Special Education Teacher
Description
Hours: 35 hours- Mon-Fri 8:00am – 3:30pm, follows school calendar, including 6 week summer session
Location: The Creative Learning Center, 17 Anderson St., New Rochelle, NY 10801
Salary- $55,000.00 – $63,000.00
Sign on Bonus - $3,500.00
Position Summary: Provide Special Education supports to children in a special class in New Rochelle, NY. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and adapt to meet the needs of children with special needs as per IEP goals. Utilize the Teaching Strategies Gold to create weekly lessons plans to support learning in all developmental domains. Utilize Second Step and Pyramid Model practices to support positive social-emotional skill development. Familiarity with children on the autism spectrum and planning discrete trials is preferred. Responsible for writing quarterly, regression and annual progress reports. Communicate with related service providers and families frequently. Participate in team and annual review meetings. Supervise Teaching Assistants. Mandated reporter. Required to continue professional development including 30 hrs training for OCFS every two years.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrate care, support, and compassion for young children and families.
Plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and adapt to meet the needs of children with special needs as per IEP goals.
Responsible for writing quarterly, regression and annual progress reports.
Communicate with related service providers and families frequently.
Participate in team and annual review meetings.
Supervise Teaching Assistants.
Mandated reporter
Qualifications: NYS Certification, Students with Disabilities (B-2), or documented plan to attain certification.
Travel Requirements: none
Physical Requirements: This job requires working with young children in a school setting. This position requires working with young children who may need help with self-help skills including toileting/diapering, lifting up to 50 pounds, running, etc. These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position, which are reviewed in each case.
The Guidance Center of Westchester is an EEO employer-EEO, AAE, M/F/V/D
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