Position: Special Education Teacher
Jones County Pre-Kindergarten
Effective Date: 2025-2026 School Year to begin on July 23, 2025
Qualifications:
Credential: Valid Georgia Credential or license authorizing service in grade levels and areas assigned.
Education: Bachelor's degree, including all courses to meet credential requirements.
Experience: Student teaching, internship, or full-time teaching experience.
Job Description: To provide support to the instructional process by serving as a teacher with specific responsibility for developing special education students' success in academics interpersonal skills, and activities of daily living, supervising students within the classroom and other assigned areas. Develops lesson plans and delivers group and individual student instruction within established curriculum guidelines.
Essential Functions:
This is a full time teaching position to begin July 23, 2025. Applicants must hold or be eligible for Georgia Certification in Special Education (P-5) and meet the Professional Qualifications for the position.
Uses a variety of instructional strategies at an appropriate instructional level for teaching students from diverse backgrounds with different learning styles and special needs.
Maintains appropriate student behavior in the classroom and out of the classroom by monitoring behavior and intervenes when necessary.
Communicates high learning expectations for all students; assesses, monitors, and encourages student progress.
Uses ongoing assessments to monitor student progress; interprets and uses data (including but not limited to standardized and other test results) for instructional planning and program evaluation.
Follows professional practices consistent with school and system policies in working with students, students’ records, parent, and colleagues.
Provides accurate and timely information to parents and students about academic and behavioral performance of students; expectations; and developing methods for improvement and/or reinforcing classroom goals in school and in the home environment by such means as holding conferences, telephoning, and sending written communications.
Maintains lesson plans as required by school policy.
Develops, implements, and completes all prescribed activities outlined in the Professional Development Plan annually in accordance with state and system requirements.
Maintains accurate complete and appropriate records and files reports promptly.
Acts in a professional and ethical manner and adheres to professional standards.
Demonstrates accurate and up-to-date knowledge of content; keeps abreast of developments in instructional methodology, learning theory, curriculum trends and content; participates in a variety of meetings (Professional Learning Communities, etc.).
Creates or selects long-range plans and writes student’s annual IEP based on a review of system and state curriculum priorities, instructional priorities, and student’s handicapping condition; revises plan/s based on student needs.
Maintains confidentiality of students and other professional information.
Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit
Selection Procedure: Consideration/interviews will begin as soon as a list of qualified applicants is established. Selected candidates will be contacted for interviews. No notification will be sent to applicants except those who are selected for interviews. Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on our application status.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
All interested applicants are required to apply on our school system online application website, Frontline Recruitment & Hiring. In order to access our online application website, please click on "Employment Opportunities" on the Jones County School System's website.