Early Childhood Special Education Lead Teacher

4 days ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Bridges Public Charter School Full time
Job Title: Early Childhood Special Education Lead Teacher

Bridges Public Charter School is seeking a highly qualified Early Childhood Special Education Lead Teacher to join our team. As a Lead Teacher, you will be responsible for planning and managing an early childhood non-categorical self-contained classroom with high level special needs students and assistant teachers.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement the classroom discrete trial instruction, social skills instruction, and behavior plan implementation in collaboration with the lead teacher under the supervision of the BCBA
  • Contribute to Social/Emotional progress reports and IEP development under the supervision of the BCBA
  • Assess student progress regularly using VBMAPP Milestones, Transitions, and Barriers assessments
  • Regularly collect data to track students' progress in 3 program areas: curriculum, IEP, and ABA/VB
  • Complete quarterly progress reports (IEP progress reports and curriculum progress reports)
  • Collaborate with related service providers, special education coordinator, curriculum coordinator, ELL Teacher and student parents to plan for student needs
  • Implement and maintain student's Functional Communication Protocols and Behavior Protocols to respond to students' behavior appropriately and successfully
  • Participate in the IEP process by writing present levels, IEP goals, and providing thoughtful reflections during team meetings
  • Coordinate with general education teachers to create opportunities of inclusive learning
  • Support the creation of a classroom culture and environment that develops and nurtures the emotional, cognitive and social abilities of the students
  • Engage parents and families in their student's learning and acting as an ambassador for the school in the community
  • Contribute productively to the school as a whole
  • Attend and participate in school events outside of regular school hours
  • Other duties as assigned

Professional Responsibilities:

  • Adhering to the 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. work day
  • Regularly attends work and adheres to all attendance policies
  • Be on time for classes, duties, team meetings and professional development activities. Communicate about and plan for absences in advance with teaching teams and the Principal.
  • Participate in weekly Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings
  • Contribute to PLC sessions by being prepared to share data, ideas, student work, materials, feedback, facilitating sessions and/or discussions
  • Participate in a Summer Professional Development. Summer Professional Development will be two weeks in August before students return
  • Seek out additional opportunities for professional development that will lead to achieving personal and school-wide professional development goals
  • Reading provided school information and adhering to all deadlines
  • Respond to all emails within 24 hours or the next business day
  • Other professional duties as assigned

School Culture:

  • Create and maintain a physically and emotionally safe environment for students
  • Communicate respectfully to students, staff and families at all times
  • Model, practice and discuss respectful, unbiased and effective communication with students
  • Other school culture expectations as assigned

Qualifications:

  • Have a dual Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education; a Masters Degree and certification in Special Education; a Bachelor's Degree and certification in Special Education; a BA and passed the Praxis SPED exams; or a BA and experience in special education
  • Have 1 to 2 years of successful classroom teaching experience in an urban school setting. 2 or more years of teaching experience is preferred
  • Be a strong classroom manager
  • Be committed to meeting the needs of a diverse student population
  • Have a track record of being a team player and community minded
  • Be committed to their own learning including training in ABA/VB
  • Excellent time-management skills and ability to work independently
  • Passion for public schools
  • Adherence to a high level of professional and ethical standards

Salary and Benefits:

Salary range: $57,500-$88,500/Per Year

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Salary is based on educational level, certification(s), and years of experience. The successful candidate will be contracted yearly. Employment will be renewed according to evaluations and staff interest. Child care and health savings plans, pre-tax deduction for Metro, bike racks and regular staff engagement and wellness activities. Staff lounge and lactation room for nursing mothers. Health benefits (medical & dental), disability insurance, and a retirement plan: 401-(k) with a 4% match or the continuation of the DCPS retirement plan.

To ensure safety for all students, all staff members may be fingerprinted. Background checks will be conducted on all school staff prior to their service as employees.

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