What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elbert's Lighthouse Special Education (GNETS) - ECMS position at Elbert County Middle School?
Job Description: Elbert’s Lighthouse (GNETS) Teacher
Reports to: Middle School Administration, Site Coordinator, Lighthouse, and Special Education Director
Compensation: Teacher salary
Qualifications:
Valid Georgia teaching certification is preferred
Successful classroom experience working with students with challenging behaviors preferred
Job Goal:
To teach students with challenging behaviors in a public school program setting while teaching them replacement skills to transition back into their traditional school environment
Position Status: Certified
Certification: General Education Curriculum preferred (Preferably: Dual Certification in Adaptive and General Curriculum)
Professional Responsibilities:
- Uses a computer-based program to deliver instruction to support individual needs when applicable
- Utilizes de-escalation & physical restraint techniques when necessary
- Creates and participates in the Crisis Response Teams
- Plans and implements individualized education programs (IEP) in the therapeutic classroom
- Visits schools for consultation and program planning regarding the needs of students
- Supervises teacher assistants and other staff assigned to the therapeutic classroom
- Assesses students to determine educational or developmental status
- Participates in intake and staffing process for referred children
- Conducts weekly staff planning with other members of the treatment team to evaluate the progress of children in the program
- Interacts with staff, students, administrators, and parents in a professional manner
- Maintain accurate student records for behavior, attendance, and IEP goal data collection and provide feedback to students, parents, and faculty
- Use and knowledge of universal screeners
- Communicate with parents and staff regarding student’s emotional and educational progress
- Responsible for periodic data collection on children in therapeutic classrooms to evaluate student's progress toward individual goals
- Conducts and revises functional behavioral assessments and implements behavior intervention plans
- Teaches students best practices through the use of Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Abide by IDEA and Georgia Special Education Rules & Regulations
- Uses Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) within the classroom
- Differentiated Instruction
- Learn the graduation requirements
- Maintain a positive environment and modeling positive behavior
- Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as the director may, from time to time, assign or delegate
*All employees are required to submit to a criminal record check. The Elbert County School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation in any of its employment practices, educational programs, services or activities. The Elbert County School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.