Exceptional Children's Teacher

Mitchell Middle School

Contact: Jason Hall, Principal- jhall@mhslive.net

               Anthea Biddix, Interim EC Director- abiddix@mhslive.net

 

General Definition of Work

Under general supervision, provides special education services to students identified as disabled in accordance with state and federal regulations.  Work involves developing and implementing the Individual Education Program in classroom settings that are compatible with the student's age and developmental level.  The EC teacher is responsible for developing lesson plans, adapting materials and designing activities to assist EC students develop appropriate academic, behavioral, and social skills and to meet their IEP goals.  The teacher is responsible for monitoring student’s progress and for maintaining EC records in compliance with state and federal guidelines. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials providing effective teaching strategies.
• Maintains effective classroom management, recognizes and addresses learning and behavior issues.
• Understands developmental appropriateness of materials and differentiates instruction to meet the needs of all learners
• Develops and implements an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system-wide curricular goals and the students’ Individual Education Program. 
• Is responsible for the development of Individual Education Programs (IEP) for students with disabilities; implements the IEP; and uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to update IEP’s as needed.
• Provides direct special education instruction to identified students.
• Assists disabled students with their personal and self-help needs, such as eating, toileting, and other essential tasks that the students are not able to perform by themselves.
• Maintains student records in accordance with North Carolina’s Procedures Governing Programs and Services for Children with Disabilities; and complies with state and federal education statutes. 
• Acts as a case coordinator for assigned students’ consults with community care-givers, school support professionals, and parents to better understand and meet student needs. 
• Evaluates accomplishments of students on a regular basis using multiple assessment methods; provides progress and interim reports for feedback
• Communicates with parents/guardians in a timely manner; maintains positive and constructive communication with students, staff, parents, and community.
• Protects students, equipment, materials, and facilities taking necessary and reasonable precautions.
• Upholds and enforces board policy, district goals, administrative procedures and school rules and regulations. Adheres to health and safety policies.
• Maintains appropriate work habits, including regular and punctual attendance and appropriate use of conference and planning time.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments. 
• Keeps current in subject matter knowledge and learning theory; Attends workshops, seminars and conferences as well as staff, department, curricular development and committee meetings and staff- development session as required.
• Respects the confidentiality of records and information regarding students, parents, and teachers in accordance with accepted professional ethics and state federal laws.
• Shares responsibility during the school day for the supervision of students in areas of the school.
• Ability to perform non-instructional duties as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, calculators, pencils, scissors, equipment for children with special needs, etc.  Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.  Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
• Requires the ability to ready a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc.  Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc. using prescribed format.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.  Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal and counseling terminology.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.  Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Requires the ability to talk and hear.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment. 
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.