Special Education- STEM/Math Teacher 7-12

Position specifics

Education

Bachelor degree or higher from an accredited institution, with current NYS Special Education Teacher certification required and Content Area certification preferred (STEM and/or Math field/education)

Experience: Relevant teaching experience

Skills: Self-motivated, strong verbal and writing skills, attention to detail, problem-solving, flexible and adaptable

Physical Demands

• Work is performed primarily in an education setting.
• Work entails an ability to handle people and situations with compassion, diplomacy and tact.
• Work frequently involves an ability to work cooperatively in a team environment and to problem solve unexpected/unpredictable circumstances and to act appropriately in the event of an emergency.
• Work entails an ability to calmly and patiently manage threatening and assaultive situations.
• Work requires a willingness to deal with intimate, personal issues.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The following lists physical demands an employee will perform on a regular basis

• sitting, standing, bending, lifting, talking and hearing, and walking. Must be able to perform a variety of tasks, climb stairs, move throughout the school and quickly respond to emergencies. Position requires that the employee must be able to restrain clients utilizing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully complete
• Therapeutic
• Crisis
• Intervention
• Training: the ability to drop repeatedly to knees, twist and turn, exert oneself physically at an intense level, and support another adult’s weight.

Good vision is imperative. Must be able to talk and hear well.

Other

Aware and able to use current technology within the classroom; Must have flexibility, patience, and resiliency to deal with sudden crisis and deviation from work plans and schedules.

Comptencies

• Leading Self
• Character and Courage (Integrity and Trust)-
• Do the right thing, because it is the right thing, even when no one is looking. Truth to Power.
• Customer Focus
• Build positive relationships through communication and collaborative problem solving.
• Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Justice and Equity
• Believe in the dignity and humanity of all people to reach their full potential.