Special Education Teacher  (Full Time)
Department: School

Special Education Teacher  (Full Time)
Department: School

Help children and adult with developmental disabilities achieve their greatest potential.

Special Education Teacher Needed!

This is a job where you can make a difference in other's lives and build a career

• Located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; An easy 35-40 minute commute from Dover, DE, Bridgeville, DE, and Trappe, MD, and roughly 45 minutes from the Bay Bridge.
• Full time, Monday - Friday, day shift, following the 223 school calendar
  

+ Other Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long term and short term disability, accident, and critical illness benefits
• Flexible spending accounts; dependent care and health care
• 403(b) match
• Paid time off; 12 holidays (including your birthday) plus a generous amount of sick, vacation, and personal hours
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mileage reimbursement
• Extra pay for using your personally owned vehicle, if eligible
• Cell phone reimbursement, if eligible
• Career advancement opportunities
• Paid training
• Year round events including appreciation weeks (for Teachers, DSPs, Administration, etc.), turkey give-away, Christmas party, milestone anniversary celebrations, staff appreciation night, and much more!

+ Education and Experience

• Must have Bachelor's degree and valid teaching certificate in Special Education meeting the Highly Qualified criteria.
• A Conditional Certificate, valid for two years, may be requested by the Educational Director for an individual with a BA/BS who does not yet meet the certification requirements for a Standard Professional certificate or Highly Qualified criteria. This individual would be required to meet the requirements for the renewal of the Conditional Certificate until a SPC or APC is obtained and to meet the criteria for Highly Qualified.

+ Key Responsibilities

• Implement the current Individual Education Plan with updates as necessary.
• Supervise children in areas assigned and according to behavioral management plans designated.
• Evaluate each assigned childs attainment of goals as stated in the IEP
• Submits progress and other reports as required by the school program or requested by School administrators
• Implement strategies and provides materials and equipment as appropriate for the population served.
• Complete, in advance, and maintain lesson plans, protocol and schedules for daily planning
• Maintain records as required by Federal and State Laws/Bylaws as well as confidentiality of records.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings, interviews, inservice sessions, Parent conferences and other activities as required by the school calendar and/or School administration.
• Supervise and document performance of classroom staff with follow-up on goals and outcomes of performance/coaching lessons
• Attend annual review and other requested/required meetings for children enrolled at The Benedictine School upon request
• Administer state testing to students as directed by School administration and submit documentation in a timely manner

Summary:Provides instruction, directly and with the assistance of Education Assistants and Classroom Assistants, of students with developmental disabilities in education, vocational, functional and self-help, social-emotional, and behavioral areas. Instruction in enhanced by the ongoing collaboration with other team members (i.e. behavior department, parents, related services, etc.) in a multi-disciplinary approach.

+ Working Conditions

Hours of work

• Full time
• Monday - Friday 8:15am-3:30pm, this position follows the school calendar.
• No weekends.

Overtime expectations

• Overtime is not required but is regularly available and much appreciated. Any employee can request extra hours, regardless of seniority
  

Work environment

• Classroom setting.

Travel requirements

• You must have a relatively clean driving record as transporting individuals may be required. We have Benedictine vehicles to use for transportation purposes. Use of your own vehicle is not required.
  

On-call responsibilities

• Not required for this position.

Benedictine is an EOE