SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER - LANGUAGE-BASED DISABILITIES - HIGH SCHOOL

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

• Complete evaluations, write IEPs, progress reports
• Provide specialized instruction and accommodations to students with learning disabilities in reading, writing and mathematics
• Responsible for teaching ELA  and Reading to students with dyslexia in High School in a substantially separate setting
• Knowledge of utilizing structured, direct, sequential, systematic, and multi-sensory instruction to teach decoding/encoding and phonemic awareness and reading comprehension
• Explicit instruction in content-relevant vocabulary
• Team-based program with Speech and Language Therapist 
• Knowledge of Assistive Technology
• Knowledge of teaching executive functioning skills
• Communication with families

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Master’s level required
• 3 years experience minimum
• Moderate Disabilities DESE certification in required grade level
• Orton Gillingham instruction, Wilson Reading Program certification required

The Swampscott Public Schools does not discriminate or tolerate harassment against students, parents/guardians, employees or the general public. No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to the Swampscott Public Schools, or in obtaining the advantages, privileges, and courses of study of the Swampscott Public Schools on grounds of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, genetic information, ancestry, children, marital or civil union status, veteran status or membership in the armed services, receiving of public assistance, homeless, or disability.