Special Education Teacher - Humanities

Special Education Humanities Teacher

Our Mission:

Innovation ("Innovation") Charter High School nurtures and develops students to be academically successful, socially mature, emotionally healthy, and equipped to lead self-directed and fulfilling lives. We welcome all students and we empower them to adapt, excel, innovate and lead. By instilling the core values of collaboration, tolerance, respect, activism, safety and innovation, students will graduate prepared for success in college and careers.

Description

To achieve the mission of Innovation Charter High School, humanities teachers at Innovation ensure that our student-innovators achieve rigorous academic goals. Specifically, these teachers co-plan, co-instruct, and co-assess students in the mainstream classroom. Under the direction of the Assistant Principal and Special Education Coordinator, our teachers collaborate to develop, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in an inclusive learning environment to enable all students to fulfill their academic potential.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Teachers must possess or be on an approved pathway to New York State Teaching Certification, preferably for Students with Disabilities or Generalist 7-12
• Three to five years of classroom teaching in an urban setting with at-risk youth, a Master's degree, and a SpEd teaching certification are preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Cultivate Innovation core values in our students

• Provide rigorous instruction to increase Regents pass rates by five percent per year by

• Special Education support in core content areas

• developing students' critical thinking skills using process-based, inquiry models

• bringing concepts to life with real world examples students can relate to

• possessing strong experience with Common Core State Standards and Instruction

• Fulfill responsibilities of Special Education Case Manager

• Manage a caseload of 10-20 students

• Provide regular case management support to assigned students with IEPs via regular check ins and 1:1 support

• Monitor and assess each of their students progress towards IEP goals on a monthly basis

• Attend IEP meetings, parent conferences, and collaborative team meetings to advocate for the learning and developmental needs of their students.

• Write teacher reports that incorporate student academic and SEL data from all IEP stakeholders and maintain records in SESIS

• Create differentiated instructional plans

• Ensure students progress toward content mastery and pass course

• Use assessment data to increase student performance on school and State assessments

• Complete a minimum of 40 hours of professional development per year

• Provide out of class student support to achieve Innovation's mission

All students achieve a high school diploma

We believe every student can learn. Special Education Teachers ensure each unit, lesson and assessment are individually differentiated based on the specific learning needs and interests of IEP students in their classes. Special Education Teachers co-teach with their General Education counterpart five periods each day and employ the six models for effective co-teaching to deliver standards-based lessons that push the educational attainment of the spectrum of learners.

Create differentiated instructional plans

Special Education Humanities Teachers must address the needs of our varied learners in our inclusion classrooms. They accomplish this by employing intellectual engagement strategies and backward planning methodologies to create multiple entry points in their curriculum that encourage all students to develop higher order questioning skills aligned to State learning standards.

Use assessment data to increase student performance on school and State assessments

Special Education Teachers work with their General Education Co-teacher, Department Teams, and Department Chairs to analyze data from NWEA MAP testing, Regents Exams, and summative assessments, as well as formative assessments to implement a Specially Designed Instructional plan that meets the needs of each IEP student.

Cultivate school core values in students as measured by our staff appraisal framework

Create safe, supportive learning environments that encourage student collaboration, risk-taking, and advocacy. A Special Education Humanities Teacher achieves this goal by incorporating intentional opportunities in the curriculum designed to engage students in their development of the core values and at every turn in a lesson, student conference, assessment feedback, and disciplinary situation, to ensure that students know that you believe they can achieve academic success.

Additional duties as assigned by the Principal or his/her designee.

Immediate Supervisor:

The Principal and/or their designee

Evaluation

Teacher performance is formally appraised during evaluation cycles that occur at least two times during the school year. Appraisals are transparent, collaborative, intended to promote professional growth, and based on accomplishment of the goals and responsibilities outlined above.

Salary & Benefits

This is a full-time position. Innovation teachers certified in NYS receive a highly competitive compensation package. Uncertified teachers receive competitive compensation and an increase upon getting certified. Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and a 401k retirement plan with an employer matching contribution up to 5%.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Innovation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.