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The Akron-Westfield CSD has an opening for the 2024-2025 school year for a Middle School Special Education Teacher.

If you currently do not hold proper licensure for the position, we will consider applicants who are willing to seek a SPED endorsement.

Basic Function:

To devise and implement programs for students who have special needs that preventthem from learning through traditional methods. To assist and ensure that every studentachieves his/her level of educational excellence in the areas of academic, career, andsocial/emotional development through collaborative partnership with students, family,educators and community.

Essential Functions:

1. Demonstrates ability to enhance academic performance and support for implementation of the school district student achievement goals.

• Helps parents to understand the specific problems of educationally handicapped students and the goals and operation of the program, apprising them of problems and progress.
• Accepts and demonstrates responsibility for creating a classroom culture that supports the learning of every student.

2. Creates an environment of mutual respect, rapport, and fairness.

• Participates in and contributes to a school culture that focuses on improved student learning.
• Communicates with students, families, colleagues, and communities effectively and accurately.
• Demonstrates competence in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position.

3. Determines specific learning problems, skill deficiencies, or social adjustment difficulties of students and initiates remediation programs in these areas.

• Provides students with substitutes for other classes.
• Understands and uses instructional strategies that are appropriate to the content area.
• Demonstrates competence in planning and preparing for instruction.
• Works closely with other teachers to help the students maintain satisfactory classwork, homework, and behavior, and communication.
• Uses students' developmental needs, background, and interests in planning for instruction.
• Selects strategies to engage all students in learning.

4. Uses available resources, including technologies, in the development and sequencing of instruction.

• Uses strategies to deliver instruction that meet the multiple learning needs of students.
• Makes available a wide-range of teaching materials and equipment, including reading materials at many levels, instructional games, and resource materials.
• Provides opportunities for students to explore life and career goals.

5. Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness in adjusting instruction to meet student needs.

• Engages students in varied experiences that meet diverse needs and promote social, emotional, and academic growth.
• Connects students' prior knowledge, life experiences, and interests in the instructional process.
• Uses available resources, including technologies, in the delivery of instruction.
• Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning.
• Evaluates each student in terms of initial needs and progress toward remediation.

6. Prepares progress reports, IEP updates according to the EIP, and year-end evaluations, administering pre-tests and post-tests as appropriate and necessary.

• Participates in selection and evaluation of students for admission to the program of education for such students.
• Participates in case conferences about educationally handicapped students.
• Performs basic attendance accounting and similar record-keeping functions pertinent to the educationally handicapped program.
• Completes Individual Education Plans (IEP) appropriately in a timely manner and attends IEP meetings.
• Works as a team member with auxiliary personnel (AEA) staff within the building, parents and students.

7. Demonstrates competence in classroom management.

• Establishes and maintains standards of individual student behavior.
• Creates learning community that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement, and self-regulation for every student.
• Creates a safe and purposeful learning environment.

8. Engages in professional growth.

• Demonstrates habits and skills of continuous inquiry and learning.
• Works collaboratively to improve professional practice and student learning.
• Applies research, knowledge, and skills from professional development opportunities to improve practice.
• Establishes and implements professional development plans based upon the teacher needs aligned to the Iowa Teaching Standards and district/building student achievement goals.
• Fulfills professional responsibilities established by the school district
• Adheres to board policies, district procedures, and contractual obligations.
• Demonstrates professional and ethical conduct as defined by state law and individual district policy.
• Contributes to efforts to achieve district and building goals.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and respect for all learners and staff.
• Collaborates with students, families, colleagues, and communities to enhance student learning.

Specifications/Qualifications:

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time (each up to two hours at a time).
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to talk, hear and see clearly for greater than 20 feet and less than 20 inches.
• Requires fine motor skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All employers submitting a job opening for posting on the IowaWORKS system will not discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status, or status as a veteran. A bona fide religious institution may choose to exercise the allowances in Iowa Code section 216.6.(6)d. Employers may have additional developed specific equal employment opportunity policies and procedures; please check with employers.