Company Name: Northwestern Univ

Position Title: Rowe Middle - Special Education Teacher

Location: Chicago, IL 60642 United States

Position-Specific Qualifications:

• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues including general education teachers, related service providers, the IEP team, the Leadership Team, and other Special Education teachers
• Committed to building relationships with families in pursuit of providing the best education for Diverse Learners
• Experience with teaching and differentiating ELA and math curricula aligned to the Common Core Standards Experience with writing IEPs and participating in IEP meetings
• Experience developing and modifying long-term plans, units, and assessments (class, NWEA, ANET, PARCC) using cross-curricular data
• Demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of traditionally under-served students

General responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Co-teach scholars in one or two grade levels in an inclusion setting using a general education curriculum that is modified and scaffolded to best meet the needs of the scholars according to their IEPs o K-2: Co-teach in one or two homeroom classes.
• Collaborate, plan, and instruct with general education teacher and associate teacher for ELA and Math.
• • o 6-8: Co-Teach in a departmentalized grade. Collaborate, plan, and instruct with the general education ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
  • • Lead intervention, small groups.
    • Lead an advisory.
• Collaborate with co-teachers to implement instructional lessons that are targeted to meet the academic needs of students with exceptional needs and to meet their annual IEP goals and quarterly benchmarks
• Utilize a variety of learning styles in instructional activities to ensure all students are actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences
• Consult with classroom teams, Case Manager, and Director of Special Education to ensure Special Education compliance is always up-to-date and instructional expectations are being met
• Use a data-driven approach to modify/adapt instructional plans in order to maximize student learning.
• Monitor/track individualized student goals and assumes responsibility for meeting individualized student goals
• Provide testing accommodations to scholars on caseloads for classroom and state-wide assessments
• Work with classroom teaching teams to write quality IEPs that include current instructional data as well as meaningful goals that will help scholars achieve in and outside of the classroom
• Participate in weekly professional development (Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m.), a weekly grade team meeting, bi-weekly Sped department meetings, meetings with instructional coaches, and additional professional development and collaboration to improve outcomes for all our scholars

Credentials:

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in education, Master’s degree preferred
• Hold a current Illinois Educator License; LBS1 endorsement required Minimum of 2-3 years teaching experience required, Special Education experience preferred
  
  Compensation: We offer a generous compensation package which includes competitive base salary and comprehensive health benefits depending on candidate experience.

Statement of Non Discrimination
Northwestern Settlement is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, making all employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic or classification protected by law.

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