Secondary Special Education Teacher

$3,000 Sign-On Bonus!!!

Secondary Special Education Teacher (SPED).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Provide a learning environment to motivate youth to take responsibility for their education.

· Prepare daily lesson plans and instruct groups, providing in depth attention students as necessary.

· Assess each student’s learning style; design and implement curriculum, instructional strategies, and materials appropriate for the youth.

· Communicate, orally and in writing, all appropriate information, both within the classroom and outside the classroom (in the log and in youth charts) and to relevant outside agencies.

· Complete all necessary paperwork to insure proper recording of student progress, including daily attendance records and progress reports for grading periods and Individual Education Plans.

· Maintain emergency lesson plans for use by substitutes.

· Maintain proper norms and security of youth and provide crisis intervention as necessary.

· Responsible for the process of developing, monitoring, and reviewing the Individual Education Plan (IEP) as guided and mandated by federal law:

§ Administer the Mini-Battery of Achievement to all incoming students.

§ Review the IEP; make any necessary modifications.

§ Collect data on student’s goals and complete necessary paperwork for the meetings.

§ Provide remedial work and skill building as needed.

§ Complete Progress reports upon student’s discharge.

· Supervise youth in order to observe or effect changes in their social behavior, and to maintain security of facility and grounds for community protection.

· Participate in the treatment of the student through observation, interaction, scoring, limit setting, and implementation of treatment plans; assist in the development of a positive peer culture.

· Report significant changes in social behavior and make recommendations for changes by participating in Treatment Team meetings.

· Escort students to work, mealtime, recreation, education activities, and participate in their supervision and instruction.

· Limited one-to-one counseling.

· All other duties as assigned.

Required:

• State of Iowa teaching license. (Instructional Strategist - Special Education required)
• It is an essential function of the job that staff be able to physically perform Emergency Safety Interventions (ESI’s).
• A State of Iowa class D3 chauffeur’s license and clear MVR is preferred.

The Special Education Teacher job is located in Woodward, Iowa.

Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401k program.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Tuition reimbursement and loan program.
• Coaching opportunities.
• Free meals while working.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Wellness program.
• Parental leave.
• 24/7 On-Site weight room and gym access.
• Birthday as a paid day off.
• Competitive paid time off.
• Holiday pay.
• Housing assistance.
• After you have been a Full-Time employee for 7 (seven) years you will receive an additional four (4) weeks of paid time off.
• DailyPay

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $51,000.00 per year