Summary
The Special Education Teacher is an experienced member of the Watch Me Shine team and specializes in education and early intervention practices. The Special Education Teacher will work closely with the classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, and the Center Director along with Foundations, Inc. to perform their roles. The Special Education Teacher will develop treatment plans, create progress reports, and meet with parents along with provide support and guidance to classroom teachers and other team members. The Special Education Teacher will assist in overseeing classroom management, programming, and supervision, as well as consistency of teaching methods, support and training of new and current staff.
Essential Job Functions
Includes the following:
Administrative Responsibilities
- Coordinates, leads, attends, or directs intakes and team meetings in a timely and professional manner. This includes but is not limited to: student and family tours, intake meetings, progress meetings, etc.
- Cultivates, models, and enforces a respectful, professional, collaborative environment.
- Conducts assessments of students in order to create comprehensive treatment plans, progress reports, and programs.
- Ensures assessments are repeated as required in order to comply with state and federal rules & regulations.
- Ensures ITP’s, Progress Reports, Daily Notes, etc. are comprehensive, professionally organized, individualized, and up to date for all clients.
- Maintains accurate and complete student records, due date logs, supervision logs, client communications, etc. in order to ensure paperwork is completed and recorded in order to comply with the program and state & federal rules and regulations.
- Ensures all student and staff records are complete, signed, and filed in accordance to MaineCare and WMS rules and regulations. Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence in a timely manner.
- Ensures a continuous flow of communication between classrooms, teachers, and team in order to ensure consistent communication and quality standards are being met
- Ability to speak effectively and professionally while demonstrating a calm composure with staff and parents.
Supervisor Responsibilities
- Oversee and manage assigned classrooms and client case loads for the assigned classrooms
- Responsible for overseeing teachers with training, student programming, and classroom management, ensuring they maintain a consistent level of provided service within each classroom.
- Supports classroom teachers to ensure each client is receiving the best programming possible and making progress towards their learning goals. Ensures both WMS primary and secondary curriculums are being used as designed and staff are correctly implementing the interventions.
- Supervises and conducts regular classroom assessments (formal and information) of both staff and students to ensure program fidelity and quality are delivered in accordance to WMS program standards.
- Ensures student programs are delivered in a comprehensive and individualized manner. Assesses student progress monthly. Supports classroom teachers with behaviors, conducting FBA and developing behavior programs when necessary.
- Ensures WMS’s mission, philosophies and core values are taught and adhered to.
- Ensure providers are accurately and thoroughly completing and updating daily notes, timesheets, My Day’s and other documentation in accordance to WMS policy. Ensures daily notes are complete and neat prior to submitting to finance.
- Maintains open and honest communication, giving feedback in a timely manner. Ensure questions are answered within 1-2 school days and supports staff when requested.
Qualifications
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.
- Bachelor’s degree is required, masters degree in special education is preferred.
- Required amount of master’s level coursework in early intervention/special education/education/social work or other related field from a four-year college or university is preferred
- Three to four years related experience and or training; in order to acquire 282 teacher certification
CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS and LICENSES:
- Special Education Teacher Certification (282) with State of Maine
You are responsible for maintaining an active teacher certification through the State of Maine. WMS will reimburse costs of this certification.
- Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training with in the first 3 months
- Certified Behavioral Health Professional (50 Hours) within the first year.
- CPR/First Aid certification - we can train if needed