The Mahopac Central School District seeks to fill the following position:

Leave Replacement Special Education Teacher - 8:1:2 Special Class - Grades 3-5

Austin Road Elementary School

Anticipated effective dates: 12/16/2024-6/30/2025

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.
• Effective communication with students and families.  

The Mahopac Central School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.