Special Education Teacher, Functional Life Skills - Talbot Community School
- Maine
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Serves as the special education case manager for the students served on their caseload
- Maintains accurate and complete records as required by law, PPS policy and administrative regulation
- Creates a classroom environment that provides for student involvement in the learning process and enables each student to achieve learning objectives
- Provides instructional programming to meet the needs of all students including students with disabilities
- Establishes learning objectives consistent with an appraisal of student needs, requirements of PPS curricula framework, and knowledge of human growth and development
- Takes all necessary and safety precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities
- Establishes relationships with colleagues, students, parents and community which reflect recognition of and respect for every individual
- Appraises their own effectiveness and demonstrates successful application of skills and information acquired to increase effectiveness; strives to maintain and improve professional competence
- Participates in school management and shares responsibility for the total school program
- Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required. Performs related work as required
- Demonstrated ability to develop working knowledge of PPS curriculum, techniques for integrating curriculum, PPS policies, and effective instructional practices
- Ability to develop and deliver standards-based, specially designed instruction (SDI) across curricular disciplines and grade levels
- Ability to lead therapeutic, instructional team via collaborative processes
- Understanding of the teaching/learning process for students with disabilities, specifically students within the functional life skills classroom
- Ability to provide instruction that reflects multiple perspectives and multicultural education.
- Ability to infuse technology into curricula
- Ability to work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office and school based staff, students, parents and community
- Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills
- Willingness to reflect on personal implicit bias and a commitment to challenging personal perspectives and deepening self-awareness
- Knowledge of positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS)
- Bachelor's degree in an applicable field of special education from an accredited college or university
- Experience working with behavioral disabilities, experience with standards-based experiential and/or expeditionary learning preferred
- Certified in CPI and/or SafetyCare or able to be certified
- Experience with Acuity, Google suite, preferred
- Combinations of applicable education, training, and experience, which provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform effectively in the position, will determine salary
- Maine State fingerprint (CHRC) authorization (
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- Endorsement 286 (K-12)
- Endorsement 282 (K-8)
- School-year position
- Permanent
- Full Time, 1.0 FTE
- Salaried position, not eligible for overtime
- Covered under the PEA contract (see 2022-2025 CBA
- Eligible for benefits as outlined