Special Education Coordinator
St. Coletta of Greater Washington is a non-sectarian, nonprofit organization that supports individuals with intellectual disabilities, autism, and secondary disabilities. We are currently seeking A Special Education Teacher who will be responsible for teaching and supervising a class of special needs students utilizing various techniques to promote learning.
Examples of Essential Functions
- Review and act as Principal’s designee for all IEPs of students assigned to House.
- Provide updated database information to the IEP/Assessment Coordinator as needed such as re-evaluation dates, related services, etc.
- Oversee student programming and provide training to support IEP development, teaching practices, and accurate data collection.
- Oversee the maintenance of student data books and conduct trainings as needed.
- Assist assigned teachers in developing functional behavior assessments, behavior intervention plans, or other reports (ESY, justification for one-to-one, etc.) as needed.
- Prepare quarterly progress reports.
- Ensure completion of regular Student Accommodation Team meetings.
- Support the program administration team in meeting school goals and assist in school review processes.
- Provide input for classroom teacher evaluations.
- Ensure teachers adhere to timelines and due dates for tasks related to the IEP process, school goals, state testing, and assessment procedures.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in special education, and holds or is eligible for District of Columbia teaching certification with appropriate endorsement. Prior experience working with people with intellectual disabilities
- Knowledge and understanding of students with intellectual disabilities, autism and multiple disabilities.
- Ability to evaluate problems and progress of assigned students.
- Ability to work with parents, aides and specialists in developing a constructive and healthful learning environment.
- Ability to learn and adapt new methods and techniques.
- Ability to supervise, train and discipline assigned staff.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Paid vacations
- Convenient Metro-accessible location
- 403B with company match
- Free life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance and more