Life skills teacher job description

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I. List of Life skills teacher duties:

1. Overseeing the implementation of literacy and math curricula.
2. Reviewing lesson plans and creating “best practice” instructional strategies.
3. Ensuring that each scholar meets their academic goals.
4. Providing oversight, guidance, coaching and direction to fellow after school Tutors.
5. Reviewing Edusoft data and utilizing it for instructional enhancement.
6. Monitor scholars’ educational and social progress and making necessary recommendation for adjustments.
7. Ensuring uniformity and timeliness of assessments and parent reporting.

II. List of Life skills teacher qualifications

1. Develop and implement IEP goals and objectives designed to meet the individual needs of the students in the classroom.
2. Develop curricula modifications, alternative teaching strategies and environmental modifications to support students with a variety of special education needs such as autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, orthopedic impairments, emotional disturbance and/or communication disorder.
3. Demonstrate a clear and deep understanding of disability categories and in determining student needs. Ability to apply that understanding in short term and long term planning for student learning.
4. Ability to organize testing process for special education eligibility.
5. Apply knowledge of special ed procedural requirements; data collection, IEP technical compliance, student progress monitoring and individual program development.
6. Ability to work and communicate effectively with building level staff and outside agencies. Ability to coordinate multiple paraprofessionals to meet the educational, personal care and social needs of the students.
7. Specific knowledge and ability to implement specific teaching and supporting strategies such as vocational programming, structured learning, behavior management and job coaching.
8. Specific knowledge and skills in working with students who have functional communication with cognitive challenges.
9. Maintains and records data and reports as required by program administrator, district, state and federal agencies.
10. Coordinate services for all students on caseload, including planning, organizing, and conducting a wide variety of meetings with all relevant team members.
11. Establish and maintain an atmosphere conducive to learning by providing access to a variety of learning materials and teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of students, and organizing and effectively structuring learning experiences in the classroom and community settings.
12. Provides training for classroom support staff in vocational strategies and job coaching.

- At least 6 years of relevant experience preferred

- Master degree preferred

- Citizenship, residency or work VISA in United States required