Job Description: Elbert’s Lighthouse (GNETS) Teacher

Reports to: High School Administration, Site Coordinator, Lighthouse, and Special Education Director

Compensation:  Local Teacher salary scale 

Qualifications:

-Valid Georgia teaching certification in Genreral and/or Adapted Special Education  is preferred

-Successful classroom experience working with students with challenging behaviors preferred 

 

Job Goal:

To teach students with challenging behaviors in a public school program setting while teaching them replacement skills to transition back into their traditional school environment

 

Position Status: Certified

 

Certification: General Education Curriculum   Preferably: Dual Certification in Adaptive and General Curriculum

 

Professional Responsibilities:

• Uses a computer-based program to deliver instruction to support individual needs when applicable
• Utilizes deescalation & physical restraint techniques when necessary
• Creates and participates in the Crisis Response Teams
• Plans and implements individualized education programs (IEP) in the therapeutic classroom
• Visits schools for consultation and program planning regarding the needs of students
• Supervises teacher assistants and other staff assigned to the therapeutic classroom
• Assesses students to determine educational or developmental status
• Participates in intake and staffing process for referred children
• Conducts weekly staff planning with other members of the treatment team to evaluate the progress of children in the program
• Interacts with staff, students, administrators, and parents in a professional manner
• Maintain accurate student records for behavior, attendance, and IEP goal data collection and provide feedback to students, parents, and faculty
• Use and knowledge of universal screeners 
• Communicate with parents and staff regarding student’s emotional and educational progress
• Responsible for periodic data collection on children in therapeutic classrooms to evaluate student's progress toward individual goals
• Conducts and revises functional behavioral assessments and implements behavior intervention plans
• Teaches students best practices through the use of Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Abide by IDEA and Georgia Special Education Rules & Regulations
• Uses Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) within the classroom
• Differentiated Instruction
• Learn the graduation requirements
• Maintain a positive environment and modeling positive behavior
• Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as the director may, from time to time, assign or delegate

 

• Performance of this job will be evaluated by the principal.