Summer Session SPED Teacher grades7-12
$2,500–$2,683 year
On-siteRochester, New York, United States
Job Summary
Teach students with special and general education needs during the 6-week Extended School Year (ESY) Summer Session while maintaining full compliance with Agency policies, Federal and State laws, and the Justice Center's Code of Conduct for People with Special Needs. Manage student behavior by establishing rules, maintaining confidentiality for all records, and using relevant technology to support instruction. Develop appropriate curriculum, prepare IEPs, report cards, transcripts, and progress notes, and evaluate academic and behavioral status to inform treatment plans. Establish relationships with students, attend planning conferences, assist in staff orientation, and demonstrate cultural sensitivity. This role requires a Bachelor's degree, current NYS Special Education Teacher certification, and the ability to perform Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, including physical restraint techniques.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or higher from an accredited institution
- current NYS Special Education Teacher certification
- Relevant teaching experience
- Self-motivated
- strong verbal and writing skills
- attention to detail
- problem-solving
- flexible and adaptable
- ability to handle people and situations with compassion, diplomacy and tact
- ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
- ability to problem solve unexpected/unpredictable circumstances
- ability to act appropriately in the event of an emergency
- ability to calmly and patiently manage threatening and assaultive situations
- willingness to deal with intimate, personal issues
- ability to restrain clients utilizing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
- ability to drop repeatedly to knees, twist and turn
- ability to exert oneself physically at an intense level
- ability to support another adult's weight
- Good vision
- ability to talk and hear well
- aware and able to use current technology within the classroom
- flexibility, patience, and resiliency to deal with sudden crisis and deviation from work plans and schedules
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