Special Education Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS :

1. Minimum of bachelor’s degree in education or equivalent educational experience

to qualify for Commonwealth certification.

2. Valid Pennsylvania teaching certificate for the grade-level assignment in

accordance with CSPG 61.

3. Such alternatives or equivalents to these requirements as the Board may find

acceptable.

REPORTS TO : Supervisor of Special Education / Building Principal

JOB GOAL : To provide specially-designed accommodations, programs, or

support services to students with disabilities, either in a

self-contained classroom or in a co-teaching or push-in model.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

1. Provide an educational program of effective instruction and / or educational

support to students with disabilities at the elementary or secondary level in

accordance with each student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP).

2. Develop, implement, and revise as necessary an appropriate IEP for each student

on the assigned caseload.

3. Maintain strict compliance with all state and federal laws, regulations, and

deadlines for all IEP’s and re-evaluations on the assigned caseload.

4. Oversee the IEP process, including organizing, scheduling, and attending

meetings in support thereof.