What are the responsibilities and job description for the SPED - Resource Teacher K-2 position at GEO Academies?
Description
About Us
GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
Reports To/Term
Principal and Administrative Team
This is a 10-month position.
Essential Key Functions
A SPED Resource Teacher will perform the following duties
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
About Us
GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
Reports To/Term
Principal and Administrative Team
This is a 10-month position.
Essential Key Functions
A SPED Resource Teacher will perform the following duties
- Maintain student service logs
- Create and modify student lessons
- Keep daily service logs
- Conduct small group lessons
- Provide individual student services
- Push into general education classrooms
- Collaborate with classroom teachers
- Provide services to student as outlined in IEP
- Write IEPs
- Meet deadlines
- Monitor progress
- Maintain updated service schedule
- Maintain updated caseload lists
- Provide accommodations
- Parental contacts w/documentation
- Facilitate academic testing
- Facilitate state testing
- Communicate suspensions
- Attend all required staff meetings
- File state documents in Special Education file and office
- Other functions assigned by supervisor
- Follow all school policies
- Dress professionally
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 credit hours in content area
- Valid Louisiana Teaching License for (K-6) and SPED endorsement
- At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment
