Location: Erie 1 BOCES Special Education Services EDGE Academy Cheektowaga, NY Annual Salary: $46,830 + 1,750 w/Masters Stipend $48,580 Exceptional package including but not limited to: Employment - Erie 1 BOCES (https://www.e1b.org/en/about-us/employment.aspx#Great-Benefits) + Paid annual Holidays + Generous Paid Personal/Sick time + Generous Paid vacation days + Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%) + Medical Insurance waiver allowance + Life insurance at NO cost to you + FSA plan + Employee Centric work environment + Fun events for employees to enjoy. + Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion + NYS Retirement System + 403b AND 457 retirement plans + and so much more.. Hours: 7:15 AM - 2:45 PM General Responsibilities: Teach 6:1:1 special education high school classes. Implement special education services as outlined on the IEP Work collaboratively with the CCRA team To provide students with disabilities with a program that will enable them to reach their fullest physical, social-emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential. Job Responsibilities: 1. Assesses students, both informally and formally, in order to provide an individualized classroom program. 2. Designs plans and appropriate activities to reach individual pupil IE.P.'s. 3. Provides an individualized education program for students with disabilities consistent with New York State Common Core Learning Standards and the program's goals and requirements. 4. Establishes a classroom environment that provides for the student's social/emotional and behavioral needs as well as academic needs including specific systems of motivation to students. 5. Assists and counsels students in making realistic assessments of their abilities in establishing educational and/or career goals. 6. Keeps attendance records and other reports/records pertinent to the program. 7. Provides, when warranted, continuous consultation and/or management outside of the classroom to appropriate personnel. 8. Provides assistance to students with general education class assignments. 9. Assists in screening, evaluating, and recommending placement of students in the school's program. 10. Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers and staff who have students with disabilities interpreting their abilities, disabilities, and meeting the individual needs of the students. 11. Assists other professional staff members in identifying, recommending, and resolving psychological or disciplinary actions unique to the student. 12. Confers frequently with parents, professional staff members, building level administrators, and supervisors regarding the students educational, social/emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential. 13. When appropriate, coordinates, and supervises work experience and on-campus job training programs involving students with disabilities. 14. Participates, when appropriate, in continuous professional growth and development related to the field of teaching and/or specific area(s) of expertise. 15. Supervises Teacher Aide. APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH JANUARY 30, 2025 Job Qualifications + Must hold valid New York State Teaching Certification in Students with Disabilities 7-12 Generalists + Experience teaching in special education highly preferred Position Start Date:02/17/2025 Application Deadline:01/30/2025 Job Number: 0125-0007