SPED TEACHER (Inclusion/Resource) PRE-K

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Must hold an appropriate Alabama Professional Educator Certificate
• Must meet the suitability criteria for employment as required by the Alabama
• Child Protection Act of 1999 and ACT No. 2002-457

REPORTS TO: Principal

ANNUAL CALENDAR DAYS: 187 Days (9 Months)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Effective interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on communication and collaboration with a wide variety of people and groups.
• Ability to develop and implement curriculum and programming specific to the needs of assigned students.
• Ability to identify and solve problems as a productive team member.
• Ability to use technology to communicate, to plan and provide instruction, to facilitate student learning, to manage data, and to produce/submit required reports.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, assist with student toileting and specific hygiene needs. (Maybe required).
• Ability to transfer students, feed students, and provide physical intervention when required (May be required).
• Ability to be punctual and in regular attendance.
• General Responsibilities:
• Assess students, needs for transition and related services.
• Participates in the development of students' individual education plans (IEPs) as a member of the IEP team.
• Implements the students' IEPs.
• Schedules and participation in IEP meetings.
• Employs a variety of instructional strategies and techniques consistent with the individual needs and capabilities of students.
• Assists in managing student behavior to include crisis interventions when needed including restraining disruptive or physically dangerous students within the guidelines of including restraining disruptive or physically dangerous students within the guidelines of Crisis Intervention and Prevention (CPI) training.
• Monitor student participation in regular education programs as appropriate, collaborating with regular education teachers and other school system personnel to maximize student progress, and providing assistance and/or specialized materials or lesson modifications as needed.
• Maintains appropriate student supervision so that students have a safe and orderly environment in which to learn.
• Works effectively and collaboratively with peers, parents, administrators, and other school system staff to maximize student achievement.
• Creates or selects long-range instructional plans based on review of system and state curriculum priorities, student IEPs and instructional priorities.
• Define goals and objectives for long-range instructional, departmental, grade level and daily lesson plans.
• Identifies specific intended learning outcomes that are challenging, meaningful and measurable.
• Selects, develops, modifies, and/or adapts materials and resources which support learning objectives and address students' special needs.
• Creates a learning climate that is challenging yet non-threatening.
• Interprets and uses data (including but not limited to standardized and other test results) for diagnosis, instructional planning and program evaluation.
• Uses ongoing assessment to monitor student progress, to verify that learning is occurring and to adjust curriculum and instruction.
• Communicates, in understandable terms, individual student progress knowledgeably and responsibly to the student, parents and professional colleagues who need access to the information.
• Maintains appropriate confidentiality regarding student/school/workplace matters.
• Reports potential problems, unusual events, or work irregularities to appropriate administrative or supervisory personnel.
• Responds to inquiries, requests, constructive feedback, concerns and/or complaints in a timely and positive manner.
• Properly uses and cares for equipment and material resources of the school system and effectively supervises and monitors students in the care, maintenance, and use of tools equipment, and inventory.
• Reports absences and takes leave in accordance with Board policies and procedures.
• Performs any other job-related duties as assigned by the principal or immediate supervisor.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must frequently lift and/or move a minimum of 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move a minimum of 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to communicate effectively in English, using proper grammar and vocabulary, stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger; handle; or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

OPELIKA CITY SCHOOLS SALARY SCHEDULE 2024-2025

9 MONTH TEACHER (187 Days)

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