What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Teacher position at Summit Behavioral Services?
Summit Achievement Center - North
Special Education Teacher- Job Responsibilities
The special education teacher is responsible for the oversight of the IEP process, academic goal planning, academic program development and evaluation, assessment/testing, progress reporting and any other task considered part of the IEP process. It includes but is not limited the following responsibilities:
Student Support
- Collaborate with BCBA to collect baseline data, determine new/appropriate goals for the students. Schedule and prepare for new student meetings (approx. 45 days) with the IEP team. This typically involves a lot of changes, material preparation, and paperwork.
- Oversee completion of quarterly progress on IEP goals. Review progress reports before sending the final reports to districts and parents.
- Prepare/maintain permanent records for all current students, as well as former students.
- Arrange various team meetings, pertaining to programing and classroom needs, including IEP meetings for students. This also involves collaboration with all team members (e.g., parents, district personnel, therapists, etc.) to ensure notification and attendance of these meetings. Send draft to parents, districts.
- Administer all district mandated testing (MAP or MAP-A, EOC exams). Participate in training.
- Maintain inventory of books, supplies, and educational program materials. Includes finding new/appropriate curriculum for students as the need arises. Collaborate with the district to ensure curriculum is generalizable and accessible for transition. Academic Programming Lead will assist with these.
- Collaborate with therapists. Liaison for related services with the school districts for training, testing requests, AAC device maintenance, scheduling services, materials, and etc.
- Assist with scheduling and monitoring related services (SLP/OT/PT).
Staff Support
- Collaborate with case managers, leads, BCBA, and related service therapists regularly to review student data, discuss program changes, offer ideas and support with IEP programs.
- Assist staff in finding/attending workshops or other professional development opportunities.
- Coordinate leisure activities in the community, volunteer locations as needed,
and coordination of these events in students’ daily schedules.
- Train new staff on academic data entry and quarterly academic progress reporting.
Additional Support
- Assist with crisis intervention - as needed.
- Support student lunches – as needed.
- Conduct observations of potential students based on direction given by BCBA.
- Participate in parent and district tours - as needed.
- Conduct observations of district placement options and prepare students for transition back to districts with BCBA.
