Teacher, General Special Education (2 Vacancies) 0723-0002

2 VACANCIES FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR

Location: Erie 1 BOCES Special Education Services EDGE Academy Cheektowaga, NY

Annual Salary: Based on certification and experience*

Exceptional Benefits Package including but not limited to the following : Employment - Erie 1 BOCES (https://www.e1b.org/en/about-us/employment.aspx#Great-Benefits)

• Generous Paid vacation days
• Employee Centric work environment
• NYS Retirement System
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Generous Paid Personal/Sick time
• Fun events for employees to enjoy.
• 15 Paid annual Holidays
• Unlimited opportunities for growth and professional development
• Life insurance at NO cost to you
• 403b AND 457 retirement plans
• FSA plan
• Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)

Hours: 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM

General Responsibilities

To provide students with disabilities with a program that will enable them to reach their fullest physical, social-emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.

Specific Duties: (Illustrative, not all-inclusive)

• Provides, when warranted, continuous consultation and/or management outside of the classroom to appropriate personnel.
• Assists in screening, evaluating, and recommending placement of students in the school's program.
• Provides an individualized education program for students with disabilities consistent with New York State Common Core Learning Standards and the program's goals and requirements.
• Participates, when appropriate, in continuous professional growth and development related to the field of teaching and/or specific area(s) of expertise.
• Assists other professional staff members in identifying, recommending, and resolving psychological or disciplinary actions unique to the student.
• Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers and staff who have students with disabilities interpreting their abilities, disabilities, and meeting the individual needs of the students.
• Establishes a classroom environment that provides for the student's social/emotional and behavioral needs as well as academic needs including specific systems of motivation to students.
• Keeps attendance records and other reports/records pertinent to the program.
• Confers frequently with parents, professional staff members, building level administrators, and supervisors regarding the students educational, social/emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.
• Assists and counsels’ students in making realistic assessments of their abilities in establishing educational and/or career goals.
• Provides assistance to students with general education class assignments.
• Assesses students, both informally and formally, in order to provide an individualized classroom program.
• Designs plans and appropriate activities to reach individual pupil IE.P.'s.
• Supervises Teacher Aide.
• When appropriate, coordinates, and supervises work experience and on-campus job training programs involving students with disabilities.

Job Qualifications

• Experience teaching in special education
• Must hold valid New York State Teaching Certification in Special Education 7-12

Position Start Date:08/29/2023

Application Deadline:07/21/2023

Job Number: 0723-0002