What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elementary SPED Teacher position at Blue Ridge School District?
BLUE RIDGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT-JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: ELEMENTARY SPED TEACHER
FLSA-EXEMPT-SALARIED POSITION
10 MONTHS PER YEAR
Reports to: Principal
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must possess a valid Arizona Special Education Teaching Certificate
- Must be “Appropriately Certified"
- Valid fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the District.
- Develops lesson plans and appropriate instructional aids and where appropriate laboratory learning methods.
- Provides opportunities, when needed, for individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
- Designs learning activities relevant to the real world.
- Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive classroom environment.
- Effectively uses technology and other standard or teacher-prepared instructional aids.
- Teaches the assigned subject (s) in accordance with the District approved curriculum.
- Evaluates each student’s progress in accordance with the District Policies and Guidelines.
- Communicates with parents or guardians the progress of each child.
- Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude and learning problems.
- Participates in curriculum and other developmental programs.
- Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities.
- Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities.
- Conducts such duties as described above in the area/subject/grade assigned under the supervision of the building administrator.
- Maintains records on all students as required by the District.
- Perform other related or unrelated tasks as assigned by the Principal.
- Direct Instructional Assistants in work assignments as needed.
- Completes and maintains all Special Education paperwork in a timely manner and in accordance with state and federal law.
- Attends required meetings as related to Special Education including but not limited to IEP Meetings, MET Meetings, Etc
