Special Education Teacher

Assume lead responsibility for planning, managing, delivering and evaluating standards-based instruction for students with disabilities. Provide the leadership in creating a classroom environment that promotes high levels of achievement and social-emotional growth for all students.

• Align practice and work with the agency mission, vision, guiding principles, trauma-informed care, the Neurosequential Model and the Re-ED philosophy.
• Assist with the planning, delivery, and documentation of Mental Health Day Treatment services.
• Work collaboratively with classroom team members to provide an integrated program of education and mental health services and supports inclusive of academic, social-emotional, and behavioral programming within an ecologically based model.
• Work collaboratively with all team members, including agency and center staff, parents, and other professionals to implement the program and achieve the best possible learning outcomes for every student.
• Use a variety of assessment strategies and instruments to design individualized programs (IEPs) and standards-based instructional plans and to evaluate student skills and progress both formatively and summatively; engage in data-informed practice to promote student achievement.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate lessons that advance the learning of each student and are aligned with the Ohio Learning Standards and Extended Standards, where appropriate, using agency-adopted curriculum materials with implementation fidelity, and write high-quality plans that reflect the classroom academic program.
• Practice the principles of effective instruction and pedagogy: use diverse and differentiated, developmentally appropriate instruction, effective grouping strategies, and appropriate learning materials to individualize teaching and learning activities to the needs of the students.
• Use strategies and tactics including those that involve technology to create learning environments that promote consistency and predictability to provide safety and emotional well-being as well as high levels of student engagement, learning and achievement.
• Carry out all duties with regard to the Ohio State Testing Program in alignment with the rules and regulations and the individual IEP decisions regarding participation.
• Responsible for knowing and understanding all content areas for assigned grade levels and collaborating with teachers and supervisors as needed.
• Produce required IEP assessments, Lesson Plans, and reports accurately and according to schedule (IEPs, tests, assessments, Learning Reports, High School Credit Reporting Worksheets, etc.).
• Assume responsibility for professional growth and performance as an individual and as a member of a learning community.
• Implement the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Model with fidelity and effectiveness to support treatment and to reduce/avoid restraints.

• Bachelor's degree, minimally.
• Special Education Teaching Credential: Intervention Specialist License (M/M or M/I), Alternative SPED License, Supplemental SPED License, or Education of the Handicapped Certificate in the SPED area appropriate for the teaching assignment (SBH, ED, MH, EC, etc.), preferred. Minimally Substitute licensure, required.
• Highly Qualified Teacher status in core subject areas preferred.
• Experience working with behaviorally challenged children/youth.