.5 FTE Special Education Teacher - Preschool

Reports to: Principal Location: Oakview Elementary

Bargaining Unit: CEA FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary:

This position provides special education services to preschool students and staff. This position will provide services directly to students identified for special education services as well as support staff with classroom team teaching or collaboration. Teaching responsibilities could vary working with students from various disability categories.

Required Qualifications:

● Possession of a valid Washington State Teaching Certificate

● Possession of an endorsement in Special Education K-12

● Successful experience establishing and carrying out positive behavior interventions systems

● Working knowledge of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) best practices

● Knowledge and skill in all phases of the special education processes, procedures and understanding of disability categories

● Ability to construct compliant Special Education documents

● Ability to plan, design and deliver challenging instructional strategies appropriate to the unmet needs of students identified for special education services

● Trained or willing to be trained in trauma informed de-escalation, restraint and isolation strategies

● Ability to communicate effectively, possess awareness (for self and others), listen actively, be patient, incorporate humor/lightheartedness into work, be empathic, possess a growth mindset, and be customer-service oriented

● Experience planning for and managing the work of paraeducator support staff

● Ability to support the District’s vision, mission, and goals including the belief that all students can succeed

● Ability to maintain a positive attitude

● Ability to team teach

● Familiarity with racial equity and inclusion frameworks

● Successful experience working with self-direction and a high degree of collaboration

● Possession of organizational skills and flexibility to respond to changing student needs

● Ability to function in a calm, efficient, courteous manner under stress and to exercise careful judgement, confidentiality and tact in the performance of duties

● Ability to establish and maintain a professional relationship with students

● Ability to act in an ethical and confidential manner in all aspects of employment

● Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations

Preferred Qualifications:

● At least five years of successful special education teaching experience

● Successful experience teaching special education at PreK and/or Elementary level

● Endorsement in Early Childhood Education

● Ability to speak Spanish

● Multi-lingual Endorsement

● Experience working with students from diverse backgrounds

Essential Functions:

● Provides differentiated instruction for students in the identified area(s) of need, per the IEP

● Understands early childhood developmental milestones

● Engage in toilet training, change diapers and supporting pre-school student feeding protocols

● Maintains records and date on student progress toward meeting the goal area identified in the IEP

● Designs and implements activities in various school settings related to the student’s IEP

● Conducts functional behavioral assessments and designs and implements behavior intervention programs and emergency response protocols

● Motivates, redirects student behavior, and interacts with students in a productive manner

● Delivers depth, complexity, and rigor in content-driven lessons

● When appropriate, provides individual and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students with varying intellectual abilities, attitudes, and cultural backgrounds

● Utilizes state and district assessments and standards in the planning and delivery of instruction

● Participates in curriculum development and implementation of special education services

● Administers, scores, interprets, and writes analysis of standardized and curriculum-based assessment (CBA) and verbally reports those interpretations in IEP meetings and at evaluations

● Uses collaborative and evidence-based approaches to assist in the creation of IEPs to ensure that students receive skills targeted to their areas of identified need

● Confers, counsels, trains and assists site administrators and school staff regarding specialized procedures and requirements

● Understands the Common Core and adapts access to general education curriculum as appropriate

● Conducts testing, interpret results, and participates with the multi-disciplinary teams in the identification

● Ability to monitor and adjust any educational intervention for the students they serve

● Promotes collaboration between school administration, staff, and parents for the purpose of maintaining effective, consistent, and regular communication between all stakeholders

● Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources (e.g. other teachers, parents, administrators, etc.) around aspects of special education services

● Stays current on policies and laws related to special education

● Completes all documentation as required by law or prescribed by the Executive Director Special Services, including but no limited to IEPs, assessment documents, and progress reporting

● Attends staff and other professional meetings as appropriate or directed

● Uses and integrates technology for communication and instruction

● Other duties as assigned

Salary: $34,414.72 - $68,914.05, depending on experience, qualifications and FTE

Work schedule: 3.75 hours per day (8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) – 187 days per year

Benefits: 12 Sick leave and 3 personal leave days; health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance through SEBB; State retirement through DRS; other fringe benefits as allowed under the Centralia Education Association Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Application Procedures:

Anyone interested in this position should apply through www.edjobsnw.org AND submit a letter of interest to Crystal Allen, Principal of Oakview Elementary at callen@centralia.wednet.edu. Current employees of Centralia School District need only to send a letter of interest to Crystal Allen.

Centralia-Teacher-Sp. Ed. Preschool (Oakview Elem) 26-27