Weber Elementary School, home of the Eagles, is a magnificent school with a strong sense of community that serves some 330 students, K-5, in the North Arvada area of Jefferson County. Our staff members are committed to meeting the unique needs of every child, including our students with severe needs in a center-based program, and we collectively take responsibility for educating all students, our students. We are, in fact, E.A.G.L.E.S.: Educators Affecting Growth and Learning for Every Student. Our talented, dedicated professionals stand poised, with a shared vision, to serve our beloved community in the name of student learning.
One of our main strategies for being able to help students succeed is our identity as a professional learning community, or PLC. As a PLC, we work in teams to accomplish numerous goals, including identifying and leveraging children's strengths, empowering students to be active participants in their education, tracking the progress of all pupils, and reflecting on our own practices to ensure that we are employing effective, research-based strategies to help all students thrive academically, physically, socially, and emotionally. With children at the center of all decisions, we operate interdependently to promote student achievement and to provide a safe and welcoming environment for all. We do, in fact, live out on a daily basis our school mission of creating possibilities, elevating community, and celebrating learning. Weber is special--a school that has a neighborhood feel while also preparing students for a world beyond their "neighborhood."
SUMMARY Develop, implement, and support individualized practices for achieving learning outcomes for students with communication, cognitive, physical, and/or social/behavioral needs, based on the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). This teacher will utilize evidence-based best practice and rely on frequent progress monitoring for programming adjustments. The Learning Specialist teacher will take a leadership role in collaboratively problem solving interventions for students.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Design and implement specialized instruction in one-on-one, small group and large classroom settings.
Work collaboratively to plan and modify curriculum, team teach with general educators and to communicate the abilities and needs of special education students.
Develop, implement and review for appropriateness the behavioral plans for designated students.
Work in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team to conduct IEP and referral meetings, conferences, and to develop a multidisciplinary approach to the educational enhancement of the student.
Maintain ongoing communication with regular educators, school staff, students and parents.
Create a safe supportive and understanding environment for disabled students.
Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS Hold valid Colorado teaching license with Special Education Generalist endorsement. If teacher is the teacher of record for a specific content area, they must meet content-area qualification, which could include the appropriate content endorsement, degree in the content area, Colorado State Board of Education-approved content exam, or 36 credit hours as determined by the district. Training emphasis in Learning Disabled/Perceptual Communicative preferred.
EXPERIENCE Experience/supervised internship in working with educationally disabled children. Training in understanding/interpreting educational assessments and prescriptive teaching. Demonstrated ability to collaboratively work with a multidisciplinary team in developing appropriate materials, facilitating inclusion, creating educational plans, and designing and implementing behavioral plans. Training and experience in working with students with a variety of, disabling conditions. Complies with the Special Education Department and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
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.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Normal routine levels of activity related to bending, carrying, climbing, hearing, reaching, sitting, standing, vision and walking, and may also involve above-average levels of activity at times that can not always be anticipated. Ability to meet physical needs of students.
