Elementary Special Education Strat II: BD​/LD

Overview

Elementary Special Education Strat II: BD/LD – Davenport Community Schools, Davenport, Iowa. TO BE DETERMINED. Open in Google Maps. This job is also posted in Teach Iowa, Iowa's Marketplace for education jobs.

Job : 5512780

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jan 26, 2026 7:02 PM (UTC)

The Davenport Community School District is an EEO/AA employer.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Essential Functions of Position, Major Responsibilities, Summary of Key Duties, Special Assignments, Relationships

• Provide research based social skills instruction and intervention.
• Must attend all required trainings by special education department and/or District, whether occurring in summer, evenings, or during school year.
• Must be willing to accept feedback regarding implementation and use feedback to implement changes in instruction.
• Provide instruction based upon the Iowa Core Standards.
• Regularly use data to drive instruction and make educational decisions.
• Complete all paperwork appropriately and in a timely manner, including updating progress monitoring.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to ensure student is progressing towards grade level skills and/or standards.
• Implement services outlined in each individual's IEP with fidelity.
• Work with Behavioral and Learning Disabilities Mild, Moderate and Severe; including students diagnosed with Autism and Spectrum Disorder
• Knowledge, training, and capability of effectively deescalating aggressive students and implement personal restraint if necessary
• Ability to remain calm and respectful when students are in crisis.
• Willingness to work with students who are disruptive, aggressive, disrespectful and/or explosive in nature.
• Ability to manage difficult behavior and maintain students exhibiting these problem behaviors in classroom setting, while providing instruction and positive reinforcement.
• Ability to develop and implement behavior intervention strategies based upon applied behavior analysis to provide services to students in the school environment as an alternative to suspension.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and effectively communicate those objectives to students.
• Identify students' needs and make appropriate referrals and develop strategies for individual education plans.
• Effectively communicate with parents by means of newsletters, e-mail, notes, phone calls and individual parent conferences.
• Discuss student problems, behavior incidents, positive developments, and progress with parents in an honest, sensitive, and confidential manner.
• Promotes parent participation and involvement in education activities provided for their children.
• Confer and cooperate with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting student learning, following approved curricula.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve student behavioral and academic problems.
• Engage in collaborative work and contribute to team planning.
• Support instruction through an Individual Education Plan for students with special needs, aligning with District and Iowa Core Curriculum.
• Provide individual and small group research-based instruction based upon principals of applied behavior analysis designed to meet individual needs of students based upon data that promotes academic, social and emotional growth.
• Develop and use instructional materials suitable for verbal or visual instruction of students with a wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturities.
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provide individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Translate lesson plans and activities into developmentally appropriate learning experiences to best utilize the available time for instruction.
• Prepare for assigned classes, and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisor.
• Develop individualized educational…