Eastpointe Community Schools is Hiring a Special Education Teacher Middle School Near Eastpointe, MI
Job Title: CI Teacher for Eastpointe Middle SchoolPosition Description: Provide assistance to students with special needs, prepare education materials, adapting education plans to student needs, teaching concepts in an adapted manner, and helping students to improve their life skills. Minimum Job Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field
Michigan Teacher Certification - highly qualified in subject area for level
Endorsement: K-12 in LD, EI, CI, or ASD
Recommendations from coworkers or instructors knowledgeable about skills providing instruction to students with disabilities
Preferred: experience teaching elementary aged students with disabilities
Preferred: experience working with PowerSchool and PowerSchool Special Education
Additional Qualifications
Skilled with documenting services provided to students
Ability to balance a caseload of up to 15 students and meet deadlines for paperwork requirements
Essential Performance Responsibilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
Ability to interpret standardized testing results;
Ability to create meaningful IEP goals and objectives;
Ability to analyze academic and behavioral data and adjust instruction based on trends and patterns;
Ability to create specially designed lessons and activities for students with disabilities;
Ability to effectively interact with students with a wide variety of behavioral, emotional and socio-economic needs in addition to academic needs
Our Turnaround Teacher Will Skillfully Demonstrate
Strong desire and ability to achieve outstanding student achievement results in a short amount of time
Ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students in order to exert academic press and influence
Willingness to leverage the student support network to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed
Ability to motivate students and influence their behaviors
Capacity to hold ongoing instructional-specific conversations designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving student learning
Collaborative creation and execution of clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning with classroom teachers
Commitment to coordinate instruction within and across grade levels to support learning of at risk students
Aptitude to discuss subject specific content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning
Capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to the individual needs of students
Competence to collect and analyze data to inform instructional decisions
Design and utilization of formative assessments to modify and adjust instruction on a daily basis in collaboration with classroom and grade level teachers
Development of organized routines, communicate clear expectations, and grow a positive school culture
Building a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability
Ability to seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches or administrators for instructional support in the never ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-specific instruction to increase achievement of highest risk students
A turnaround teacher has the confidence to lead and possesses the following competencies:
Prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change
Achieve results by taking initiative and reflecting and acting on lessons learned
Maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence, directness, and the ability to monitor and plan ahead for increased student growth and efficient instruction for at risk students
Commit to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning for at risk students
Skillfully challenging the status quo by thinking analytically and conceptually, as well as problem-solving as it pertains to at risk students
Selection CommitteeEvaluated By: Supervising Administrator Salary Data: As per Negotiated Agreement with the EFE More Information about Eastpointe Community Schools: www.eastpointeschools.orgInterested candidates should apply at: https://eastpointeschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx