Responsibilities:

• An individual who is optimistic, who sees events positively and anticipates the best possible outcome.

• Able to encourage and sustain others’ efforts as they work toward goals.

• Supervises students assigned to them.

• Assess students, both informally and formally, in order to provide an individualized classroom program.

• Design plans and appropriate activities to reach individual pupil IEPs.

• Provides an individualized education program for students with disabilities consistent with State Education mandates and the program's goals and requirements.

• Establishes a classroom environment that provides for the student's social/emotional and behavioral needs as well as academic needs including specific systems of motivation to students.

• Assists and counsels students in making realistic assessments of their abilities in establishing educational and/or occupational goals.

• Keep attendance records and other reports/records pertinent to the program.

• Provide, when warranted, continuous consultation and/or management outside of the classroom to appropriate personnel.

• Provides assistance to students with regular class assignments.

• Assists in screening, evaluating, and recommending placement of students in the school's program.

• Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers and staff who have students with handicapping conditions, interpreting their abilities, and disabilities, and meeting the individual needs of the students.

• Assists other professional staff members in identifying, recommending, and resolving psychological or disciplinary actions unique to the student.

• Confers frequently with parents, professional staff members, building-level administrators, and supervisors regarding the student's educational, social/emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.

• Participates, when appropriate, in continuous professional growth and development related to the field of teaching and/or specific area(s) of expertise

  Other:

  Performs related duties as required or assigned.

  Evaluation:

Performance of the job will be evaluated by the Building Principal or designee in accordance with Board

of Education policy.

Terms of Employment:

In accordance with the terms and conditions set by the Board of Education.

Send a Letter of Interest to:

Dr. Katrina Henderson, Director of Human Resources and Grant Operations

khenderson@lyonscsd.org

10 Clyde Road

Lyons, NY 14489 Phone: (315) 946-2200

Job Qualifications

Qualifications:

• New York State provisional or permanent certificate in the field of Special Education,

• Possesses and displays the experience, ability, personality, energy, and maturity to meet the everyday demands of students, curriculum, department, school, and system.

  Reports to:

  Building Principal

  Job Goal:

  To provide students with disabilities, with a program that will enable them to reach their fullest physical, social-emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.

Position Start Date:08/28/2024

Application Deadline:07/16/2024

Job Number: SpecEd 7-3-24