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- You are passionate about all girls’ high school education
- You are flexible and adaptable to change and excited about working in a start-up school environment
- You are a self-starter, problem solver and have a growth mindset
- You are committed to assisting the school becoming Tier 1
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About Special Education Teacher / Special Education Department Chair The Special Education Teacher/Department Chair is an integral member of the GGA instructional leadership team who will be responsible for the coordination of the Special Education Department. This position will work closely with teachers and the leadership team as it relates to Child Find and will also support staff in Universal Design for Learning and differentiation. This role will be committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive classroom environment where students are encouraged to explore and excel. This role includes contributing to GGA’s curriculum development and supporting the school’s mission of academic excellence and female empowerment. Qualifications: - Master’s Degree in Special Education and certification in Special Education Degree or certification in special education.
- A minimum of three years of successful classroom teaching experience as a special education teacher.
- Extensive background knowledge with EASY IEP.
- Knowledge of and experience with Universal Design for Learning and learning strategies for English learners
- Expertise in programs used to assess students for services.
- Advanced understanding of instructional strategies for students with disabilities.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of colleagues, parents, families, and community members.
Duties and Responsibilities
Management of Special Education Team: - Create and update staff schedules to meet student service hour needs
- Conduct weekly SPED team meetings
- Coordinate and conduct SPED professional development
- Conduct bi-weekly, individualized staff check-ins/coaching sessions
- Advocate for SPED team needs and requirements in leadership team meetings
- Coordinate with Director of Academics to cover special education team absences/class coverage
- Point of contact for student evaluations
- Support co-teaching needs between SPED Team and content instructors
- Collaborates with the Director of Academics for lesson planning support for general education
- Provides lesson planning support for special education teachers
- Monitors testing accommodations
Coordination with other teams at GGA: - Coordinates with LiftEd consultants contracted related service providers; scheduling, updates
- Regular meetings with leader of CARE team to coordinate student service needs and concerns
- Attend portion of CARE team meeting for updates
- Participate in the Multi-Tiered Support System process
- Coordinate with the operations team regarding special education student attendance, home visits, etc.
- Coordinate with Director of Academics to address co-teaching and staffing needs within general education classrooms
- Coordinates with LiftEd consultants for nonpublic placements
- Serve as LEA representative for students in nonpublic placements
Commuinication: - Schedule and coordinate beginning of the year communication with IEP and Me
- Schedule and coordinate parent information and training
- sessions for IEP and Me and SPED at GGA
- Provide weekly updates of IEP annual reviews and changes to IEP and Me to update the system
- Coordinate at least one parent education session each quarter
- Publish bi-weekly special education update newsletter for parents with contact information, updates, and additional resources
- Ensures that Special Education staff communicates with parents in a variety of ways
Case Management for 504 Plans:
- Serve as case manager for students with 504 plans
- Conduct annual meetings for students with 504 plans
- Create a referral system for students who may need to be evaluated
- Conduct initial informal observations and gather data for students with referrals
- Serves as point of contact for evaluation
Transportation: - Coordinates with LiftEd for transportation
- Coordinates transportation at the school level
- 504 Compliance
- Point of contact and management for special education teachers, paras, dedicated aides
Program Development/Program Planning: - Designs, implements and evaluates processes and procedures for services to include student referrals, placement and continuous assessments
- Providing resources and building connections with community providers to provide referrals to the students and families
Advocacy: - Works closely with teachers to offer guidance, facilitate communication, and advocate on how to best support students, family engagement and community based referrals as needed to support the whole family.
- Provides consultation, support and resolution on school-based issues through collaboration with parents/guardians, advocates or legal counsel and make appropriate referrals as warranted
Direct Service:- Conducts frequent and ongoing individual, group and workshop sessions with students to address social/emotional needs and improve behaviors and interactions that impact school climate, school attendance and learning environments;
- Providing psycho-education
- Completing assessments for students to determine additional needs for the students
Special Education:- Providing related services as prescribed by Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), including social skills, life skills, and transitional skills that can be transferred from school to community.
- Participate as a member of the IEP and academic 504 team, Instructional Support and Student Intervention Teams, and other school based teams to develop interventions for promoting students' academic success.
- Manages the special education teachers, students
- Coordinates special education referrals, evaluation and reevaluation process
- Serves as the OSSE and PCSB point of contact for all IDEA monitoring, notices of non-compliance, corrective actions, and federal reporting
- Responds to inquiries of staff, district personnel, and other agencies related to serving students with disabilities
- Ensures IEPs are developmentally appropriate, curriculum/standards -based, strength based, and relevant to individual students
- Ensures that appropriate services, accommodations, goals, and behavior intervention plans for each student are provided and are being implemented
- Gathers and reports data for all reporting requirements concerning students with IEPs/504 plans and other required reports (to the State, Department of Education, census, grant applications, annual report, etc.)
- Develops a comprehensive 9th – 12th secondary transition programming to include collaboration between students, families, schools, government agencies, and community organizations
- Perform other duties as assigned
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