SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER: AUTISM - AMS
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER: AUTISM - AMS: Anthony Middle School
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Job Title SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER: AUTISM - AMS
Vacancy # 01312012D
Position #
# of Openings 1
Category Secondary Certified
Employment Full-Time Certified
Salary
Calendar Days
Published Date 02/01/2012
Closing Date N/A
Location Anthony Middle School
2501 Browning Ave
Manhattan, KS 66503
Experience 1 - 3 years job experience
Degrees / Certificates
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Requirements
JOB TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER - AUTISM PROGRAM - MIDDLE SCHOOL
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Valid teachers certificate
2. Experience or area of concentration in Pervasive Developmental Disorders, including Autism
3. Minimum of two years experience in the field of education, including experience as a classroom instructor or comparable experience
Description
REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education
JOB GOAL: To help students toward the fulfillment of their intellectual, emotional, and psychological
potential.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Directly case-manage a small number of students with autism (e.g., 3-4) across preschool and elementary school sites, providing direct instruction as well as overseeing instruction provided those students by other educators.
2. Provide training and consultation to the other educational team members who assist in carrying out goals for those students whom the teacher case-manages.
3. Be knowledgeable and eclectic about using an array of educational approaches (e.g., discrete-trail training, incidental learning, scripted social language, etc) in helping students with a variety of learning characteristics attain their educational goals.
4. Continually use functional behavioral assessment and other problem-solving approaches to help understand maladaptive behavioral characteristics and proactively address them.
5. Be knowledgeable about motivation issues for students with autism and utilize a variety of individualized motivation systems to increase compliance, in accordance with established behavioral and educational principles.
6. Use an understanding of developmental theory to create highly individualized curricula and materials for learners who may have unusual scatter and gaps in their developmental progression.
7. Create a variety of objective assessment schemes with which student progress may be monitored and programming evaluated and modified as necessary.
8. Serve as a consultant for educational teams which have children with similar learning characteristics, assisting them in developing an understanding of the needs of these learners and assisting them in implementing effective educational strategies.
9. Remain current with the literature on students with autism, and draw upon that knowledge to effect programming changes for students who will benefit from an evolving understanding in this field of education.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Placement on Salary Schedue. Benefits include Health Insurance and Employer's Paid 403b Contribution.
EVALUATION:
Performance of job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy
on Evaluation of teachers.
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