• Special Education Teacher

    Sweetser (Saco, ME)


    Special Education Teacher - Saco

     

    Job Code:13026

    Department:Education Program

    FT/PT Status:Full Time

    Summary:

    Reimbursement provided for Teacher Recertification!

     

    Come join our team of Special Educators and day treatment clinicians. We help prepare students for meaningful lives by contributing to their educational and social emotional development. Our classroom ratios are small, we build strong relationships with students and families through a comprehensive educational clinical approach, we embrace restorative justice practices and we have an experiential learning component for students. We offer 2/3 tuition for ongoing certification and professional growth for educators.

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

    • Establishes and adjusts course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and state and local school system goals, and modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures.

    • Conveys information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids, such as audiovisual equipment and computers.

    • Completes educational requirements by implementing the Individual Educational Plan, including goals and objectives, involving students in community and social programming based on individual need, scheduling and assigning instructional activities and following up on results.

    • Assesses student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; reviewing and correcting assignments; eliciting student questions and responses; and evaluating the daily academic and behavioral progress of students.

    • Maintains student learning results by providing instructional feedback; coaching, counseling, and disciplining students; and planning, monitoring and appraising learning results.

    • Guides students’ personal and social development by establishing expectations and procedures for administrative matters, student verbal participation, and student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on the playground.

    • Helps parents by providing academic information; suggesting available educational and social resources; addressing parents’ concerns answering questions and requests.

    • Maintains student behavior by providing the appropriate degree of supervision during both instructional and non-instructional time.

    • Contributes to school’s effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; and implementing directives.

    EDUCATION:

    • Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary or Secondary Education or Special Education,

    CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

    • Holds 282 certificate or eligible for conditional application according to Maine Department of Education.

    • Maintain a valid state driver’s license.

    EXPERIENCE:

    • Teaching experience with special education population within a special education setting, self-contained program, day treatment program, and resource room.

    • Experience in teaching life skills and background that enables participation in the overall treatment program and to meet the emotional and developmental needs of the persons served.

    • Persons with lived experience in the Mental Health, Trauma Based and/or Substance Abuse system are encouraged to apply.

    KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

    • Personal characteristics and temperament suitable for working with students with special needs.