Must hold a license issued by Utah State Office of Education.
The license must be in one of the following types: Special Education (K-12+) (Level 1), Special Education (K-12+) (Level 2), Special Education (K-12+) (Level 3), Special Education (K-12+) (ARL).
The license position area must be in one of the following areas: Early Childcare Provider, Headstart, School Age Day Care, Computers, Elementary Teacher, Success for All, Title I, Autism, Deaf-Blind, Early Intervention Specialist, Educational Diagnostician, Emotional Behavior Disabilities, Hearing Impairment, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Severe/Profound Disabilities, Special Education (General), Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual Impairment, Audiologist, Crisis Intervention Specialist, Functional Behavioral Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Physical Therapist, School Psychologist, Speech Language Pathologist/Therapist.
The license must be in one of the following grades: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th.
The license status must be active or about to graduate from a state-approved teacher preparation program.
Description
Company: Soldier Hollow Charter School Position: Special Education Teacher?Specialist Department: Special Education
School Overview
Soldier Hollow Charter School is an award winning K-8 free public charter school located in beautiful Charleston, Utah. Our teachers incorporate the outdoors to deliver high quality place-based learning. With class sizes of about 20 students our teachers are able to build strong relationships with their students and enjoy a quality work/life balance. The charter school model provides a unique opportunity for hands on, collaborative problem solving without all of the red tape. We strive to build a team of innovative educational professionals who are driven to support one another in the achievement of meaningful outcomes.
Soldier Hollow Charter School is now accepting applications for Special Education Teachers and Specialists for the 24-25 school year. We are searching for individuals who are professional, collaborative, flexible, and enthusiastic. Successful candidates will be highly collaborative, yet independent thinkers, and will be comfortable “co-working” with their professional peers. At Soldier Hollow Charter School we work to provide a well rounded education that focuses on life-long learning and well-being while addressing students' academic and social needs.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain and enrich their expertise in the subject area they will teach; • Develop lesson plans that ensure the attainment of state learning standards and the additional specific grade-by-grade learning standards set forth in the charter; • Coordinate lesson plans with other teachers to maximize possibilities for teaching similar topics in the same general time frame, thus reinforcing student knowledge on an interdisciplinary basis • Provide direct and indirect instruction • Long and short-term planning addressing individual needs of students • Prepare students adequately for all required assessments • Evaluate students’ progress • Prepare at least quarterly individual student achievement reports for parents • Provide an inviting, exciting, innovative, learning environment • Engage in effective and appropriate classroom management • Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff • Serve as an advisor to students, overseeing their academic and behavioral progress • Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal.
TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS • Demonstrated expertise in the subject they will teach, as evidenced by personal skills and knowledge, • Meet any applicable credentialing requirements including the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended and a current Utah State Teaching License • Have/be willing to obtain a current background check through BCI • Demonstrated communication skills • Demonstrated ability and experience to engage the interest of school--age children • Demonstrated ability to work with diverse children, including those with special needs • Teaching experience in a public or private school • Demonstrated ability to work well with parents • Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a team member • Demonstrated ability to evaluate tests and measurements of achievement • Demonstrated willingness to be held accountable for student results and all state and federal laws regarding the providing of special education services to students.