Secondary Special Education Teacher - Special Services

SUMMARY:

• Teaches basic academic subjects to students requiring remedial work, using special help programs to improve scholastic level, by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teaches basic subjects such as reading and math, applying lesson techniques designed for short attention spans.
• Consults with regular class teacher and provides support, as needed, for regular class participation.
• Administers achievement tests and evaluates test results to discover level of language and math skills.
• Selects and teaches reading material and math problems related to everyday life of individual student. May also teach functional life skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to decide on the best use of methods and materials to help students acquire necessary skills, taking into account the different needs and abilities of individual students.
• Demonstrates qualities of patience, understanding, trustworthiness and attention to work.
• Possesses a thorough knowledge of the subject in order to arouse the students' interest.
• Confers with school counselors and teaching staff to obtain additional testing information and to gain insight on student behavioral disorders affecting learning process.
• Designs special help programs for low achievers and encourages parent teacher cooperation.
• Maintains effective communication with parents.
• Attends professional meetings, writes reports, and maintains records.
• Other duties as related to specific areas of disabilities.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Functions as a member of the school's faculty. Performs other duties as assigned by the principal.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

• Ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of professional staff, parents, students and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS:

• Alabama Class B Certificate with appropriate endorsement.
• Valid Alabama Driver's License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

SALARY:

• Salary schedules are found on the main Decatur City Schools website, available here . (Please right-click and select Open in New Tab to view our salary schedules.)
• Listed below are items that may be necessary to complete your employment process in order to compute your annual salary. It is your responsibility to provide us with this requested information in order to receive your accurate salary.
• We need verification of previous public school teaching experience. Use the following information when requesting verification of experience from your past employment at other boards of education:
  
  • Within the state of Alabama, experience must be verified on Supplement EXP
  • Outside the state of Alabama, we must have a letter (on school district letterhead) or public school district form showing beginning and ending dates stating your years of service and position held while employed
  • Credit is awarded for public school experience only, private, parochial, or similar experience will not be accepted
  • Experience must be full time at least 50%-100% of the academic year
  • Administrative credit will be awarded only for experience in the same position, i.e., principal for principal position as stated in the salary schedule
  • Transfer Sick Leave: If you have sick leave from another state school system or from another state of Alabama agency, you must have a Sick Leave Transfer form sent from your previous employer to our Human Resources department
• The Decatur City Board of Education awards a salary based on the highest degree earned, even if the degree is outside education. The degree must be verified on an official transcript & recognized by the Alabama State Department of Education.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee(s) within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of an employee(s) for this job.

The Decatur City School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, disability, sex, religion, national origin, or age in its programs, activities, or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The Title IX Coordinator for Decatur City Schools is responsible for handling inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies. The Title IX Coordinator can be reached by calling the Decatur City Board of Education at (256) 552-3000.