Special Education Teacher

Location

Roanoke, VA | United States

Job description

Special Education Teacher

Mosaic Group, LLC, a leading provider of ABA services in Virginia, provides life-changing behavioral therapy to children with autism.  Our mission is to expand the reach of our services to touch the lives of more children and their families. Mosaic is seeking a full-time Special Education Teacher to join our growing team. 

Responsibilities:

• Develops Individual Educational Plan (IEP) and ensures accommodations are provided
• Creates and implements differentiated lesson plans based on students’ academic level, capabilities, and testing requirements of the student under Virginia SOL's
• Adheres of guidance and regulations under IDEA and VDOE
• Identifies the need for, administration of, and the documentation of educational assessments
• Reviews incoming student IEPs and updates goals as needed 30 days after enrollment
• Continually analyzes student progress through formal and informal assessments, classroom observation, and collection of academic work
• Completes IEP report cards and progress reports
• Collaborates with clinical supervisors on student’s behavior goals and ABA interventions
• Attends weekly student case reviews
• Attends eligibility, IEP, and transition meetings as necessary
• Responsible for preparing and conducting bi-monthly parent/teacher meetings and preparing process summaries for review by Education Coordinator
• Administer VAAP testing as needed
• Ensures professional growth as appropriate to instructional assignment.
• Performs related duties as assigned

Other Duties:

• Implement the human resources policies, procedures and practices of VA-ABC
• Ensuring the safety and care of our students, cleanliness, health and overall wellbeing, making referrals as necessary for additional services a family may need
• Maintains strict confidentiality regarding all client and personnel information connected with Virginia Autism and Behavior Consulting. Performs other duties as assigned
• Responsible for overseeing orderliness of assigned center location including but not limited to: completion of cleaning checklists, adding tasks to cleaning checklist as needed, enforcing dress code & ensuring appropriate level of hygiene in school based setting for all students and staff. Notification of any disruption to appropriate hygiene level should be given to Director immediately.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Special Education. Master’s degree preferred but not required
• Current Virginia Postgraduate Professional License in Special Education with an endorsement in A daptive Curriculum (General Curriculum Pre-K - 12 would also be considered) OR be eligible for a Provisional License in Special Education Adaptive Curriculum 
• Advanced training and/or experience in special education and a basic knowledge of the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Certification in Adult and Pediatric CPR, AED and First Aid
• 2+ years’ experience with students with emotional disabilities and/or autism is preferred, but not required
• Successful completion of criminal background history and central registry background investigations as outlined in Virginia Autism and Behavior Consulting’s policy manual

Preferred skills and knowledge include:

• Excellent organization and problem-solving skills
• Experience with children with developmental disabilities
• Able to work in a team setting
• Working knowledge of HIPAA regulations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, good oral and written communication skills

Physical Requirements:

• Able to drive a motor vehicle, move up to 35lbs, be able to physically move for up to 8 hours a day in 3- hour blocks including climbing stairs.

Working Conditions:

• Duties performed indoors in clinic, home, or school environment.

Mosaic is an equal opportunity employer

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