Job Goal:
To provide early childhood students with disabilities with developmentally appropriate instruction and supports designed to build foundational academic, communication, behavioral, social-emotional, adaptive, and school readiness skills in preparation for successful transition into kindergarten programming.
Job Qualifications: - Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Special Education, Early Childhood Education, or related field preferred.
- Possess or be eligible for educator licensure and/or certification in Delaware for Special Education Teacher of Students with Disabilities and/or Early Childhood Special Education.
- Experience working with preschool and early childhood-aged students with developmental, communication, behavioral, or learning needs preferred.
- Demonstrated understanding of child development, early learning standards, and developmentally appropriate instructional practices.
- Experience implementing individualized supports, visual supports, structured teaching strategies, and social-emotional learning practices preferred.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with families, related service providers, paraprofessionals, and multidisciplinary teams
- Demonstrated ability in classroom management, organization, instructional planning, progress monitoring, and differentiated instruction.
Essential Functions: - Develop and implement individualized and small-group instruction aligned to early learning standards, kindergarten readiness skills, IEP goals, and developmental learning needs.
- Create a structured, supportive, and developmentally appropriate classroom environment that promotes communication, social-emotional development, independence, and school readiness.
- Utilize evidence-based instructional strategies, visual supports, behavioral supports, and play-based learning opportunities to engage students in meaningful learning experiences.
- Collect and maintain accurate student data related to developmental progress, IEP goals, communication, behavior, and readiness skills.
- Collaborate with related service providers, families, and staff to support individualized student programming and successful transitions into kindergarten settings.
- Coordinate, direct, and assign work for paraprofessional staff within the classroom setting.
- Maintain ongoing communication with families regarding student progress, supports, and developmental growth.
- Participate in professional development related to early childhood special education, communication development, behavior supports, and instructional best practices.
- Promote and facilitate opportunities for inclusion and interaction with same-age peers within the classroom, school environment, and district programs to support social-emotional growth, communication development, relationship building, and participation in age-appropriate learning experiences.
- Implement and utilize District-approved curriculum resources, including Unique Learning System (ULS), to provide differentiated, standards-aligned instruction that supports individualized student learning needs, communication development, functional skill acquisition, and kindergarten readiness outcomes.
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| Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, use hands to the finger(s), handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, use fingers to type and/or write; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close, distance, and color vision, peripheral and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to lift, carry, push and pull up to 50 pounds. If lifting in excess of this weight is necessary, the assistance of a second per is required. The physical demands of this position will also include the ability of the individual to perform all of the essential functions and related responsibilities of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. |
Brandywine School District Employee Responsibilities: All employees of the Brandywine School District are expected as a requirement of their specific job function to: - Represent one's self and the District in a positive and professional manner consistent with a personal commitment to fulfilling the District's mission statement and core values while displaying service and involvement, creativity and innovation, dignity and respect, personal and professional integrity, and a duty to safeguard sensitive or confidential information from intentional or unintentional disclosure.
- Interact and work cooperatively with students, parents, staff and the district community in a timely and courteous manner.
- Maintain current working knowledge of policies and regulations necessary to answer work-related and general information questions.
- Achieve and maintain professional standards required and/or desirable for professional accreditation in the chosen profession.
- Participate in school/departmental activities, meetings, and/or committees to advance District initiatives and to foster personal input and professional teamwork and to assist the District in achieving the goals of the strategic plan.
- Abide by all Federal and State laws, Board policies and District regulations.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor(s).
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