Special Education Teacher

Special Education Teacher - Honey Creek Community School, Ann Arbor, MI

Honey Creek Community School was founded in 1995 with support from the Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD). Honey Creek has grown from a K-2 charter school with 33 students to a fully staffed K-8 charter school with 250 students and a lengthy waiting list of families eager to attend. Honey Creek Community School was founded out of the community and emphasizes and maintains our relationship and connection with the community as well as a commitment toward ensuring children interact and learn from a diverse community. The response from the community to Honey Creek is overwhelmingly positive as evidenced by the strong participation of our parents in school activities. Our project based, thematic, integrated curriculum, small class sizes and strong student-teacher relationships illustrate our uniqueness as a charter school. Our effectiveness is demonstrated through strong academic performance and recognition from various accrediting agencies, including the Midwest Education Trust: https://midwest.edtrust.org/honeycreek-community-school/

DUTIES:

The special education teacher works with students who have a wide range of learning, mental, emotional, and physical disabilities. This includes working with the instructional team to adapt general education lessons and teach various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with mild and moderate disabilities. The special education teacher will also teach basic skills, such as literacy and communication techniques, to students with severe disabilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:Prerequisites:

• Current Michigan Special Education Certificate.
• Demonstrated warmth and compassion to individual children and their families
• Demonstrated flexibility and good problem solving skills
• Ability to work productively as a team member
• Ability to design and implement instruction in the core subject areas and adapt curriculum and assessment to meet individual student needs
• Assess students' skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans
• Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for each student
• Teach and mentor students as a class, in small groups, and one-on-one
• Implement IEPs, assess students' performance, and track their progress
• Discuss student's progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators
• Supervise and mentor teacher assistants who work with students with disabilities

Preferences:

• Demonstrated ability to instruct in interactive theme and project-based curriculum
• Committed to the concepts of social justice
• Understanding and commitment to multi-age groupings

Additional requirements:

• Current physical with no restrictions and drug screening
• Current negative TB test
• Current First Aid and CPR

To Apply:

• To apply please go to: http://honeycreekschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/EmploymentApplication.pdf
• Completed application packets may be emailed to: awatershc.wash.k12.mi.us          

           or mailed to:

• Honey Creek Community School

          Attn. Al Waters

          1735 S. Wagner Road

          Ann Arbor, MI 48103

• Please address the Prerequisites, Preferences and Additional Requirements in your Cover Letter

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