Job Details

Job ID: 4937828

Job Description

Position Title: Autism Resource/Classroom Teacher

Salary Range:

Contract Length:

Immediate Supervisor: Principal, Special Education Supervisor, Special Education Director

Basic Function:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with school staff to meet the individual needs of students.

• Problem-solve with teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school staff

• Conduct small group and individual trainings to increase understanding of students specific needs and facilitate appropriate accommodations

• Work with School nurses, speech/language pathologists, related services professionals, parents, and outside agencies to provide a full range of services based on the students needs.

• Assist school psychologists in determining eligibility for special education services.

• Works with the CAT team to provide assistive technology, as needed.

• Facilitate the successful school experience of students with autism including:

• Transitions to new Schools

• Curriculum, instruction, and materials accommodations per students IEPS

• Organizational needs

• Communication needs

• Behavioral/social needs

• Sensory modality needs

• Transportation needs

• On with parents of students with autism:

• Provide autism information that is relevant to Students’ needs

• Act as a liaison between home and School

• Provide written verbal progress reports as indicated by the IEP, (daily to quarterly)

• Provide direct interventions, as needed, for academics, social skills, and behavior.

• Develop IEPs for students on the assigned caseload to assure that all needed components of the IEP meet the needs of the student and are Article 7 compliant.

• Utilize available technology to increase student independence and engagement.

• Participate in staff development and professional growth opportunities.

• Participate in school-wide curriculum and assessment initiatives, as appropriate for individual students

Qualifications:

• Required experience and training

• Licenses in at least one area of special education

• Highly Qualified at the primary level

• Applicant must not have had a recommendation for Positive Assistance/Probation on their most recent evaluation

• History of timely submission of comprehensive and complete IEPs

• Documented college course(s) on Applied Behavior Analysis (OR direct work experience supervised by a practicing Behavior Analyst), OR Training in the TEACHH Model (i.e., Structured Teaching)

• Successful teaching experiences (verified through professional references) including:

• Conduction social skills groups for high functioning students with ASD

• Visually structuring academic tasks (i.e., TEACCH model)

• Organizing sensory diets for specific students with ASD

• Supporting students with ASD in general education classrooms

• Structuring the environment with:

• Visual schedules that support all the activities of the day

• Independent work citations to support independence

• Task Analysis of academic skills that show a student the visual relationship between various aspects of the task to be learned

• Skills in designing accommodations for general dedication classrooms, to help students with ASD better understand the expectations

• Experience with differentiating diagnosis of ASD from other disabilities

• Professional strengths which include:

• Ability to maintain a calm, supporting manner i the face of concurrent, multiple student challenges

• Effective collaboration skills with general education teachers

• Ability to develop through IEPs with effective Behavioral Intervention Plans

• Excellent organizational skills, including a visual schedule for all staff who are assigned to work with specific students

• Ability to train and direct several paraprofessional to work efficiently in the same classroom

• Strong data keeping system

• Skillful in “saying less” and “showing more” when working with students

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Physical Demands:

Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and other technologies and office equipment, sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time; kneeling; bending at the waist; lifting; pushing; pulling and carrying equipment, supplies and materials weighing up to 25 pounds; repetitive hand movement and fine coordination to use a computer keyboard; emotional stability to work effectively under pressure and to keep all aspects of the job under control; hearing and speaking to exchange information in person or on the telephone; seeing to read; prepare and assure the accuracy of documents.

Position Type: Full-time

Positions Available: 1

Job Categories

Special Education, Autism