Substitute/Substitute Teacher
Date Posted:
10/23/2023
Location:
Kids First SchoolSummary/Objective: Teach school subjects, basic academic and life processes skills to special needs students.
Pay range up to $214.00 per day
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Intervention Specialist preferred, but any certification as teacher of substitute considered.
- Valid ODE license.
- Previous experience in working with students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) preferred.
- Ability to work effectively with children diagnosed with special needs and behavior challenges in an alternative educational program.
- Ability to work effectively with a variety of related service personnel in providing educational programming to students diagnosed with ASD.
- Ability to provide appropriate educational activities and opportunities for children with a goal of enhancing their educational, social, and emotional growth.
- Ability to maintain effective communication and collaboration with administration, district of residence, and families concerning matters related to students in the program.
- Other qualifications the Board/Superintendent may find permissible for this position.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of special needs.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
- Teach personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development.
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
- Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
- Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
- Provides for individual differences through an individualized educational program that is evidenced in daily planning, class activities, and assessment goals.
Summit Educational Service Center and Nordonia City Schools are Equal Opportunity Employers.