Exceptional Children Teacher - Self-Contained Classroom

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •NC Teaching License in appropriate subject area
• •Qualifications to obtain a NC teaching license
• •Ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights
• •Ability to lift weights above 30 pounds (rarely)
• •Ability to handle/works with biohazards
• •Ability to handle risks for potential job-related injury
• •Ability to drive automotive equipment
• •Ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing
• •Ability to use hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations
• •Ability to bend, squat, reaching
• •Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics of data, people or things
• •Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information
• •Ability to receive instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants
• •Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc.
• •Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, contracts, policies, handbooks, budgets, etc.
• •Ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• •Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• •Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form
• •Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• •Ability to record and deliver information
• •Ability to explain procedures
• •Ability to give oral and written instructions
• •Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including educational and legal terminology
• •Ability to utilize mathematical formulas
• •Ability to add and subtract
• •Ability to multiply and divide
• •Ability to utilize decimals and percentages
• •Ability to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory
• •Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape
• •Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment
• •Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools
• •Ability to have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination
• •Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• •Ability to be adaptable to performing under stress
• •Ability to perform when confronted with emergency situations
• •Ability to talk and hear
• •Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken words
• •Ability to perceive nature of sounds by ear
• •Ability to communicate via telephone
• •Ability to align instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
• •Knowledge of content appropriate to teaching specialty
• •Knowledge of the links and vertical alignment of grade or subject taught
• •Knowledge of how students think and learn
• •Knowledge of appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of students
• •Ability to know when and how to use technology to maximize student learning
• •Ability to encourage students to ask questions, think creatively, and draw conclusions
• •Ability to teach the importance of cooperation and collaboration
• •Ability to communicate effectively in ways that are clearly understood by students
• •Ability to use multiple indicators to evaluate student progress
• •Ability to think systematically and critically about student learning
• •Ability to participate in continued, high quality professional development
• •Ability to understand that change is constant
• •Ability to work collaboratively with all school personnel to create a professional learning community
• •Ability to advocate for schools and students by promoting positive change in policies and practices affecting student learning
• •Ability to uphold the Code of Ethics and Standards for Professional Conduct
• •Ability to provide an environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship with caring adults
• •Ability to encourage a climate that is inviting, respectful, supportive, inclusive, and flexible
• •Knowledge of diverse cultures
• •Ability to treat students as individuals by maintaining high expectations for all students
• •Ability to appreciate differences and valuing contributions
• •Ability to adapt teaching for the benefit of students with special needs by collaborating with specialists
• •Ability to improve communication and collaboration between the school and the home and Community
• •Ability to know the ways in which learning takes place
• •Ability to plan instruction appropriate for students by collaborating with colleagues
• •Ability to choose methods and techniques that are most effective in meeting the needs of students
• •Ability to analyze student learning
• •Ability to link professional growth to professional goals
• •Ability to function effectively in a complex, dynamic environment