South Newton School Corporation Position Description
Position Title: Teacher, Mentally Impaired
Department: Middle School/High School
Reports To: Secondary Principal/Director of Special Education
SUMMARY: Responsible for planning instruction and/or adoption of the education program to enable students to benefit from educational experiences.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides a basic core program for mentally impaired students.
- Counsels individuals and groups of MI students with educational, occupational and personal problems.
- Coordinates and supervises work experience and on-campus job-training programs involving the mentally impaired.
- Works with staff to coordinate goals and objectives.
- Assists in screening, evaluating and recommending placements of applicants in the school’s MI program.
- Plans curriculum, lessons, and special education programs and teaching methods.
- Evaluates student progress based on papers submitted, test scores and observation.
- Monitors student’s progress in and outside special education room.
- Maintains physical environment of the classroom.
- Provides a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning.
- Initiates and maintains contact with parents of students.
- Evaluates student progress based on work output and observation, and determines goals, objectives and directions.
- Regularly enters data into grade book software.
- Manages adult paraprofessionals in the classroom by assigning tasks, responsibilities, and duties.
- Provides quality and sustainable feedback on paraprofessionals’ performance to the building administrator so that appropriate evaluations may be prepared.
- Submits paperwork and records to building administrator and cooperative in a timely fashion.
- Ensures that IEPs contain and clearly indicate all necessary accommodations and modifications.
- Participates in textbook adoption committees as appropriate.
- Adopts appropriate textbooks for special education students.
- Schedules annual case reviews and notifies all appropriate persons.
- As teacher of record, works with and communicates with general education teachers of students for whom he/she is responsible.
- Works with teacher of record for students for whom they are teacher of service.
- Keeps an updated teacher of record list on file with the building administrator and with the co-op.
- Attends relevant transition conferences.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises students and directs paraprofessionals.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Teaching certificate Mental Impairment endorsement.
LANGUAGE SKILL: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community; ability to speak clearly and concisely in written and oral communication.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently sitting and standing while performing the duties of this job. The employee may occasionally bend or twist at the neck and back while performing the duties of this job. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read typewritten material. The employee may occasionally lift up to 90 pounds to assist students in bath room, positioning or to assist disruptive students and equipment and wheelchairs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is frequently required to interact with the public and other staff. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being and work output of students. |