Position Details FRASER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

FRASER, MICHIGAN TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE ROOM TEACHER

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid Michigan teaching certificate

Full approval in at least one area of special education

Must have (or secure within the first school year) CPI certification

Meet the requirements as specified in the most recent Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education and/or Building Administrator

SUPERVISES: Not Applicable JOB GOAL: To provide special education students with a program that will enable them to reach their fullest physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioral potential.

ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES: Serve as a team member providing diagnostic and programming expertise and contributing to the identification of and program elements for special education students

Develop, implement and monitor individual education plans for each student

Work cooperatively with general education classroom teachers who have students with special education needs in general education classes to ensure the implementation of accommodations and modifications for the classroom and statewide assessments, interpreting the abilities and disabilities of these students to the staff

Confer with parents and professional staff members regarding the educational, social, and personal challenges of each student

Assist and advise students with educational and personal issues

Assist students in making realistic assessments of their abilities and in establishing educational and social goals in keeping with these abilities

Implement and maintain valid monitoring of social and academic progress

Implement the District’s emergency use of seclusion and restraint if a student’s behavior poses an imminent risk to the safety of that student or others

Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities the Director of Special Education may assign. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Ten (10) month year. Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.

EVALUATION: The Director of Special Education and/or a designee will evaluate Performance of this job annually.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any duties requested by his or her management that generally fit into the job expectations.

Essential Functions of the job as per the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).

FRASER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OR RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX. AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, OR DISABILITY IN ITS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE FOLLOWING PERSON HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO HANDLE INQUIRIES REGARDING THE NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES: DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, 33466 GARFIELD, FRASER, MI 48026 (586)