Early Childhood Special Education - Teacher on Special Assignment Job at Mounds View Public Schools
- Current MN teaching license in Early Childhood Special Education or related services area and 3-5 years of experience in ECSE
- Skilled in culturally responsive teaching
- Skilled in effective communication
- Skilled at learning strategies- using multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things.
- Skilled at active listening- listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
- Skilled in social perceptiveness—being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react the way they do.
- Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques including curriculum design principles, learning theory, group and individual teaching techniques, design of individual plans, and test design principles.
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Primary Functions:
- Attend weekly child study meetings and provide guidance for appropriate special education placement and programming for students
- Collaborate with the Part C team to determine which students will be transitioning at age 3 and provide classroom placement
- Provide due process support to staff
- Create caseloads, determine number of sections needed for special programming, and support student scheduling
- Coordinate Kindergarten transition; schedule meetings, attend necessary meetings, and help determine the next appropriate placement/setting for students
- Serve as Administrative designee at IEP meetings
- Ensure that all components of IFSP/IEP programming are addressed
- Review due process paperwork to ensure MDE compliance on IFSPs and IEPs
- Support the Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process
- Provide professional development around due process when patterns of non-compliance are determined through IEP review
- Other duties as assigned
- Instructional Leadership Support
- Complete informal student observations, provide feedback and facilitates reflection around classroom routines with staff, procedures, strategies, learning tasks, assessment and materials
- Engage in reflection with the building instructional leadership team on instructional and coaching practices, sharing best practices, problem-solving issues and planning the building’s professional learning opportunities
- Collaborate with early learning coordinators and leads; plan and present professional development opportunities and provide resources to improve teacher performance and student achievement
- Coach teachers on the development of unit and lesson plans to include instructional activities that facilitate the development of students’ ability to think critically
- Strategic Leadership Support
- Communicate and support a shared vision of special education services
- Assist with the development of a collaborative culture by leading the special education department meetings
- Attend SELT meetings and ensure that information is disseminated to building level staff in a timely manner
- Support administration in the hiring of special education staff
- Provide a special education voice to building administrators
- Support district level initiatives related to student services
- Student Engagement
- Support interventions by providing pre-referral support
- Support behavioral processing for students with special education as needed
- Work with building leadership and behavior teams to ensure behavior support plans are available and followed
- Provide student supervision during high need times as time permits
- Collaboration
- Support teams by problem solving challenging behavior
- Child find collaboration
- Assist with the transition of incoming and outgoing students with special education
- Data Analysis and Guidance
- Provide guidance to improve instructional practices and through the modes of co-planning, co-teaching, and modeling effective instructional practices for teachers
- Participate in PLC’s to create learning goals and instructional goals based on various data sources
- Review TS GOLD and COS Data and determine programmatic goals
- Progress Monitoring
- Ensure up to date and accurate records of the building’s special education records connected to individual learner goals
- Ensure special education teachers monitor student progress and make instructional decisions based on progress
- Convene regularly with the special education department to review student progress data and develop instructional plans based on achievement data
- Managerial Tasks
- Maintain and update class list spreadsheet
- Be involved in building level and programmatic leadership meetings
JobID: 6563
Position Type:
Special Education Teaching
Special Education Teaching
Date Posted:
4/14/2023
4/14/2023
Location:
Early Childhood Education Center
Position: Early Childhood Special Education - TOSA
Early Childhood Education Center
Work Schedule: Part-time .50 FTE, 186 days
Start date: August 28, 2023
(The start date for new teachers is August 14, 2023. New teachers will attend additional professional development days at the beginning and during the first year of employment.)
Pay: Steps and lanes are in accordance with the teacher labor agreement
Benefits: Medical, dental, life insurance and other benefits as outlined in teacher summary of benefits
Required Qualifications:
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