Teacher, Emotional Support (K-4)

Job Description

Title: Teacher, Emotional Support (K-4)

Reports To: Principal

Supervises: Instructional Assistant, Emotional Support

Employee Type: Full-Time, Long-Term Substitute, Salaried, Exempt

Summary
Proactively support students with their social and emotional development, and assist classroom teachers in developing plans/strategies for student success. Creatively design and assign activities that modify general curriculum to appropriately meet students’ needs.
 
Job Responsibilities
This list is intended to be illustrative rather than complete and serves to show major duties and responsibilities and does not express or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position. The employee will be required to perform other duties requested by the supervisor and/or school administrator.

• Assist classroom teachers with instructional strategies to facilitate inclusion
• Determine student progress by collecting and monitoring appropriate data
• Coordinate and facilitate parent meetings
• Understand and implement empirically supported behavioral interventions
• Establish instructional/learning environment for students to reinforce appropriate student behavior
• Develop and adapt a variety of instructional activities to meet the students’ individual goals/objectives based on the student’s IEP
• Submit reports in a timely manner to coincide with IEP review meetings
• Enforces the CCS Student Code of Conduct, the CCS Uniform Code, and the CCS Computer Usage Code
• Promotes good citizenship through actions as a role model
• Conducts himself or herself according to professional, ethical principles that reflect favorably upon the individual and the school
• Maintains highest level of confidentiality pertaining to school and students’ information, progress, and records 
• Assumes other responsibilities assigned by supervisor and/or school administrator 
• Abides by the CCS Employee Manual, CCS policies and procedures, and all current PA Public School expectations 

Qualifications

• A four-year college degree and PA Special Education (PK-8) Teacher Certification. If certification is from a different state, PA certification must be obtained within a determined time frame.
• Demonstrated competence teaching, with a record of successfully impacting student achievement
• Demonstrated competence as a special education teacher.
• Ability to set priorities and adapt to change
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy, as well as differentiated instruction based upon student learning styles
• Knowledge of basic computer operations
• Required Clearances include Criminal Background Clearance (Act 34), Child Abuse Clearance (Act 151), and FBI Fingerprint Clearance (Act 114), all dated within one year of receipt
• Meets criteria for employment in a PA Public School

Work Environment and Physical Demands
The mental and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb stairs, and reach overhead
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Noise level in the work environment is usually mild to moderate depending on the specific site