TITLE:
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
Moderate to Severe Disabilities, Autism


QUALIFICATIONS:
Valid, Appropriate California Special Education Credential
EL Certification required and flexibility, sensitivity and a desire to work with children with special needs.

JOB GOAL:
Provides an educational program for students who require an intensive and highly structured program and are placed in a Special Day Class (SDC) program by the Individualized Education Program (IEP).

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provides instruction in SDC class to meet student needs for basic learning skills and other subject matters commensurate with the emotional, physical and intellectual needs of the pupil.
2. Provides individualized and small group instruction with an emphasis on a remedial language arts and math curriculum.
3. Confers frequently with parents and professional staff members on each pupil’s progress.
4. Develops IEP goals and objectives and evaluates student progress.
5. Provides appropriate physical and psychological environment to establish and reinforce acceptable pupil behavior, attitudes, social skills and self-image.
6. Arranges with staff for the mainstreaming of qualified students into regular classes for partial day instruction to prepare the pupils for returning to the regular classroom on a full-time basis, as written in the IEP.
7. Applies learning theory to student behavior management and lesson planning for individual and group situations.
8. Serves as a member of the IEP team for potential placement and for review of students placed in the SDC class.
9. Supervises/directs activities of instructional aides.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with a disability to perform the essential functions.

1. Mental ability to teach the skills; and skills and knowledge required to interpret and implement policies, rules and regulations, and make determinations relative to the effective performance of the essential responsibilities of the position.
2. Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
3. Ability to see and read printed matter with or without vision aids.
4. Ability to hear and understand speech at normal room levels, and to hear and understand speech on the telephone.
5. Manual dexterity to carry out the functions of the above essential responsibilities.
6. Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly.
7. Ability to bend, reach and walk.

NOTE: This list of essential functions and physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary in accordance with the requirements of the job.