Special Education Teacher

Job Description & Requirements

Saint Clare School for special Education , an Edutrust certified Private Educational Institution is looking for Special Education teachers to provide assistance across the whole school in supervising and helping our students

Duties and Repsonsibilitites

. Primary responsibility is to ensure that students have appropriately written individual education plans and that these plans are being implemented in all school settings.

. Plans must be developed following a process that reviews and considers all relevant factors including assessment data curriculum-based measurements and input from all team members.

. Is also responsible to monitor the plan to ensure program compliance: that required timelines are being observed that direct services, accommodations, modifications and other services indicated on the plan are being implemented in all school settings and that the student is benefitting from the services provided.

. Communicate with Principal - the teacher needs to make sure the principal has a list of all the students for whom the teacher is responsible and access to those students IEPs. The teacher must notify the principal if any part of a student's plan is not being implemented appropriately despite the teacher's efforts to correct the problems via consultation with other school personnel.

. Keep all confidential documents, such as IEPs and evaluations, in a secure location (records must be locked in a cabinet), this includes computer files.

. Manage Special Education Assistant Teacher(s): express expectations hold regular conferences provide frequent feedback clarify preferred disciplinary practices and classroom routines.

. Maintain regular contact with parents: send positive notes home as much as possible keep parents abreast of school events send progress reports home as indicated in the IEP.

. Manage behaviour programs: develop and maintain student behaviour management programs communicate with teachers and other involved personal regarding behaviour management programs.