Ex Ed Teacher - IDS

Overview

Orchard Knob Middle School is a 6-8 school located in the heart of Chattanooga, TN.
At Orchard Knob Middle, we are committed to fostering academic achievement, personal growth, and community involvement. OKMS is a middle school focused on college and career readiness.
Our students enjoy college visits every semester in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
In addition, our community partners assist us with this focus and we offer the following extracurriculars aligned with Future Ready Institutes: Culinary Club, Robotics Club, and Engineering Club.
We also offer our students after school programs, athletics, an eLab (digital fabrication), and dedicated administrators.

We are looking for high energy, dedicated teachers who are experts in their content areas and who embody a growth-mindset.
Teachers who want to inspire children to be thoughtful, passionate and brave individuals.
Our teachers take advantage of professional development opportunities and opportunities for growth, while our administrators work diligently to support and provide teacher voice while implementing derived feedbac

The purpose of this classification is to ensure that students with disabilities learn and achieve at their highest potential. The main goals of an Exceptional Education teacher are to identify the individual needs of each child and create a healthy, inspiring and supportive learning environment.
The Exceptional Education teacher is to be a connector to core instruction, a case manager, liaison to parents, coordinator of supports and services, collector of data, and respond to student needs.
The Exceptional Education teacher continually models learning so students can achieve their highest potential by participating in learning to the greatest extent possible.
This teacher will be responsible for providing academic and behavior support to provide students with access to tier 1 instruction and perform on standard assessments and alternate assessments with proficiency.

Responsibilities

Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out but may be considered incidental in the performance of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties herein described.

• Participate in the referral and evaluation processes
• Coordinate the development of individual instruction plans for students, including developmental and sequential short-term objectives leading to the achievement of goals specified in the IEP.
• Manage a caseload of students who are eligible to participate in the standard assessments and alternate assessments
• Teach groups of students and individuals in separate locations and general education settings based on the IEP service provisions for students based on student need. Teach credit bearing classes for students eligible for participation in standard and alternate assessment.
• Prepare and deliver lessons and resources in support of student IEPs and approved Hamilton County curriculum.
• Conduct ongoing data collection on all IEP goals and objectives.
• Develop and adapt individualized teaching methods that are suitable for each of their student’s unique needs while ensuring compliance with the student’s IEP.
• Assess student work to provide timely feedback and inform instructional decisions.
• Collaborate with general education and other exceptional education teachers to plan for and provide specially designed instruction.
• Work in collaboration with related service providers to access and utilize special tools and assistive technology when necessary. Request support and assistance from specialized resource personnel when appropriate.
• Provide consultation to other educational personnel as appropriate
• Facilitate IEP meetings including parents/guardians as full members of IEP teams.
• Monitor student progress and update individualized educational programs
• Participate and conduct reviews of student progress
• Hold and attend regular parental conferences
• Develop and implement transition programming for students age 14 plus
• Work in collaboration with related service providers for students with communication disorders to teach and implement specialized communication systems
• May include providing general physical assistance to students with various disabilities.
  Tasks may involve, but are not limited to, assisting students with toileting/feeding/other self-help and behavioral needs.
• Participate in training programs related to delivery of IEPs or curriculum
• Maintain all required special education records, ensuring that they are complete, accurate and within all timelines.
• Attends meetings as needed.
• Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
• Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics as defined by Tennessee Law.
• Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times.