The Mahopac Central School District seeks to fill the following anticipated probationary positions for the 2024/2025 School Year: 

Special Education Teachers 8:1:2 (K-2) & 8:1:2 (3-5) – Austin Road Elementary School

Qualifications:

•          Holds a NY State teaching certificate in special education K-2 and Childhood 1-6; Registered Behavior Technician or Board Certified Behavior Analysis certification preferred, but not required.

•          Has a minimum of three-year’s experience working in a school setting providing data driven instruction for children with moderate to severe deficits including intellectual disability, language disabilities, and/or autism;

•          Demonstrates extensive knowledge of explicit special education instruction across all academic domains including language, adaptive skills, self management skills and behavior;

•          Demonstrates the ability to work with students who utilize an AAC device to promote universal  design principles using an experiential approach to learning;

•          Experience administering alternative assessments and progress monitoring student learning aligned to New York State alternate assessment standards;

•          Demonstrates the ability to work effectively with students to facilitate increased independence by promoting the generalization of skills with decreased adult prompting ;

•          Demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively and actively communicate with administrators, teachers, support staff, and parents;

•          Demonstrates the ability to plan, schedule, and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously; including the tasks to be implemented by teaching assistants assigned to the class;

•          Demonstrates the ability to design and develop IEPs, safety plans, and update behavior intervention plans in consultation with school clinician;

•          Knowledge of non-violent crisis intervention techniques;

•          Knowledge of the prompting hierarchy.

Responsibilities include:

•          Ensuring that a variety of explicit instruction methods  with all students (e.g. discrete-trial teaching);

•          Ensuring that student motivational and reinforcement systems are managed;

•          Attending CSE meetings and other relevant meetings with parents;

•          Collecting, summarizing, and evaluating data on skill acquisition programs and behavior intervention plans, including written reports and visual graphic displays of data;

•          Assisting with development, implementation, and review of Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for all assigned students;

•          Managing and organizing educational and teaching materials within the classroom environment;

•          Managing and working with teaching assistants and aides to meet the academic and daily living skills of students.

The Mahopac Central School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.