Elementary Special Education Teacher

• →Create a classroom culture of high achievement and student ownership of their learning that helps foster students’ intellectual, social and emotional development.
• →Provide daily instruction, including clear learning outcomes, well-designed lessons and high-quality assessments that align to Friendship’s curriculum and standards.
• →Incorporate into lessons creative, hands-on learning experiences that broaden students’ exposure and interests, help foster student ingenuity and require application of knowledge and skills acquired through daily instruction.
• →Provide a classroom environment that is visually appealing, rich with resources aligned to curriculum and standards and honors student’s achievement with current and accurate displays of exemplary student work.
• →Communicate to students to understand their talents, interests and needs and to convey learning expectations and their progress toward meeting those expectations.
• →Communicate regularly with families to identify students’ talents, interests and needs and update parents regarding students’ achievements and progress.
• →Collaborate with school-based staff and throughout the Friendship network in staff meetings, regular analysis sessions and professional learning designed to enhance students’ learning experience and increase student achievement.
• →Write and implement SMART goals for IEPs and 504 plans

• Experience in the role preferred
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• Two years of Special Education teaching experience and results demonstrating high student achievement and significant growth preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• At least ONE of the following:
  • Successful completion of the content area ETS Praxis II Exam
  • Valid Special Education Teaching License
  • Degree in content area

To learn more about our curriculum, consider the following links:

• ELA - https://greatminds.org/english/witwisdom 
  • 9-12 ELA - Springboard - https://collegeboard.clickhelp.co/articles/#!springboard-digital-support/welcome-to-springboard-digital
• Math - https://greatminds.org/math/eurekamath 
  • 9-12 Math - Pre-AP - https://pre-ap.collegeboard.org/
• Science - https://www.foss-science.com/a-multimodal-approach/ 
  • Science 9-12 - NGSS - https://www.nextgenscience.org/ 
• Social Studies - SS/History State Standards