Special Education Consultant 7-12

Responsibilities:

• Accessing children’s skills and learning requirements
• Share all students’ progress with parents and other staff.
• Design Individual Educational Plans
• Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment
• Employ techniques and strategies during instruction to address individualized goals within each student’s IEP
• Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques
• Share with parents their child’s progress and to determine priorities for their children and their individualized educational needs
• Confer with parents, administrators, specialists, related service providers, and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students’ educational, physical, and social/emotional development
• Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports asrequired by law, district policies, and administrative regulations
• Develop a plan for effective monitoring and collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions
• Develop effective progress monitoring tools to monitor annual goals and issue periodic progress reports
• Work collaboratively with general education teachers, ENL teachers, and content area specialists

Candidates must possess:

• NYS Initial or Professional Certification in Students with Disabilities