Position: Teacher of Students with Disabilities
Program: Jardine Academy
Qualifications:
Physical Demands:
Program: Jardine Academy
Qualifications:
- NJ Certified Teacher of Students with Disabilities
- Highly Qualified Teacher as per NJ Department of Education
- Experience working with students with developmental disabilities
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds and able to assist in a two-person lift of a child and/or adult. Must be able to do frequent bending, kneeling and sitting. Must be able to stand for multiple hours at a time.
- Provide high quality, age appropriate classroom instruction as assigned.
- Oversee the development and implementation of Individualized Educational Plans that meets the cognitive, social and developmental needs of all assigned students.
- Maintain and safeguard each family/student's right to privacy, respect and confidentiality.
- Assess the needs of each student and participate in the development of each student's Individualized Education Plan.
- Maintain a structured learning environment that is motivating and age appropriate.
- Create and implement lessons that are stimulating, high quality, and age appropriate and that address all IEP goals and objectives.
- Ensure the effective delivery of all educational and integrated therapeutic services
- Provide or ensure continuous supervision at all times.
- Oversee the monitoring of each student's progress to assure that the prescribed program is meeting the needs of the student.
- Implement and supervise therapeutic feeding, positioning, splinting and augmentative communication programs for all assigned students as per individual plan(s).
- Maintain accurate notes on progress, lesson plans and other required monitoring data of each student.
- Effectively supervise para-professional staff.
- Assist in the orientation and ongoing support training for all team professional and para- professional staff.
- Attend and participate in conferences and workshops to document professional growth and development.
- Maintain knowledge of trends, directions and changes within the area of education of students with disabilities.
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This position is listed as full time and onsite.