Position Description:  Special Education Teacher

School Year:   2019-2020

About Bromley East Charter School:  Since 2001, Bromley East Charter School has actively promoted choice, critical thinking, problem solving, and character development of the whole child, enabling students to achieve academic excellence in a safe environment.   Our academic excellence is promoted by our thorough and demanding curricula, the high expectations of our teachers, and the culture which supports choice, critical thinking, problem solving, and character development. 

Position Summary: Teach school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Instructs students in academic subjects, utilizing various teaching techniques, such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning, and repetition, to reinforce learning.
• Administers and interprets results of ability and achievement tests.
• Confers with other staff members to plan programs designed to promote educational, physical, and social development of students.
• Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
• Instructs students, using special educational strategies and techniques to improve sensory-motor and perceptual-motor development, memory, language, and cognition.
• Provides consistent reinforcement to learning, and continuous feedback to student.
• Participates in staffings.
• Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers and others to develop individual educational plan for student.
• Plans curriculum and other instructional materials to meet student’s needs, considering such factors as physical, emotional, and educational abilities.
• Instructs students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and economic self- sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
• Observes, evaluates, and prepares reports on progress of students.
• Selects and teaches reading material and math problems related to everyday life of individual student.
• Determine appropriate adaptations, intervention, physical assistance, and physical care for the student.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Ability to use proven methods to help students increase achievement.

This description is not intended, and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job.  It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job elements essential for making compensation decisions.

Mental Functions:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to compare, analyze, communicate, coordinate, instruct, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, compute, synthesize and negotiate.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Valid Colorado teaching license issued by the Colorado Department of Education in related field.
• Student teaching for at least one semester in related field.
• Classroom experience preferred.
• Gifted and Talented endorsement preferred.

Application Instructions:

Bromley East Charter School actively seeks applications from the most capable, professional candidates.  Please use our online application when applying for this position. 

On-line application found at:  https://brightoncharter.schoolrecruiter.net

About Bromley East Charter School:

Please visit our school website at www.bromleyeastcs.org