General Description of Position Duties:
Harney Elementary is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Special Education Teacher to lead a K–5 Resource Teaching Position. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality instruction and support to students with a variety of needs in alignment with Indiana Article 7 and IDEA guidelines. This role requires strong collaboration with general education staff, related service providers, families, and paraprofessionals to ensure students receive individualized, meaningful, and inclusive educational opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) aligned to student needs, goals, and state standards.
- Provide direct instruction in reading, math, and behavioral interventions.
- Foster a safe, supportive, and inclusive classroom environment that promotes student independence and social-emotional growth.
- Use evidence-based practices, assistive technology, and differentiated instructional strategies to meet diverse learning needs.
- Collaborate with general education teachers, therapists, and administrators to support inclusion and access to the general curriculum.
- Supervise and support paraprofessionals in carrying out instructional and behavioral interventions.
- Monitor and document student progress through data collection, assessments, and ongoing communication with families.
- Participate in case conferences, professional development, and staff meetings.
- Comply with all state and federal special education regulations, including Indiana Article 7 requirements.
Physical and Mental Efforts:
- This position requires a high level of physical and mental endurance
- Sitting in an office/classroom environment, performing tasks on a computer or other technical devices.
- Frequent standing, particularly for sustained periods of time
- Frequent walking, moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one part of the building to another.
- Constantly talking, expressing, or exchanging ideas to colleagues and/or students accurately, loudly, or quickly
- Ability to hear and listen to detailed information through oral communication.
- Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision and distance vision.
- Ability to handle and balance multiple demands at the same time.
- 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.
