Special Education Teacher - LEAP

Yukon Public Schools

  • Yukon, OK
  • $49,477 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 17 days ago
Job Details:Yukon Public Schools (YPS) first opened its doors in 1891 in a small, one-room frame building. Fast-forward 127 years later, YPS now serves over 9,200 students across the greater Yukon area covering 68 square miles of Canadian County, including Yukon, NW Oklahoma City, SW Oklahoma City and Banner (when students enter the 9th grade). Over 1,200 full-time and part-time staff and faculty members serve the students and community of Yukon Public Schools across several academic, alternative, and athletic facilities, including 7 elementary schools, 3 intermediate schools, 1 middle school campus, and 1 high school campus. Yukon High School is currently the 7th largest high school in Oklahoma. YPS also serves students through our Virtual Elementary, Intermediate, Middle and High Schools, Bridges Academy, YALE, and MOVE programs. YPS is fully accredited by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Our students and schools have received numerous awards and have been recognized at county, state, and national levels for a variety of accomplishments.Yukon Public Schools has a strong reputation and proven track-record of working hand-in-hand with our community, students, and employees. This synergy is what makes YPS successful and has allowed us to be ranked as one of the Top Workplaces in Oklahoma for the last two years.Yukon Public Schools believes that education is a cooperative effort of family, school, and community, and that all children deserve the opportunity for success in school. YPS consistently seeks community input and support through town hall forums, online feedback, and open door policies to create an open environment which encourages excellence and achievement.With the support of our community, Yukon Public Schools passed a 43 million dollar bond initiative that includes the construction of a new intermediate school that will house 4th-6th grade students known as Redstone Intermediate. In addition, technology and school improvements are included in this bond that align with our community developed strategic plan and includes our call to action: “YPS will empower learners to be self-sustaining, successful contributors, to life and the global community.”Job Description:Click here to learn more about the great community of Yukon, Oklahoma!TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE TEACHER
  • LEAP: (Learners Excelling And Progressing) Lab/Resource setting with collaboration, monitor, co-teach and direct instruction service delivery.
  • RISE: (Reaching Independence through Structured Education) Functional skills and modified curriculum classroom for students with mild/moderate disabilities.
  • LIFE: (Learning In a Functional Environment) Functional skills and modified curriculum classroom for students with severe/profound disabilities.
  • ABLE: (Academic and Behavioral Learning Environment) Classroom for students with emotional and behavioral concerns.
QUALIFICATIONS: As set by state certification authoritiesREPORTS TO: Principal and/or Assistant PrincipalJOB GOAL: To facilitate the appropriate academic, social, and emotional growth of students identified as Disabled under P.L. 101-476PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Meets and instructs assigned class in the location and at the time designated.
  • Prepares for class assigned and shows written evidence of preparation upon request of the administration.
  • Participates in evaluative process for Special Education placement when called upon to do so.
  • Participates in Eligibility, Placement, and IEP team meetings when called upon to do so.
  • Maintains a "work" folder for each student when appropriate; can document students' progress or lack of progress.
  • Provides appropriate educational program for students.
  • Cooperates with regular classroom teachers and other staff members in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods to be used with students in Special Education.
  • Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided, materials available, and needs and capabilities of the child.
  • Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
  • Attends and participates in faculty meetings.
  • Assists in the selection, and inventory of books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
  • Completes reports and other school related paperwork as required, at or before the time requested.
  • Accepts the responsibility and arrives punctually for activities and duties as assigned.
  • Works to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the academic and behavioral progress of assigned students.
  • Provides for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
  • Creates an effective classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the developmental level and interests of students within the limits of the resources of the district.
  • Guides the learning process toward the achievement of the IEP goals and, in harmony with these goals, establishes clear objectives and communicates these objectives to students.
  • Assists the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct; and for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
  • Maintains appropriate emotional stability, physical health, personal appearance, and personality.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
  • 10-month/182-day work calendar
  • According to the current
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

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