Teacher, Special Education Learning Specialist

Betty Adams is an excellent school that is constantly changing and growing to meet the needs of our students. Adams students, parents, staff, and community share the responsibility and commitment to helping students become life-long learners who will positively affect the future.

We promote responsibility, achievement, and respect within a nurturing and challenging environment.

Betty Adams is unique in its programming. The technology and infrastructure within the school is superior to most. We have an Early Childhood Center within the building that concentrates on emerging skills in literacy, language, math, science, and social skills.

In addition, Betty Adams houses one of the District's largest Autism programs. Children from the North end of the District are able to find success at Adams.

This is largely due to the fact that teachers work closely with parents and students to develop strong relationships.

We have over fifty staff members that collaborate to create a child-centered environment that is conducive to academic excellence and the social emotional growth of all students.

We realize that education is more than academics. Art, Music, and Physical Education classes are important in helping students open their minds to new critical thinking.

Our teaching staff takes responsibility for every student and views themselves as part of a systemic and systematic educational experience.

Curriculum is presented so that each student achieves their highest potential. Each student and staff member has ready access to resources and materials to meet their varied needs and learning styles.

This allows for problem solving, creativity, and an active challenging environment. We achieve this by providing an enriching atmosphere in the pursuit of continuous learning.

Our staff development is clear, concise, and of high quality.

At Betty Adams we are proud to be part of a larger community that embraces complex problems and dynamic situations. We understand the perspectives of others and embrace all students in spite of their obstacles to their accomplishments.

SUMMARY Develop, implement, and support individualized practices for achieving learning outcomes for students with communication, cognitive, physical, and / or social / behavioral needs, based on the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA).

This teacher will utilize evidence-based best practice and rely on frequent progress monitoring for programming adjustments.

The Learning Specialist teacher will take a leadership role in collaboratively problem solving interventions for students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Design and implement specialized instruction in one-on-one, small group and large classroom settings.
• Work collaboratively to plan and modify curriculum, team teach with general educators and to communicate the abilities and needs of special education students.
• Develop, implement and review for appropriateness the behavioral plans for designated students.
• Work in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team to conduct IEP and referral meetings, conferences, and to develop a multidisciplinary approach to the educational enhancement of the student.
• Maintain ongoing communication with regular educators, school staff, students and parents.
• Create a safe supportive and understanding environment for disabled students.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS Hold valid Colorado teaching license with Special Education Generalist endorsement. If teacher is the teacher of record for a specific content area, they must meet content-area qualification, which could include the appropriate content endorsement, degree in the content area, Colorado State Board of Education-approved content exam, or 36 credit hours as determined by the district.

Training emphasis in Learning Disabled / Perceptual Communicative preferred.

EXPERIENCE Experience / supervised internship in working with educationally disabled children. Training in understanding / interpreting educational assessments and prescriptive teaching.

Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work with a multidisciplinary team in developing appropriate materials, facilitating inclusion, creating educational plans, and designing and implementing behavioral plans.

Training and experience in working with students with a variety of, disabling conditions. Complies with the Special Education Department and district policies and procedures (e.

g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Normal routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average levels of activity at times that can not always be anticipated.

Ability to meet physical needs of students.