Special Education Teacher

4 weeks ago

Dallas, United States Sensory World! Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

The special education teachers at It’s a Sensory World partner with the director of education, and their team, to develop and execute individual learning plans for the students in their classroom. At ISW Academy lead teachers are responsible for:

  • collaborating with the administrative team to assess, evaluate and observe students and develop individualized education plans.

  • offering direction in areas like course planning, professional development, standardized testing improvement

  • individualized lesson planning

  • parent communication and quarterly conferences

  • classroom management

  • performing duties assigned by the director of education

  • communicating effectively, and in a timely manner, with parents/guardians of students to address complaints, issues or concerns.

  • monitoring data and developing action plans

  • Monitoring and supervising assistants, interns or volunteers.

Core Competencies

  • Strong communication skills (written/verbal)Results/action-orientation and management skills

  • Organizational agility; flexibility

  • Unquestionable personal code of ethics, integrity, diversity and trust

  • Able to successfully navigate a fast-paced environment with high demand

  • Highly developed and strong strategic analysis skills

  • Highly developed discernment and ability to use good judgement

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be confident, self-aware, creative, proactive, secure, highly organized and committed to the vision, mission and values of It’s a Sensory World In addition, the following qualifications will generally define the candidate:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field (special education/education, communication sciences and disorders, child development, etc.)

  • Broad knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and methodology of special education and sensory integration, communication disorders, social-emotional learning and child development

  • Ability to be creative in developing alternatives to meet the individual needs of a child

  • Excellent communication skills and strong analytical and professional/report writing capabilities

  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to exercise good judgement

  • Ability to work independently, but also collaboratively and is able to thrive on a team

  • Ability to execute professional meetings, calls, and emails with professionalism, courtesy and accuracy

  • Personal qualities include maturity, humility, sense of humor, optimistic, driven, coachable, and positive

  • Ability to effectively prioritize time to several tasks and is able to ensure completion

  • Ability to delegate responsibilities to sensory motor coaches, assistants, interns and volunteers

  • Have experience working with children with special needs and learning differences

  • Have a strong desire to work with children with special needs of all ability levels

  • Must pass a criminal background check

Personal Work Relationships

The person in this position works with parents, ISW staff, partners, administrators and service providers (therapists) on both routine and diverse problems. This individual must possess a variety of personal and interpersonal skills. This position and the culture of the organization requires a positive attitude, good judgement, and discretion.

Physical Effort

There are physical demands 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. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk and on occasion, run. The employee must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl and may be occasionally required to lift heavy objects, including a student. Teachers must be able to utilize close and distant vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.

Working Conditions

The work environment described in this document are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment can be quiet to extremely loud.

Company DescriptionItʼs a Sensory World provides integrative and therapeutic education, recreation and support for neurodiverse people and their families. Our distinct approach integrates every person's customized interventions in an environment of understanding and encouragement – promoting
incredible growth, independence and the hope of an inclusive future.

Every person deserves to be embraced and empowered to grow into their greatest potential. Too often, neurodiverse people are misunderstood, under-supported and excluded in traditional educational and recreational environments leaving them stalled in their progress. Their families must string together a variety of support through school and therapy programs– which is incredibly expensive, too irregular to be effective and leaves a toll on the entire family. It’s a Sensory World provides accessible education, recreation and support
for neurodiverse people ages two to 22. This long-term model allows children to develop deep relationships with our committed staff and other students in an encouraging environment.Company DescriptionItʼs a Sensory World provides integrative and therapeutic education, recreation and support for neurodiverse people and their families. Our distinct approach integrates every person's customized interventions in an environment of understanding and encouragement – promoting\r
incredible growth, independence and the hope of an inclusive future. \r
\r
Every person deserves to be embraced and empowered to grow into their greatest potential. Too often, neurodiverse people are misunderstood, under-supported and excluded in traditional educational and recreational environments leaving them stalled in their progress. Their families must string together a variety of support through school and therapy programs– which is incredibly expensive, too irregular to be effective and leaves a toll on the entire family. It’s a Sensory World provides accessible education, recreation and support\r
for neurodiverse people ages two to 22. This long-term model allows children to develop deep relationships with our committed staff and other students in an encouraging environment.

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