Special Education - Middle School Resource - Warden School
Warden, WA
About the Job
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Warden School District Warden, Washington 98857 Tel: 509 349-2366 FAX: 509 349-2367 |
Job Title: Middle School Special Education Teacher (School Year 2024-2025) | Date: 08-21-2024 |
Job Description | |
DESCRIPTION: The primary role of the Special Education Resource Teacher is to maximize each student’s potential. This embraces all facets of the student’s environment; his home, family, school and community. Combined with information from other disciplines, the special education teacher at the secondary level attempts to provide a holistic approach to aiding each student in their development of becoming a functional member of society as they transition into the adult world.
SALARY RANGE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DS9V3LLIi2oepZ1rqt7_F-A_MsqME0Xv/view
BENEFITS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q4NIT2b0KaQqIIu4ErBJlO19xjUMZmBu/view
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Knowledge of special education process. 2. Valid Teaching Certificate with Special Education endorsement. 3. Conduct diagnostic/functional assessments as a member of a team. 4. Take a leadership role as case manager as designated by the team. 5. Capable of prescribing methods and/or strategies to facilitate success pursuant to individual ability. 6. Gather and analyze data. 7. Evaluate progress through student achievement and mastery of behavioral objectives pursuant to IEP. 8. Communicate effectively with staff, students, parents and agencies. 9. Work closely with other teaching staff. 10. Work with individual students or small groups and/or give direct instruction to individuals or groups. 11. Demonstrate community awareness and knowledge of various support agencies. 12. Promote team building. 13. Demonstrate student advocacy.
Desired Qualifications Bilingual in Spanish
Reports to: Principal
Supervises: No direct reports.
RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Case manager/teacher leader/facilitator. 2. Administer functional assessments. 3. Keep timelines and maintain records in an organized manner. 4. Assist regular education in adapting curriculum to meet student needs. 5. Act as a liaison between agencies and school. 6. Plan/develop/administer functional curriculum with general education staff. 7. Comply with monitoring standards. 8. Identify jobs/analyze jobs/job coach and arrange for on-the-job training in the community. 9. Facilitate student development of Career Pathways Portfolio. 10. Supervise instructional assistant(s). 11. Other duties deemed necessary and appropriate by the supervisor.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Working area will be in a regular education classroom. Provide specially designed instruction to students. Maintain inventory and equipment assigned to classroom. Provide programming within budgetary constraints. Teaching assignment will be determined on an annual basis by the building principal.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: Experience in a rural school district working with a diversified population. Coaching, club and advisory positions available.
Terms of Employment Consistent with district policies and current Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Evaluation Evaluation of this position will be consistent with State and district requirements.
Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position: The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by a teacher 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 teacher must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and may assist, move, or retrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues.
While performing the duties of this job, the teacher is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear and speak. Teacher may be required to perform extensive work at a computer display terminal.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, or consistent with the subject being taught, but can be abnormally loud on occasion.
While performing the duties of this job, the teacher may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The teacher may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.
The teacher may be required to travel in school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.
The Warden School District complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, families with children, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a disabled person, Viet Nam or more recent veteran status and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. This holds true for all district employment and opportunities. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district’s Title IX/RCW 28A.640 compliance officer, Michele Cram, and Section 504/ADA coordinator Tawnya Martinez-Halliday, at 101 W. Beck Way, Warden, WA 98857. Telephone (509) 349-2311 ext, 1580.
El Distrito Escolar de Warden cumple con todas las reglas y regulaciones federales y estatales y no discrimina por razones de edad, raza, credo, color, origen nacional, sexo, orientación sexual, estado civil, las familias con niños, la presencia de cualquier discapacidad sensorial, mental o física o el uso de un perro guía entrenado o animal de servicio por una persona con una discapacidad, Vietnam o estado veterano más reciente y proporciona igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados. Esto es cierto para todo el empleo y las oportunidades del distrito. Las preguntas sobre los procedimientos de cumplimiento y / o quejas pueden ser dirigidas a Michele Cram, la oficial de cumplimiento título IX / RCW 28A.640 del distrito escolar, y a la coordinadora de la Sección 504/ADA, Tawnya Martinez-Halliday, al 101 W. Beck Way, Warden, WA 98857. Teléfono (509) 349-2311 extensión 1580. | |
