What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Teacher position at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School?
Special Education Teacher responsibilities include:
- Plan, develop, and implement high quality instruction for students with disabilities (Grades 7-12)
- Create clear instructional lesson plans and implement effectively
- Identify the needs of assigned students through formal and informal assessments
- Administer, score, and interpret the results of educational evaluations
- Write accurate evaluation reports
- Participate professionally in Eligibility and Individual Educational Program Meetings
- Chair Annual Review Meetings for assigned students
- Complete all required documentation following IEP meetings
- Write and implement clear IEPs with appropriate goals
- Consult to general education teachers around accommodations and modifications for assigned students
- Maintain appropriate communication with parents via email, phone, and conferences
- Represent Special Education at Divisional/Domain planning meetings
- Attend all faculty and planning meetings
- Participate in professional development
- Maintain confidentiality
- Fulfill non-instructional or other duties as assigned
- Flexibility, collaboration, and a “growth mindset”
- Ability to multitask and perform a range of instructional and administrative tasks
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to provide mathematics instruction to students on IEPs
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
- Current Massachusetts licensure in Special Education: Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities, and (preferred) Mathematics (5-8 or 8-12)
- SEI Indorsement (preferred)
- Citizenship, residency, or work visa required
