Special Education Teacher Primary Purpose: The Special Education Teacher provides instruction for students with disabilities to support learning, decreased behavioral challenges and increased student achievement. Position Details: • Location: Atlanta, GA • Pay: Starting at $42 • Schedule: M-F - 7:15a-3:30p Qualifications: • Valid GA teaching certification in Special Education (K-12 or K-5) with appropriate endorsements • Case by Case on Provisionals with experience with willingness to obtain full license • 2+ years of teaching experience or related educational experience providing services to students with disabilities preferred • Experience with a range of behaviors Skills & Experience: • Demonstrated commitment to increasing student achievement and supporting the social-emotional • needs of students • Dedicated, reflective thinker with a growth mindset • High academic expectations; Believes that all students deserve an equitable education experience no • matter their circumstances. • Exemplar instructional best practices, • Mentoring support • Strong relationship building skills Responsibilities: Instruction • Instruct students with disabilities through lectures, discussions, visual aids, instructional strategies and other effective teaching methods for student comprehension. • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEP) designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development. • Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory. • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement. • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students. • Administers various types of assessments to monitor student’s comprehension of the material. • Administer and/or supports state and local testing processes and policies. • Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement instruction. • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. • Assists students with assistive technology devices, including communication devices, switches and orthopedic devices needed for sitting, walking, or standing. • Performs various administrative duties such as taking attendance, organizing the classroom, and responding to emails and phone calls from parents, school administrators, and staff in a timely manner. • Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies. • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs. • Attends in-person faculty meetings, teacher training workshops and educational conferences to maintain and improve professional competence. • Maintain accurate, complete, and correct student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. • Assists administrators and other staff members in the orderly, expedient and safe transition of students from one location to another. • Complies with all requirements for mandatory reporting of child abuse, illegal harassment, breaches of ethics, or any criminal activity of which the employee becomes aware. • Performs other duties as assigned by an appropriate administrator or their representative. Professionalism • Actively participate in instructional coaching sessions, professional development, and lesson planning clinics • Be prompt and present daily; eager to participate in parent meetings, and other school functions that require student supervision after hours. • Develop meaningful relationships with students and their families by keeping them informed on education-related issues and school events • Openly collaborate with ALL staff members: partner teacher, network content teams, grade level team, special area teachers, school assistants, operational staff, etc. • Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator