Special Education Teacher Life Skills

Job description

Responsibilities: - Teach a life-skills based curriculum in a self-contained classroom. - Classroom sizes are at or near 10 students with paraprofessional support in the room. - Grade Level taught will depend upon the position for which you've applied. We may need you to be flexible on grade level during the school year. - Provide a differentiated learning environment. - Work collaboratively with staff, including curriculum and clinical staff to yield positive results for the students. - Have the freedom and ability to personalize learning. - Provide a social-emotional learning environment Qualifications: - IL PEL (Professional Educator's License; out-of-state applicants will need to apply for IL certification) with LBS1 Certification or Other Teacher Certification (Non-Substitute) - Comprehensive training, experience, and mentoring in curriculum area. - Ability to teach a self-contained classroom within all basic instructional/life skills areas. - Ability to work with youth with emotional/behavioral/academic difficulties. - Must be flexible, work in teams and creatively problem solve. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to speak and write...