Full-Time and Permanent; 7.33 Hours / Day; 200 Days / Year; 10 Months / Year
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Special Education or a related field
- Eligible for or in possession of an appropriate Virginia teaching licensure in Special Education Adaptive Curriculum K-12
- Tuberculin skin test certifying the individual is free of contagious tuberculosis
- Continuous walking, bending and standing.
- Lifting, transferring and positioning students
- May assist, move or restrain students
- Support toileting and feeding needs
- Exposure to bodily fluids
Nature of Position
- Develop, implement and monitor individualized education plans
- Adapt lesson(s) for the purpose of implementing IEP goals and meeting the special needs of students in the least restrictive environment
- Develop and support the Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP) process including necessary data collection
- Ensure compliance with and may administer state and district wide assessments including provision of student accommodations.
- Provide instructional and / or behavioral intervention strategies to support students in the least restrictive environment
- Assess student’s social and academic needs for the purpose of supporting students in the least restrictive environment
- Collaborate with school personnel, parents and agencies to develop and modify students programming to maximize student outcomes
- Manage student behavior utilizing effective and evidence-based approaches
- Work and support paraprofessionals supporting program classrooms
- Confer with student’s IEP team (physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist and other special education teachers, specialists and staff) to fully implement the student’s IEP
- Work includes data-based decision making, including gathering and interpreting data
- Provide a classroom environment that is organized and utilizes visual strategies to support students in becoming independent learners
- Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to discuss student progress and to interpret the school program
- Participates in ongoing professional development and professional growth activities
- Develop and implement strategies to assist students with all daily living activities (toileting, feeding, positioning, transferring, etc.)
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