Dayton Elementary SPED Resource Teacher 2024/25

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list outlines key responsibilities but may be supplemented as needed.

• Ensure Compliance: Adhere to all federal, state, and district regulations regarding special education program development and implementation.
• Maintain Records: Keep accurate, up-to-date student records and submit required reports within designated deadlines. Ensure all confidential special education documents comply with state and federal regulations.
• Uphold Confidentiality: Maintain strict confidentiality regarding student, parent, and staff information, disclosing only when professionally necessary or legally required.
• Effective Communication: Demonstrate proficiency in written and verbal communication in English.
• Administrative Duties: Complete clerical tasks such as attendance tracking, budgeting materials, and recording grades promptly and accurately.
• Professional Development: Attend and actively participate in all required training sessions.
• Support Staff Management: Oversee and assign tasks to paraprofessionals and additional student support staff as necessary.
• Recordkeeping: Maintain accurate, timely student records in PowerSchool.

Instructional Responsibilities

• Deliver Functional Curriculum: Provide instruction in domestic, vocational, recreational, community, and functional academic areas.
• Use Research-Based Methods: Implement evidence-based teaching materials and strategies such as general education curriculum, Edmark, TouchMath, FACTER, LCCE, and Syracuse programs.
• Create Engaging Lessons: Plan and deliver meaningful, relevant, and developmentally appropriate instructional activities.
• Integrate Natural Learning Environments: Conduct instruction in inclusive settings, including general education classrooms and community-based environments.
• Differentiate Instruction: Utilize age-appropriate instructional materials, offer multi-level and differentiated instruction, and ensure clear lesson objectives are pre-planned.
• Provide Standards-Based Education: Align instruction with state standards and use appropriate assessment tools, including state alternate assessments where applicable.
• Adapt Teaching Methods: Implement instructional adaptations such as picture cues, cooperative learning, student grouping, sign language, and individualized schedules to enhance learning.
• Support Functional Communication: Teach students functional communication skills and incorporate individualized communication tools (e.g., picture cards, voice output devices, consequence maps).
• Manage Student Behavior: Develop and implement positive behavior supports and individualized behavior intervention plans aligned with student needs.
• Monitor Student Progress: Regularly collect and analyze student performance data to adjust individual learning plans as needed, including annual IEP meetings or more frequent updates if necessary.

Position Expectations

• Demonstrate expertise and ability to provide instruction in an elementary classroom.
• Collaborate effectively with students, parents, colleagues, administrators, and community members.
• Guide students toward achieving curriculum objectives and learning goals.
• Set and communicate clear learning objectives for all lessons, units, and projects.
• Utilize a variety of teaching strategies to address diverse learning needs.
• Actively participate as a collaborative team member with faculty and staff.
• Maintain accurate and complete records in accordance with district policy and legal requirements.
• Engage in ongoing professional development to enhance instructional practices.
• Communicate professionally and effectively in written, verbal, and non-verbal forms.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned by the site administrator or supervisor.
  

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