SEALS - Learning Teacher and Transition Specialist

Position: SEALS 18+ Work-Based Learning Teacher and Transition Specialist
Position: SEALS 18+ Work-Based Learning Teacher and Transition Specialist

Department:
Special Programs

Wage/Hour Status:
Exempt

Immediate Supervisor(s):
Coordinator of Compliance;
Executive Director of Special Programs

Pay Grade:
Per Compensation Manual

Days Employed:
Per Compensation Manual

POSITION SUMMARY:

* Provide special education students, who have completed their high school credits and have entered the SEALS 18+ work-based learning class, with learning activities, vocational and other life experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, vocational, and social growth

* Oversee support services to students

* Direct the work of instructional assistants and volunteers in the classroom

* Develop or modify curricula, prepare lessons and other instructional materials and keep documentation based on student ability levels

* Supervise the district transition programs, including providing training and all aspects of the SPP 13 Reporting

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certification:

* Bachelor's degree from an accredited university

* Valid Texas teaching certificate, with required special education endorsement for assignments

* Demonstrated instructional competency in the core academic subject area assigned

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

* Knowledge of special needs of students in the transition-related area

* Knowledge of Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee process and Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal-setting process, data collection requirements, relevant supplements, and implantation

* Knowledge of SPP 13 and all related transition programming requirements

* Specific knowledge of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and instructional techniques

* Specific knowledge of appropriate verbal de-escalation and restraint techniques

* Strong organizational, written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills

* Knowledge of transition assessment and development of life plans

Experience:

* At least three years of teaching high school special education self-contained students who have been in Low Incidence Disability (LID) classrooms

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Instructional:

* Collaborate with students, parents, and other members of staff to develop independent living skills/transition / work-based IEP objectives and behavioral IEP objectives and all required supplements through the ARD Committee process for each student assigned with specific emphasis on 18+ life/transition requirements

* Implement an instructional, therapeutic, or skill development program for assigned students and show written evidence of preparation as required, including individual student-level data charts as related to their transition/life plan

* Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect an understanding of

* all assigned student's individual disabilities,

* academic and behavioral characteristics,

* learning styles and needs

* Provide instructional activities that are directly related to transition-related areas such as community resources for areas related to 18+ services

* employment,

* living,

* education,

* social,

* recreational & leisure, and transportation

* Follow all district procedures for community-based instruction (CBI)

* Employ a variety of instructional techniques, and media to meet the needs and capabilities of each student assigned

* Present subject matter according to current best practices for transition-related IEPs

* Conduct transition assessments and life plans according to current best practices

* Plan and supervise assignments for teacher aide(s) and volunteer(s)

* Use assistive and student-specific technology in the teaching/learning process

* Responsibly maintain assistive devices for assigned students

* Maintain all required paperwork and documentation related to individual students for PEIMS, ARD, and transition requirements

* Use effective verbal and written communication skills to present information accurately, clearly, and in a timely manner

Student Growth and Development:

* Conduct ongoing (at minimum, beginning, mid, end of year) assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing as indicated by the student's transition/life plan

* Monitor student progress throughout each grading period on their specific IEP goals/objectives and keep data for each student's progress

* Provide and supervise personal care (including toileting needs, such as catheterization, menstrual assistance, lifting/transfer to accessible toilets or changing tables), medical care, and feeding (may include tube or bottle feeding or the special preparation of food) for students as stated in IEP

* Assume responsibility for extracurricular activities as assigned. Sponsor outside activities approved by the campus principal/director of special programs

* Be a positive role model for students; support the philosophy of the special programs department (Whatever the student needs is our job description) and the mission of the school district

* Maintain a…