Summary

Elementary School Teaching | Special Education | Rush City - CE Jacobson Elementary | Available: Fall 2024 | Closing: Until Filled

Description

1.0 Full Time Special Education Teacher, L.D.  Licensure Preferred, 2024-2025 School Year 

We currently have a special education learning disabilities teaching position working with students in 1st-6th grade to begin for the 2024-2025 school year. Experience with due process procedures and paperwork is needed  Any special education licensure is encouraged to apply, although LD or ABS licensure is preferred.  

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Create a program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction for students with unique needs or identified disabilities, such that the students benefit from the general education curriculum to the greatest extent possible.

  • Write IEP’s and Due Process Reports in accordance with MDE regulations.

  • Provide instruction to assigned students implementing IEP’s (Individual Educational Plans), and prepare academic materials for students following approved curriculum.

  • Implement IEPs, assess students’ performance, and track their progress

  • Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students’ progress and goals

  • Identify the needs of assigned students with disabilities through formal and informal assessments.

  • Communicate with students, parents and staff on a regular basis on student progress.

  • Attend department, school, and parent meetings.

  • Provide social skills, emotional, and behavioral instruction, along with behavioral modification strategies.

  • Assess students’ skills and determine their educational needs

  • Adapt general lessons to meet students’ needs

  • Plan activities that are specific to each student’s abilities

  • Teach and monitor goals with students as a class, in small groups, and one-on-one

  • Discuss students’ progress with parents, other teachers, counselors, and administrators

  • Supervise and mentor teacher assistants who work with students with disabilities

  • Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and from school to life outside of school

Other job-related duties as assigned. Contact Elementary School Principal Alicia Nelson at 320-358-1362 or anelson@rushcity.k12.mn.us with questions.
These positions are open until filled and applications will be processed as they are received.