Teacher Ex Ed Comprehensive - SY 2024-25 - $2500 SOI Incentive

Provides direct, explicit research-based interventions in addition to supporting access to core instruction for students who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Department Name :

Exceptional Education

Reports to :

School Principal or Designee

List, in the order of importance or time spent, the essential and position specific duties / tasks performed by the position.

This is not an exhaustive list and employees may be assigned additional duties by management as required.Regular and reliable attendance is an expectation of the job.

Essential Duty 1 :

Provides direct, explicit, evidence-based academic, social-emotional, and behavioral interventions based on student needs in addition to core instruction.

Essential Duty 2 :

Collaborates and helps facilitate and develop Functional Behavioral Assessments & Behavioral Intervention Plans based on student need.

Essential Duty 3 :

Provides intensive intervention with fidelity and Progress monitors all students that receive intensive intervention in the area of academics, social-emotional and behavior to continually communicate progress toward goals with students, parents and school teams.

Position Specific Responsibility 1 :

Utilizes all naturally occurring data (i.e. attendance, behavior incidence, universal screening, intervention data, progress monitoring data) to ensure the most updated relevant information is used to inform instruction, intervention and a student's Individual Education Program (IEP).

Position Specific Responsibility 2 :

Ensures students with an Individualized Education Program participate in the Universal Screening Process and in required statewide test with appropriate accommodations.

Position Specific Responsibility 3 :

Manages and provides inclusive support in the general education setting for students with a need, which includes providing indirect support, aligning accommodations, and modifications and managing para-professional support in the general education setting.

Position Specific Responsibility 4 :

Attends grade-level / content meetings to assist with planning access to core instruction and meaningful inclusive supports that help ensure the least restrictive environment for students.

Position Specific Responsibility 5 :

Coordinates the delivery of services for students with disabilities with all related service providers (i.e.speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, nurse).

Position Specific Responsibility 6 :

Develops and Implements Individual Education Programs (IEPs) for students, and ensures service delivery and progress of students in compliance with State and Federal laws governing services for students with disabilities.

Position Specific Responsibility 7 :

Facilitates IEP meetings, re-evaluation meetings, and manifestation determination meetings in accordance with State and Federal laws governing services for students with disabilities.

Position Specific Responsibility 8 :

Collaborates with related service providers, school leadership and families to schedule timely meetings that ensure all relevant data, assessment and information can be collected in accordance with State and Federal laws governing services for students with disabilities.

Position Specific Responsibility 9 :

Participates in ongoing Professional Development activities to ensure the use of most effective, evidenced-based practices that promote success for students.

Other Responsibilities :

Performs other duties or tasks as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the responsibilities in this job classification.

Education and Experience Requirements

Education (training / degree) :

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in a related field required. Master’s Degree from an accredited institution in a related field preferred.

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations Required :

Must hold or be eligible for a certificate or license issued by the Tennessee Department of Education with a Special Education Interventionist K-8 endorsement (144) and / or Special Education Interventionist 6-12 endorsement (145).

Experience :

• Work experience gained through education and certification / license requirements.
• Experience working as part of a collaborative instructional team is preferred.
• Professional training and paid or volunteer experience with individuals with disabilities is preferred.

Skills Required :

• Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of special education and / or specialty area.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles and methodology of effective teaching of students with disabilities.
• Communication, and collaboration with Parents, educators, students,
• Instructional strategies that connect the curriculum to the learner,
• Student management,
• Presenting to large groups,
• Organization, data-based decision making, and problem solving,
• Providing intensive intervention,
• Knowledge of the U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or similar federal regulation.
• Technology skills : Teams, Microsoft Office, Excel, SharePoint, iOS, and / or other district applications or equipment as needed.

General Skills, Responsibilities, Requirements, and Impacts

Data Responsibility :

Level 5 : Coordinates or determines time, place, or sequence of operations or activities based on analysis of data and possibly executes determinations or reports on events.

People Responsibility :

Level 5 : Persuades or influences others in favor of a service, course of action, or point of view

Assets Responsibility :

Level 4 : Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving moderate economies and / or preventing moderate losses through the management or handling of supplies of high value or moderate amounts of money

Mathematical Requirements :

Level 4 : Uses practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, measurements, or logarithms; may use algebraic solutions of equations and equalities, deductive geometry, and / or descriptive statistics.

Communications Requirements :

Level 6 : Reads journals and manuals; composes specialized reports / analysis; speaks to large groups of coworkers and people outside the organization.

Complexity of Work :

Level 5 : Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact of Decisions :

Level 4 : Makes decisions with moderately serious impact - affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.

Equipment Usage (if applicable) :

N / A

Safety of Others :

Level 2 : Requires some responsibility for safety and health of others and / or for occasional enforcement of the standards of public safety or health.

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Meal Deduction Most Bransford office and district level employee have a meal deduction.They are scheduled 8.5 hours per day and get an hour lunch.

Itinerants and retirees get a 30 minute lunch period and therefore do not have a meal deduction. All school based employees will not have a meal deduction. Auto Meal Deduction

Travel Itinerant non-exempt employees who travel will be using the time clock differently than others and are paid for travel time between work locations.

Employee does not or seldom travels

Compensatory Time vs. Overtime (Support Non-Exempt Employees only) Does this department have overtime budgeted, i.e. Maintenance, Transportation, Food Service.

If not, employees accrue comp time only. Exempt Employee - can not accrue comp or overtime

Restrictions Should employee be restricted to punch in and out within 7 minutes of their schedule start and end times? No, Do not restrict punches

Employee Type Clock, phone, supervisor, etc. Time Stamp

Timekeeper Is the employee a timekeeper? No

ADA Requirements / Compliance

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer.ADA requires MNPS to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities.

Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Physical Demands :

Level 3 : Requires light work involving standing or walking some of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular basis, and moderate dexterity in operating machinery, tools, or office equipment.

Additional Requirements :

None

Unavoidable Hazards :

Level 1 : The position is exposed to no unusual environmental hazards

Sensory Requirements :

N / A

MNPS Schools of Innovation Recruitment Incentive -School Year 2024-25

Eligibility Requirements :

• The individual must have fulfilled all MNPS hiring procedures.
• The teacher must be certified and serve in one of the following hard to staff areas : English / Language Arts (ELA),

Math, Science, Social Studies, Exceptional Education, English Learners, or JROTC.

The teacher may already be an employee of MNPS who is not in an MNPS priority school but has agreed to a

placement in an MNPS priority school.

Current Tennessee teachers must have an overall observation score of 3, 4, or 5 as indicated by a TDOE approved

evaluation framework.

The teacher is not eligible to receive this stipend if he or she is already working in an MNPS priority school or is

voluntarily transferring from one priority school to another within MNPS.

The teacher must begin work prior to September 1, 2024; otherwise, the stipend may be prorated.

Qualifications

see job description

Primary Location

Antioch-Southeast-Cane Ridge High

Work Locations

Cane Ridge High12848 Old Hickory Blvd.AntiochTN

Academic (Licensed, Classroom)Job Schedule : Full-Time