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Teacher, Special Education Learning Specialist

ABOUT THE DISTRICT


Jeffco Public Schools, Colorado's largest K-12 school district, with 85,000 students and approximately 14,000 employees, has provided educational excellence for more than 60 years. Nearly 10 percent of all Colorado K-12 students attend a Jeffco school and our employees benefit from partnerships with experienced, dynamic school leaders throughout our district. Our Jeffco Generations vision document and strategic plan map out with focus and clarity what we expect our schools to accomplish with our graduates. Come join us!

ABOUT THE SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT

Secrest Elementary is a diverse neighborhood school. We proudly provide a welcoming and safe learning environment with a family feeling. Many of our students' parents and even grandparents were once Secrest Firebirds. Our mission is for ALL students to grow and succeed every day. To achieve that, our schedule has been carefully crafted for every student to receive individualized support or acceleration in both literacy and math on a daily basis. We work hard, and we are passionate about what we do, because we are driven by a shared sense of social justice. Thanks to our ongoing collaboration to meet students' needs, we have been rated as a "green" achievement school by the Colorado Department of Education for the past two years. Having shown great growth in student learning, we have also been invited to apply to the National Professional Learning Communities (PLC) network of outstanding schools. In 2019, Secrest will be opening a brand-new 100k Creative Learning Systems STEM lab in our multi-media center. We are very excited about the hands-on, collaborative learning opportunities this will provide to our future global citizens at Secrest.
Our Mission: Every student is growing and succeeding every day!
Our Vision: At Secrest, we empower all students to become self-directed, caring, global citizens, ready for future challenges and opportunities.

ABOUT YOU

Jeffco is a learning organization in which all staff must grow in their capacity to support and educate all students including those with special needs. Special Education professionals are committed to providing equal educational opportunities for students with disabilities who have the right, and deserve the opportunity, to meet the challenging expectations that have been established for their non-disabled peers. Highly efficacious educators understand that their knowledge and skills can assist students in overcoming educational barriers. Maintaining a strong academic focus with quality instruction including frequent progress monitoring produces more successful outcomes for all students. A robust continuum of services driven by student needs is essential.
To be a successful learning specialist at Secrest:
- You collaborate with teammate/s as well as other teachers and specialists all the time to meet the unique and individual needs of the students.
- You will co-teach and coplan with general education teachers to support the inclusion of students in general education.
- You are fiercely committed to ALL of your students making growth on their IEP goals.
- You work with the general education and special education team to collaboratively develop individualized plans in learning and behavior for students to be successful.
- You backwards design lessons based on standards and constantly think about how to best engage your students in authentic, meaningful tasks.
- You create an environment that's warm, structured, student-centered, and fun!
- You believe in the importance of a Professional Learning Community that focuses on learning, collaboration, and results.
- You build deep, personal, culturally responsive relationships with your students and their families.
- You consistently monitor students' progress and use that data to guide your next instructional steps.
- You are resourceful, growth-minded, and constantly look for new ways to teach and improve your craft.
- You are excited about the huge difference you can make at a successful Title I School with students who may have experienced poverty and trauma. You also know that in order to be a Title I hero, you will be attending more meetings and doing more paperwork (e.g. READ Plans, entering and monitoring MTSS goals etc.) than your counterparts at other schools might.
- You are ready and willing to do what it takes for your kiddos!

ABOUT THE JOB

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HOURS AND DAYS WORKED

Desired Start Date: 08/08/2019Tchr SPED Learning Specialist
Annual Position
FLSA: Exempt
FTE: 1.00, Hours/Day: 8.00, Days/Year: 185
Salary Plan, Grade, Step: JCE - Professional - 185 days, GR1, 1
Min-Mid Annual Salary Range: $40,989 - $57,654

RESPONSIBILITIES

SUMMARY Develop, implement, and support individualized practices for achieving learning outcomes for students with communication, cognitive, physical, and/or social/behavioral needs, based on the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). This teacher will utilize evidence-based best practice and rely on frequent progress monitoring for programming adjustments. The Learning Specialist teacher will take a leadership role in collaboratively problem solving interventions for students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Design and implement specialized instruction in one-on-one, small group and large classroom settings.

Work collaboratively to plan and modify curriculum, team teach with general educators and to communicate the abilities and needs of special education students.

Develop, implement and review for appropriateness the behavioral plans for designated students.

Work in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team to conduct IEP and referral meetings, conferences, and to develop a multidisciplinary approach to the educational enhancement of the student.

Maintain ongoing communication with regular educators, school staff, students and parents.

Create a safe supportive and understanding environment for disabled students.

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS Hold valid Colorado teaching license with Special Education Generalist endorsement. If teacher is the teacher of record for a specific content area, the must meet content-area qualification, which could include the appropriate content endorsement, degree in the content area, Colorado State Board of Education-approved content exam, or 36 credit hours as determined by the district. Training emphasis in Learning Disabled/Perceptual Communicative preferred.

EXPERIENCE Experience/supervised internship in working with educationally disabled children. Training in understanding/interpreting educational assessments and prescriptive teaching. Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work with a multidisciplinary team in developing appropriate materials, facilitating inclusion, creating educational plans, and designing and implementing behavioral plans. Training and experience in working with students with a variety of, disabling conditions. Complies with the Special Education Department and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Normal routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average levels of activity at times that can not always be anticipated. Ability to meet physical needs of students.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Important Notice Regarding Licensed Positions
Job Status: Temporary
A successful external applicant will be issued a one-year, temporary contract. A successful internal applicant currently holding a Jeffco non-probationary contract will forfeit their non-probationary status. Please contact Employment Services for questions.

NOTE: Interviews for this position will not be scheduled until mid July.

SALARY

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BENEFITS

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Jefferson County School District does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, pregnancy, or gender.

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