Resource teacher career description
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Resource teacher career description
In this post, you
can ref career description of Resource teacher in details. A complete career
description concludes Resource teacher key duties/responsibilities, Resource
teacher career qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities,
experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities,
key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…
I. List of Resource
teacher duties:
- Obtain and demonstrate knowledge of general education curriculum, including the Grade Level Expectations and State Standards.
- Consult and/or collaborate with the general education teachers in the areas of assessment, curriculum adaptation, behavior management, and monitoring of student progress of students with disabilities.
- Implement Special Education due process guidelines including evaluation of students suspected of or identified as having disabilities, determination of special education eligibility, development of IEPs, and case management.
- Participate in team planning of IEPs for students with disabilities, including the development of appropriate, measurable, behavioral and instructional objectives.
- Report student progress toward IEP goals to parents and educational personnel a minimum of three times per year.
- Monitor progress of students with disabilities using specified program procedures, and make instructional changes when indicated.
- Develop, implement, and monitor behavior management programs for students with disabilities who exhibit behavior problems.
- Develop, implement, and monitor specialized, research-based instructional programs in basic skill areas to meet students’ unique needs.
- Develop and implement, in collaboration with the transition IEP team, transition evaluations and IEPs prior to transition age (grade 9 or age 14, whichever is first).
- Develop proficiency in use of Easy IEP, web-based software, to produce due process paper work including IEPs and Evaluation Reports.
- Continue professional development in evidenced-based instructional practices through membership in professional organizations, reading of professional journals, and/or attendance at in-service trainings and professional conferences.
- Prepare and submit program information and reports as requested by Assistant Director of Special Education.
- Adhere to building policy and procedures.
- Acquire knowledge of the goals of the Minneapolis Public School District Improvement Agenda and site/school goals. Work to support and achieve those goals.
- Establish developmentally appropriate instructional and behavioral expectations for students and for self and communicate those to students and their families.
- Create lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful and interesting as well as multicultural/gender and ability fair/developmentally appropriate. Select, adapt and individualize materials appropriate for diverse student populations and skill levels.
- Teach students the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning and problem solving.
- Collaborate and communicate regularly with families in making educational decisions and use family and community resources to support learning.
- Assess students’ developmental, cognitive and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction to meet those needs.
- Regularly assess student learning by using multiple forms of assessment.
- Facilitate positive interactions between students and teacher, student and peers and student and other adults.
- Model learning and behavior consistent with the expectations for students.
- Assess own instructional effectiveness through the Professional Development Process (PDP).
- Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team and individual professional development.
- Collaborate with peers to develop, plan and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students.
- Participate in site-based management and shared decision-making.
- Always keep the students’ needs and rights first and foremost in any educational decision-making.
- Demonstrate competence in the Minneapolis Standards of Effective Instruction.
- Have a working knowledge of and implement the Minnesota State Standards and the District Graduation Requirements.
II. List of Resource
teacher qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
- Knowledge of state and federal laws and guidelines for special education services.
- Working knowledge of the subject matter, classroom management techniques, current researched best practices and strategies, as well as students’ learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in urban, multicultural education setting.
Demonstrates continued professional development through
course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.