Teacher - Special Ed Homebound 49%

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Position Type: Teaching - High School/Homebound
Date Posted: 5/13/2025
Location: Special Education Office Job Title: Teacher - Special Ed Homebound Wage/Hour Status: Exempt/Contracted Reports To: Executive Director of Special Education Pay Grade/Days: Teacher/187 Dept./School: Administration Building Date Revised: May 2025
Primary Purpose:
Provide special education students with learning activities and experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. Develop or modify curricula and prepare lessons and other instructional materials to student ability levels. Work in self-contained, team, departmental, or itinerant capacity as assigned.
Qualifications: Education/Certification: Bachelor's degree from accredited university Valid Texas teaching certificate with required special education certification for assignments
Special Knowledge/Skills: Knowledge of special needs of students in assigned area Knowledge of Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee process and Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal setting process and implementation
Experience At least one year of student teaching or approved internship
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Collaborate with students, parents, and other members of staff to develop IEP through the ARD Committee process for each student assigned. 2. Implement an instructional, therapeutic, or skill development program for assigned students and show written evidence of preparation as required. 3. Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned. 4. Work cooperatively with classroom teachers to modify regular curricula as needed and assist special education students in regular classes with assignments. 5. Participate in ARD Committee meetings on a regular basis. 6. Conduct assessment of student learning styles and use results to plan for instructional activities. 7. Present subject matter according to guidelines established by IEP. 8. Employ a variety of instructional techniques and media to meet the needs and capabilities of each student assigned. 9. Conduct ongoing assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing. 10. Provide or supervise personal care, medical care, and feeding of students as stated in IEP. 11. Be a positive role model for students; support the mission of the school district. 12. Manage student behavior and administer discipline. This includes intervening in crisis situations and physically restraining students as necessary according to IEP. 13. Consult with classroom teachers regarding management of student behavior according to IEP. 14. Consult district and outside resource people regarding education, social, medical, and personal needs of students. 15. Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, and materials. 16. Assist in selection of books, equipment, and other instructional materials. 17. Establish, and maintain open lines of communication by conducting conferences with parents, students, principals, and teachers. 18. Maintain a professional relationship with colleagues, students, parents, and community members. 19. Use effective communication skills to present information accurately and clearly. 20. Participate in staff development activities to improve job-related skills. 21. Keep informed of and comply with federal, state, district, and school regulations and policies for special education teachers. 22. Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents required. 23. Attend and participate in faculty meetings and serve on staff committees as required. 24. Perform other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling. Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom or adaptive equipment. May be required to lift and position students with physical disabilities; control behavior through physical restraint; and assist non-ambulatory students. Exposed to biological hazards.
Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable. Non Discrimination Statement
Location:
Waco, TX, United States
Category:
Education, Training, And Library Occupations

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