Special Education Autism Resource Teacher 2024-2025

Position Type:
Teaching - Pre-Kindergarten to 12/Special Education
Date Posted:
10/1/2023
Location:
To Be Assigned
Closing Date:
9/15/2024
Special Education Autism Resource Teacher for RISE (Reaching Independence Through Structured Environments)
Currently accepting applications for potential vacancies for the 2024-2025 school year
Unit I Salary Scale, 10 months, 7.5 hours per day
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of three years of successful teaching or related experience with children with special needs.
• Knowledge of the Maryland and College Career-Ready Standards (MCCRS).
• Understanding of the teaching/learning/assessment process.
• Eligibility for Maryland State Department of Education teacher certification in Special Education, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene license for Speech Pathology, Master level licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C), or Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) .
• Successful experience working with/facilitating groups.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, organization and mediation skills.
• Knowledge of current trends and legal issues in providing educational services to children with autism spectrum disorder and other disorders.
• Experience with students that exhibit challenging behaviors.
• Effective Experience/training with "best practices" in the field of Autism in relation to services, methodologies, communication systems, data collection, etc.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Skill proficiency with computers and use of various software.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without accommodations.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with Early Childhood education.
• Interagency planning experience.
• Special Education teaching or related experience with students with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
• Experience in working in a contained Special Education classroom setting as well as in the inclusive environment.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide instruction and case management services for students with disabilities.
• Coordinate and align instruction across all teachers and staff while ensuring all needs and services for students are being implemented.
• Implement "best practice" strategies in the classroom while recognizing individual learning styles and needs.
• Ensure the provision of accommodations and modifications to materials and instruction to meet students' needs.
• Implement, review and follow-through on behavioral strategies and interventions that are driven by the student's IEP and/or Behavior Intervention Plan.
• Utilize the MCCRS in planning for instruction and in the development of the IEP.
• Communicate effectively with parents, teachers, staff and team members.
• Develop, implement and deliver professional development relative to Special Education and autism spectrum disorders.
• Implement and monitor progress on parent training sessions throughout the school year.
• Demonstrate courteous and professional treatment of all students, parents, and employees of Washington County Public Schools.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.
• Collaborate with general education teachers, Special Education content teachers, and related service providers to develop, write, and ensure implementation of IEPs for students with disabilities.
• Collaborate with building administrators to align Special Education staffing with the needs of students with disabilities as stated on their IEPs.
• Complete and submit all required paperwork, i.e., Medical Assistance billing, SSIS, testing accommodations, etc.
• Assist Life Skills case managers and E.D. case managers with case management procedures as needed.
• Conduct educational assessments of students to determine 1) disabilities in reading and/or mathematics and 2) continued eligibility to receive Special Education and related services.
• Ensure all case management responsibilities are completed, verified, and documented, including progress reporting.
• Communicate with parents and attend to student emergencies, as needed.
• Assist with scheduling Special Education students
• Ensure that IEPs are fully implemented within the students' least restrictive environment.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to students' IEPs.
• Communicate with teachers, administrators, drop-out prevention specialists, social workers, and counselors as needed to ensure students' achievement.
• Pre-teach, teach, and re-teach skills needed for students to improve achievement in mathematics.
• Monitor and ensure progress of Special Education students on IEP goals and objectives.
• Report progress on IEP goals at each grading period.
• Collaborate with Special Education case manager and general education teachers in developing IEP goals and objectives, Functional Behavior Assessments, and Behavior Intervention Plans.
• Assist general educators in collecting and analyzing information from formative assessments and IEPs to guide daily instruction within the appropriate educational setting.
• Match interventions to the students' needs as stated in the IEPs.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Special Education, Supervisors of Special Education, and building administrators.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS & PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
The Environmental Factors and Physical/Mental demands represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to sufficiently move throughout the building and grounds.
• Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with individuals as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, hear.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Ability to travel district-wide and state-wide if needed.
• Ability to work prolonged and irregular hours.