What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Teacher position at The SEED School of Washington D.C.?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Special Education
Qualifications:
- Promote Equity: Define, understand, and promote equity so that we can eliminate gaps and systematically interrupt institutional bias.
- Provide rigorous, joyful, and inclusive academic and social emotional learning experiences to ensure all students are college and career ready.
- The Teacher (10-month) will report to the Director of Student Support Services.
- Sets and reinforces clear expectations and routines that are aligned with the school’s overall vision.
- Develops and implements curricula and activities to meet academic standards.
- Thoughtfully plans daily lessons and implements speci?c strategies to meet the needs of all students, providing extra support, enrichment, or variation of work when necessary.
- Demonstrates strong content knowledge.
- Designs and implements assessments that measure progress towards academic standards and diagnoses areas of student misunderstanding.
- Uses assessment data to refine curriculum and informs instructional practices.
- Is accountable for students’ academic growth and increase each individual student’s achievement.
- Creates a positive, achievement-oriented learning environment.
- Reflects on successes and areas of growth as a teacher, seeks to improve performance, and responds to feedback.
- Participates in collaborative curriculum development, grade-level activities, and school-wide functions.
- Invests parents and families in their children’s academic success through regular communication.
Special Education
- Serving as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Providing specialized instruction as prescribed by Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).
- Participating in MDT, IEP, manifestation determination, and other related meetings.
- Working collaboratively within the classroom setting to implement student IEPs.
- Collecting data for the purpose of monitoring academic progress and evaluating effectiveness of services.
- Providing technical assistance on strategies that improve outcomes for special education students.
- Implementation of behavior intervention plans and functional behavior assessments.
- Keeping thorough records of each student receiving services.
- Completing student progress reports.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's in Education or Liberal Arts.
- Experience working in Urban Education.
- Praxis II passing score required in the content area.
- Knowledge of K-12 teaching standards and frameworks.
- A love of working with young people.
- A commitment to a diverse and inclusive community.
- A passion for teaching in an innovative, experiential, and student-centered environment.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with students, parents, faculty, and staff.
- Personal qualities including resilience, approachability, and kindness.
- Excellent technology skills and experience integrating technology into the curriculum.
