Summary

Avalon School, a small secondary charter school located in St. Paul, is seeking a full time licensed Special Education Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. Come join an innovative learning community with project-based curriculum, teacher ownership, and competitive pay. See link for http://www.avalonschool.org/about-us/employmentAvalon School 700 Glendale StreetSt. Paul, MN 55114

Description

Special Education Teacher Job Description

Qualifications: It is the Teacher’s responsibility to maintain appropriate licensure with the Board of Teaching or appropriate registrations associated with their profession.

  • Be a self-starter and be resourceful

  • Be an owner of Avalon; actively participate in and support collaborative decisions

  • Apply a dedicated work ethic, willing to help and take on additional duties as needed

  • Support mission of the school: Avalon School seeks to establish a just world by nurturing an equitable school community for students that inspires active learning, social justice, engaged citizenship, and hope for the future.

  • Write and follow a professional development plan

 

Content Responsibilities

  • Hold meetings for initial and annual IEP planning

  • Hold meetings for initial and three-year evaluation planning

  • Do testing for the evaluations as determined by the planning meeting

  • Plan and implement learning program as determined by the IEP

  • Develop a behavior plan and assist students and teachers with implementation of plan

  • Work with transition areas of IEP’s to help seniors develop a post-secondary plan

  • Create and monitor content modifications, working with regular education teachers and seminar instructors

  • Order and maintain teaching materials

  • Attend workshops to stay abreast of changes in special education services

  • Follow COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Follow MDE due process guidelines for COVID-19 distance learning model as appropriate.

 

Responsibility with Students

  • Provide direct and indirect service to students as outlined in their annual IEP and/or contingent learning plan

  • Meet with students on your caseload frequently both in and out of classes to assess progress & facilitate daily reciprocal communication during distance learning with students.

  • Aid students in creating academic and non-academic short and long-term goals

  • Work with students to develop project and time management skills necessary to be successful at Avalon

  • Work with students to develop self-control and self-advocacy

  • Maintain the school as a respectful learning community and an environment that cultivates learning

  • Advise students about classes, projects, and school/state requirements

  • Encourage appropriate behavior, communication and conflict resolution

  • Meet due process deadlines for each student’s annual IEP and three-year reevaluation

  • Support Service week/days

 

Responsibility with Parents

  • Provide consultation to parents/guardians

  • Send quarterly progress reports to parents/guardians

  • Communicate with parents and families regularly and as indicated by the IEP team. Document such communication

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Responsibility with Community

  • Develop and maintain positive relationships with special education and non-special education students

  • Help find community contacts

  • Attend open houses when appropriate for prospective students, assist with recruiting efforts

  • Attend Avalon events and support Avalon sponsored groups and/or activities

  • Help prepare school spaces for open houses, etc.; help keep the school clean each day

  • Present yourself in a professional manner, speaking positively of Avalon, especially in the community

 

Administrative/SpEd Team Responsibilities

  • Maintain and keep due process files up to date

  • Prepare special education reporting data for state and financial reimbursement purposes

  • Supervise and coordinate services provided to special education students by working with the school’s social worker, psychologist, and educational assistants

  • Train, provide orientation for, supervise, and mentor educational assistants

  • Establish daily schedule for educational assistants

  • Provide consultation to staff

  • Communicate with staff, students, and parents/guardians as to progress being made.  Attend parent conferences whenever possible

  • Create, enforce, and revise school policy

  • Attend and participate in weekly school meetings, including Learning Program and all staff meetings; facilitate and take notes on a rotating basis. Attend other school meetings on an as-needed basis

  • Be a member of at least one administrative committee; duties run twelve months long

  • Support other advisors

  • Be present each scheduled day for the entirety of your work day (time designated in letter of agreement) and report missed days on the staff absences calendar

  • Supervise lunch in the cafe with other staff members

  • Communicate workload to colleagues in order to balance administrative, teaching, and case-management roles

  • Provide in-service to staff on an as-needed basis

 

Ethics:

  • Maintain confidentiality of all information regarding students

  • Report suspected child abuse according to the law, policies, and procedures (mandated reporter)

  • Provide accurate information about a student only to those who have the right to know (e.g. team members)