Position Title: Teacher, Preschool Special Needs - Community-Based
Division: Family & Student Support Services
Reports To: Coordinator of Preschool ESE Compliance
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Schedule: Teacher
Essential Duties:
- Maintain a caseload of preschoolers receiving services in the community and the home setting.
- Implement approved procedures for the identification of students with disabilities.
- Maintain a caseload that does not exceed the maximum caseload set by the state.
- Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring, and review of the Individual Education Program (IEP) for students in the program.
- Establish and maintain professional and collaborative relationships with community daycares and preschools.
- Provide resources and information to community preschools and daycares to assist them in working with students with disabilities.
- Ensure all due process procedural safeguards are afforded to students and their parents.
- Use methodology for instruction according to the population needs.
- Use carefully designed behavior management strategies as indicated.
- Administer evaluations of student progress toward mastery of established goals and objectives through data collection.
- Maintain prompt and professional communication with parents.
- Participate in parental conferences when requested.
- Conduct initial and annual IEP meetings for students as assigned.
- Serve as a member of the exceptional student education placement committee.
- Monitor records and procedures within the local school program for compliance with federal, state, and local rules and regulations.
- Follow all school and system procedures.
- Ensure confidentiality for all students, student records, parents, staff, and school business.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Hold or be eligible for a valid Georgia Educator Certificate in the appropriate field or meet the district's professional qualifications (PQs).
- Minimum of three (3) years of successful classroom experience with exceptional education students.
- Skilled at working with a diverse group of students with disabilities.
- Ability to work well with students, parents, staff, and the community.
- Exceptional integrity, commitment to confidentiality, excellent character, and strong professional reputation.
- Must abide by the Georgia Professional Standards Code of Ethics for Educators.
- Must be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.
- Ability to be present at the physical worksite.
- Must perform tasks involving prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting.
- Must perform routine physical activities such as bending and lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to properly and consistently supervise students, particularly during emergency situations.
- Vision, hearing, written, and verbal communications are essential factors in performing required tasks.
