Mission: To empower our students to become global leaders who connect, explore, and create through real-world learning experiences.
Vision: To foster a safe environment where integrated learning, strong families, and community partnerships embrace our students while inspiring them to shape the world.
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensure the mission and vision of the school are demonstrated in all actions.
- Ensure the highest quality educational experience for all students.
- Provide a safe learning environment.
- Ensure and foster the educational, social, and emotional development of all students.
- Enforce all behavior management and reward system policies, coordinate with Student Support Manager where required.
- Comply with all school policy and procedure.
- Coordinate with Special Education Case Manager and/or instructional team members to ensure specialized curriculum is being provided to students in conjunction with state and school learning standards and best practice.
- Develop lesson plans that ensure the attainment of IEP goals, objectives, and state and school learning standards.
- Provide direct instruction in compliance with students’ Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and provide special education students with services, modifications, accommodations, and supplementary aids in compliance with IEPs and best practice.
- Prepare students, and address all student needs, for all required assessments, including state, district, and/or progress monitoring assessments.
- Evaluate students’ progress and consistently report on progress throughout the school year as mandated by federal law.
- Prepare and complete all student reports (IEP reports, progress reports, grade reports, etc.) as required.
- Provide an inviting, exciting, and innovative learning environment.
- Engage in effective and appropriate classroom management with consideration given to student disabilities and applicable behavioral intervention plans.
- Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from leadership and/or instructional coaches.
- Ensure student caseload and workload are frequently updated to reflect current services; ensure that all services—including related services—are provided to special education students in compliance with student IEPs.
- Collaborate with other educators, faculty, and staff to ensure that students with special needs are provided with appropriate services, modifications, accommodations, and supplementary aids.
- Stay up to date on current research and legislation within the field of special education.
- Attend all required professional development.
- Assist with student and parent events as well as extra curricular activity.
- All other duties as assigned.