Duties
· Oversees classroom and manages staff
· Prepare daily schedules, staffing plan and fulfill 1:1 role as required
· Monitor Specials schedules for students and track therapy minutes
· Facilitate morning and afternoon staff meeting, PCM practice, implementation meetings and staff training
· Schedule and determine Centers activities
· Lead groups while differentially modifying instruction to each student
· Overlap specials 1x/month
· Lead parent communication to include reading and writing of daily notes in log and weekly parent teleconferences
· Record student attendance
· Participate in all IEP meetings, write goals and monitor
· Quarterly Progress Reports and Parent Teacher Conferences
· Managerial discipline to classroom staff
· Participate in student PCM debriefings
· Attend meetings and trainings as required
· Organize and lead quarterly Parent/Teacher Conference – Run all parent meetings
· Responsible for writing education goals for student IEPs and Transition Plans using IGS curriculum
· Participate in field trips and community outings
· Design material as needed
· Write proposed budget for programs and materials
· Dispense student’s medication
· Administer formal and informal assessments, screening and testing of students; write reports with findings and recommendations
· Train staff
· Collaborate with BCBA to develop BIPs and toileting protocols
· Overlaps classroom staff on program implementation and BIPs, provides feedback to PM, PMA and 1:1s
· Teacher is overlapped by BCBA
· Safety of students, staff and ALCA
· Inform staff of policy and procedures
· Monitor student data weekly (EDU, BIP, CIP,OT, ST, MT, VOC)
· Build staff morale and team work
· Work with Director of Special Education and Human Resources in staff disciplinary issues
· Support PCM when needed
· Participate on task forces as appropriate
· Collaborate with parents and Director of Special Education to maintain and post medical protocols
· Provide frequent feedback to staff (positive and constructive)
· Provide only necessary, crucial coaching in the moment and follow up with additional training and debriefing
· Write lesson plans
· Complete quarterly progress monitoring and meet with Director of Special Education
· Provide home recommendations to parents
· Collaborate IEP team to develop goals, objectives, programs and behavioral plans
· Create a classroom dynamic that fosters teamwork, collaboration and solid communication in the best interest of students
· Communicate changes in programs to teams
· Participate in school visits to observe student candidates in their public school placements
· Lead intake team on new students
· Work 1:1 daily with students
· Create theme based unit to support monthly field trip
· Understand all student programs (EDU, OT, SLP, LS, MT and BIPS)
· Work with Program Manager to write and implement student programs
· Maintain classroom cleanliness and organization
· Write lesson plans for classroom and community based outings
· Provide written lesson plans to Subs
· Write and participate in performance evaluations
· Collaborate with BCBA on student programming
· Take baseline data on programs and behavior
· Maintain student, parent and staff confidentiality
· Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance
· Other duties as assigned