Job Details Job ID: 4937795 Job Description Special Education Life Skills Teacher Position Title: Life Skills Special Education Teacher Position Summary: • Develop and implement appropriate individual educational plans (IEPs) including BIPs that support the multiple learning and behavioral needs of each student. • Provide effective services to identified/eligible students as outlined in current IEP. • Develop daily classroom and individual lesson plans that apply life skills adopted curriculum and alternate assessment standards to address specific student objectives. Adapt daily schedule including individual/classroom visual schedules of learning activities to meet individual needs and abilities. • Implement assistive technology as outlined in IEP. • Use on-going data collection documentation to continually evaluate student progress and modify instructional strategies/activities/lessons as needed. • Understanding of local, state and federal policies/regulations, specifically IDEA and Article 7 as they pertain to students eligible for special education Services. Immediate Supervisor: Principal, Special Education Supervisors, Special Education Director Duties: • Ability and willingness to oversee/assist students in daily living skill training Such as feeding, eating, toileting, grooming and dressing skills. • Administer and apply alternate assessment ratings and tests; provide documentation to support ratings. • Provide assistance to general education staff and/or school support staff to provide appropriate and effective opportunities in the general education classroom environment or regular school activities. • Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments. Develop and implement Behavioral Intervention Plans for each student as necessary. • Work closely with building administrators to implement effective and appropriate reaction strategies in response to significant behavioral problems. • Oversee and/or assist with toileting and feeding of students. • Supervise special education paraprofessionals and support their professional development in appropriate curriculum, therapeutic and behavioral management areas. • Work collaboratively with therapeutic support staff (0T, PT, SLP, nurse) to incorporate and carry-over appropriate interventions throughout the instructional day. • Ability to lift and position or assist with two person lift of non-ambulatory students. • Implement ULS (Unique Learning System) curriculum. • Oversee/assist with arrival and dismissal procedures of students. Qualifications: • State of Indiana Certification as a Special Education Teacher with license in Severe Disabilities or Intense Interventions. • History of timely and accurate submission of IEPs. • Ability to lift and position or assist with two person lift of non-ambulatory students. Desired Experience or Training: • Experience dealing with families and students from a diverse range of economic, social and ethnic backgrounds. • Experience dealing with an educational model for provision of functional academic services, social skills training, community based training, vocational training and therapeutic interventions for students with significant cognitive impairments. Position Type: Full-time Positions Available: 3 Job Categories Special Education, General Special Education Special Education, Life Skills