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Description
The Physical Education Teacher works closely with all members of the dedicated, inter-disciplinary therapeutic team supporting the students and classroom. Teachers also collaborate with parents and guardians to ensure the greatest wrap around services, school -to-home communications, and understanding of the student. Collaboration with our partnering school districts is also essential.
Responsibilities:
- Provides classroom management that recognizes, and includes consideration of, the characteristics of and the methodology of the student population.
- Collaborates with team members to develop and execute an IEP-driven, multidisciplinary program for each student.
- Prepares and maintains a safe, healthy, academic, and behaviorally-effective classroom/gym environment appropriate to ongoing and changing classroom activities.
- Uses therapeutic and general education materials and methods and plans for their appropriate use.
- Tracks and records academic and behavior data to determine student progress.
Requirements:
- Must be certified by ISBE as a Special Education Teacher; LBS1/Type 10 certification.
- Certification by Illinois State Board of Education as a Physical Education teacher is strongly preferred.
- Endorsement or Certification in Special or Adapted Physical Education is a plus.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
- Able to successfully complete the physical and testing requirements Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, Ukeru, and Collaborative Problem-Solving training (Agency provided).
- Experience working with students with special education needs is preferred.