Special Education Life Skills Teacher, Salem High School, SY2023-2024
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Salem High School
Salem Public Schools
Salem, Massachusetts
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About Salem Public Schools
What You’ll Do:
Responsibilities:
- Plan curriculum and provide specialized instruction that allows all students to successfully engage in developmentally appropriate and standards-based instruction
- Work collaboratively across school settings, including co-teaching and common planning with therapists and support staff
- Use innovative approaches and instructional strategies, including the effective use of technologies, to increase student access, learning, independence, and confidence to learn
- Modify/adapt materials and instructional lessons to meet the specific needs of students with disabilities across the school day, as identified in the IEPs
- Analyze a variety of data to drive instruction and improve student access and performance
- Develop IEPs with SMART goals and logical accommodations using formal and informal data
- Report on student progress with IEP goals at scheduled intervals throughout the school year
- Maintain consistent communication with students, staff, families and outside agencies
- Collaborate with school personnel, parents, and various community agencies for the purpose of improving the quality of student outcomes and implementing effective Individual Education Programs (IEPs), 688 Referrals and Transition Plans for students
- Evaluate students’ abilities in basic academics and social development
- Plan meaningful community experiences
- Provide instruction that targets self-care, including personal hygiene, cooking and other ADL skills
- Help manage student behavior for the purpose of providing a safe, supportive, and optimal learning environment
- Proctor MCAS and/or lead MCAS ALT development and procedures
- Other duties as assigned by the building principal, special education administrator and/or Executive Director of Pupil Personnel Services.
- Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant, diverse in background, ethnicity, language, and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
- Hold high expectations for yourself, students, and colleagues – You see potential in all, especially our SPS students, and maintain high expectations for achievement, while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations, modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
- Build authentic, caring relationships with colleagues, students, and families – You build strong relationships across students, families, and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
- Embrace feedback – You are a reflective practitioner who learns from failure, using mistakes and challenges as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.
- Bachelor's Degree (Required) Master’s Degree preferred
- Required Massachusetts teaching certification/licensure in Special Education
- Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement (Required within 1-year of start date)
- Ability to meet the expectations of the Massachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice
- Ability to write an effective IEPs with SMART goals, functional Transition Plans and sensible accommodations, using district software
- Ability to administer, interpret, and report findings from standardized and informal evaluations
- Safety Care Trained, or willing to be trained (District provides)
- Proficiency with technology (blended learning, teacher/family communication suites (Remind preferred), Google G-Suite Apps, etc.) desirable.
- Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the District, and/or in self-selected professional growth activities.
- Minimum of 2 years teaching experience and working in an urban public school or charter school setting preferred.
- Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus
- Bilingual candidates and candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
- Current authorization to work in the United States
Contact Information: Linda Farinelli, Executive Director of Special Education
Equal Opportunity Employer
- Job Categories : Special Education > General Special Education
Special Education > Life Skills
Equal Opportunity Employer
Salem Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
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