications and strategies prescribed in the IEP process.
- Provides services to students within the general education classroom and works with the general education teachers as co-workers.
- Collaborates with general education teachers in all planning and changes to the IEP when they are working with students with IEP's.
- Meets periodically with students to assess and discuss student' progress challenges and needs to meet their goals and /or objectives.
- Meets with parents, students, various educators and/or clinicians working with students.
- Reviews progress reports for their students thorough out the school year.
- Advocates for students and works with all stakeholders.
Reports to: Building Principal; Responsible to the Special Education Supervisor, and the Director of Special Education. (Updated 4/2023)