Will develop and implement Individualized Education Program, Functional Analysis of Behavior and Behavior Intervention Plan. Development will occur a minimum of once a year and implementation will occur daily.
Will coordinate services, IEP minutes, goal updates and communication with home among team members.
Understand the formal and informal educational assessment process and uses various assessment strategies to support the continuous development of all students.
Will recognized student needs and seek the assistance of other professional staff in helping student solve social, emotional, physical and academic difficulties.
Attend and participate during parent/teacher conferences.
Initiate ongoing communication about students’ needs and upcoming meetings as often as needed and offer prompt responses to parents.
Participate in ongoing collaboration and articulation with administrators, general education teachers, support staff, and paraprofessionals in regards to the needs of students and offer prompt responses.
Attend building and district meetings to increase articulation between schools in regards to overall programming,
Assist in problem solving and development of instruction for both special education and regular education students.
Communicate with student in regards to expectations and goals for student, as well as communicating strategies for working towards expectations and goals.
At points of transition (e.g. changing grade levels or transitioning to middle school), the teacher will take art in articulation to ease the transition for child, family, and professional staff.
Obtain and demonstrate knowledge of general education curriculum including grade level expectations and state standards.
Consult and/or collaborate with general education teachers in the areas of assessment, curriculum adaptation, behavior management and monitoring student progress.
Monitor progress of students with disabilities using specified program procedures and make instructional changes when indicated.
Develop, implement and monitor behavior management programs for students with disabilities who exhibits behavior problems.
Develop, implement and monitor specialized, research-based instruction programs in basic skill areas to meet student unique needs.
Establish developmentally appropriate instructional behavioral expectations for students and communicate those to students and their families.
Create lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful and interesting as well as multicultural/gender and ability fair/developmentally appropriate.
Select, adapt and individualize materials appropriate for diverse student populations and skill level.
Assess student’s developmental, cognitive and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction to meet those needs.