Temporary Special Education Teacher For Arbor Academy

Position Type:
Special Education/Teacher
Date Posted:
11/28/2023
Location:
Highland Park, IL
Date Available:
Immediately
Closing Date:
Until FilledTitle or Position: Special Education Teacher for Arbor Academy - Temporary Assignment
The Teacher supports TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804's mission and is committed to the possibilities in every learner, every day. The Teacher strives to achieve the TrueNorth vision to be a national leader and highly valued partner with a courageous commitment to inclusive communities that equally value all people and inspire them to be active participants in our world.
The Special Education Teacher is responsible for supporting students who require intensive and systematic instruction based on Applied Behavior Analysis and other evidenced-based practices that is built upon a meaningful and relevant curriculum to learn essential communication, academic, social-emotional and community skills.
The Special Education Teacher works collaboratively with the classroom team including a speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, administrators and parents to facilitate the educational benefit of students with moderate-to-severe autism and similar needs.
Core Competencies:

• Proficient communication skills
• Effective collaborative problem-solving ability
• Engages in continuous professional improvement
• Possesses job specific skills required to meet essential job functions

Essential Job Functions:

• Work collaboratively with classroom team to design and implement instruction to support generalization of skills across environments
• Implement instructional practices based in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and the VB-MAPP to assess student strengths and needs and design instruction to teach essential communication, social, academic and group skills and successful generalization of skills
• Utilize effective data collection systems to monitor, change and adapt instruction as needed.
• Design and implement classroom-wide behavior management strategies and individual supports to increase social emotional growth and student engagement
• Facilitate team meetings designed to promote integrity of instructional support and problem-solving
• Provide frequent communication and work collaboratively with families and private providers to support needs within home and link them to community resources
• Identify and support opportunities for meaningful peer interactions
• Provide support, coaching and feedback to support teaching assistants within the classroom and at team meetings
• Other duties that have been communicated to the teacher

Qualifications:

• Illinois Professional Educator License with Special Education Teaching Endorsement (LBS1 unlimited)
• Experience utilizing intensive, highly individualized evidenced-based interventions, including Applied Behavior Analysis to teach students with autism and other related disabilities

Position Reports to:
TrueNorth Program Administrator
TrueNorth Program Supervisor