Special Education Resource Teacher
$53,701–$75,000 year
On-sitePhoenix, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Provide excellent special education instruction to students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment, demonstrating best practices to enhance student performance. Develop effective lesson plans based on individual IEPs and state standards while increasing students' language, cognitive, literacy, and mathematical reasoning skills. Collaborate with general education staff to provide accommodations and modifications, supervise instructional assistants, and promote inclusive practices. Participate in Student Success Team and Multidisciplinary Conference meetings, commit to district training in math and literacy, and work cooperatively with parents. Maintain thoroughness with paperwork requirements and contribute to all staff development activities.
Required Qualifications
- Arizona certificate for mildly disabled students (LD, ED, MIMR, OI)
- Other categories considered
- A comprehensive knowledge of special education students' needs and special education programming
- Successful experience working with intermediate-aged students with LD, ED, MIMR, and other categories
- Teaching ability: increasing students' language development and communication skills, cognitive and literacy skills; improving motor ability to enhance school performance; increasing mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills; social and behavior skills
- Ability to work cooperatively and collaborate with general education staff to enhance student progress and provide necessary accommodations and modifications in the general education environment
- Ability to plan for and supervise instructional assistants
- Ability to promote the inclusion of students as appropriate for individual students
- Knowledge and experience in effective inclusive practices
- Ability to develop effective lesson plans based on appropriate IEP development
- Commitment to helping students achieve in the Madison curriculum and according to state standards
- Able to work effectively with parents
- Commitment to attend district training in math and literacy learning
- Will attend all Faculty meetings, participate and contribute in all staff development
- Participate in Student Success Team (SST) meetings and Multidisciplinary Conference (MDC) meetings
- Positive attitude
- High energy level
- Organized
- Attentive to time lines
- Thorough with paperwork requirements
- A team player
- A contributing faculty member
- Able to manage multiple tasks
- An effective communicator
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