Amber Charter Schools Hiring for Special Education Teacher Job at Bronx, NY Full Time

Special Education Teacher, ACS Kingsbridge ES

Start Date: September 2021

Education: Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in the field of education preferred.

Certification and License: NYS Students With Disabilities (Grades 1-6) teaching certification required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Position Overview:

Interventionist teachers plan and deliver rigorous and engaging instruction, comprehensively assess student learning, create safe and responsive learning environments. All ACS schools offer support for students with disabilities, English language learners and students who are formally or informally identified as at-risk.

Plan and Deliver Rigorous and Engaging Instruction

• Assume personal responsibility for the academic progress of all students with disabilities.
• Implement a coherent, research-based curriculum, aligned to content and grade level specific scope and sequence guiding documents.
• Implement mandated special education services aligned with specific Individual Education Plan (IEP) recommendations and requirements, ensuring compliance with all special education regulations.
• Modify, differentiate and extend learning experiences to engage all students with disabilities, and integrate IEP recommendations as appropriate.
• Provide direct support, guidance, and/or collaborate with colleagues to address the needs at-risk learners as requested.
• Document all syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, rubrics and other instructional materials and methods.
• Maintain accurate records by completing any required session notes, trackers and/or logs, documenting academic and behavioral interventions and other anecdotal notes.
• Use consistent school-wide practices and a variety of individualized methods to engage students in the classroom.
• Implement various methods to promote a student-led and student-centered classroom.

Comprehensively Assess Student Learning

• Track student proficiency and progress towards achieving learning objectives with formative and summative assessment tools.
• Analyze assessment results, utilizing data to inform and adjust instruction.
• Provide ongoing and timely feedback to students on their progress towards meeting expectations and achieving goals.
• Use student data to reflect on effectiveness of lessons in order to improve instruction and personal practice.
• Assess students with respect to their special needs and academic risk factors using the appropriate assessment measures.

Create a Safe and Responsive Learning Environment

• Teach and encourage the development of the AMBER core values.
• Develop and maintain a warm and firm learning environment that allows students to feel safe, take risks and be creative.
• Establish, model, practice and reinforce developmentally-appropriate rules and behaviors using clear and consistent procedures
• Formulate and implement behavioral management plans with individual students as needed
• Build positive and supportive partnerships with families.
• Communicate with families frequently and effectively, to provide them with information about IEP services, instructional programs and student progress (report cards, parent/teacher conferences, etc.), maximize participation and respond to their concerns.

Contribute to a Collaborative and Cohesive Staff Learning Community

• Model life-long learning through professional development and individual growth activities.
• Show evidence of utilizing constructive feedback to enhance the quality of learning experiences for students.
• Demonstrate teamwork, actively modeling cooperation and helpfulness for students.
• Engage in respectful and critical dialogue to contribute to the school’s evolution.
• Maintain optimism and flexibility throughout the year.
• Encourage and support the growth of colleagues.
• Serve on school based committees.

The special education interventionist teacher may also assume other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Principal or his/her/their designee.

Reports to the Principal or his/her/their designee.

We are seeking candidates with the following experience, competencies and assets:

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years experience as an effective, impactful classroom teacher.
• Evidence of success advancing the learning of students identified with or suspected of having disabilities, as well at those at-risk.
• Familiarity with high-quality curriculum programs.
• Comfort with remote learning systems (e.g. Google Classroom, on-line curriculum platforms).
• Strong command of all Microsoft Office and Google Suite programs.

Competencies:

• A high degree of comfort and confidence planning and implementing rigorous, engaging and effective instruction.
• Commitment to create and maintain a safe and responsive learning environment.
• Capacity to develop strong relationships based on trust, respect, effective communication, and common goals.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple obligations and initiatives, strong attention to detail and excellent time management.

Assets:

• Alignment to the Amber Charter Schools mission and core values.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in the field of education preferred.
• NYS Students With Disabilities (Grades 1-6) teaching certification required.
• Spanish-speaking preferred.