Job Description:

Location: Polk Elementary School

Position Reports To: Director of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services
Principal of Polk Elementary School

Anticipated Start Date: November 1, 2024 through January 2, 2025 (Anticipated)

Required Certifications & Qualifications
Current State of Connecticut Teaching Certificate #065 - #165

Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with students with special needs in the upper elementary grades and co-teaching.

Essential Skills, Knowledge Performance Abilities
● Works to create a positive classroom and school culture
● Provides academic, social and emotional education and supports through the preparation and implementation of engaging, interactive lessons designed to ensure all students reach their potential
● Case manages the development and implementation of IEPs for assigned students
● Assists teaching staff in implementing students’ IEPs and behavior management plans
● Conducts diagnostic evaluations of students for the purpose of identifying learning issues and/or social-behavioral needs in order to recommend courses of action to maximize learning as needed during the duration of the position
● Observes, collects data, and evaluates students’ progress toward achieving IEP goals and objectives
● Prepares/shares reports on students’ performance
● Encourages parental involvement in students’ education and ensures effective communication with students and parents
● Implements effective behavioral strategies and techniques as needed
● Provides differentiated and integrated instruction for all academic content areas
● Works with all staff to modify and accommodate for students with special needs to facilitate their access to classroom instruction, activities, field trips, recreational opportunities, etc.
● Directs, schedules and assists in training paraprofessional staff to support students’ learning

Additional Duties
Perform all other duties that may be assigned by the Director of Student Services and/or the Building Administrator

Terms of Employment
● $110 Substitute Rate per day for the first 10 consecutive days
● $269.31 per day starting on the 11-day
● Salary lane could change to MA or MA-6th Year on the 41st day upon proof of degree

Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8:25am - 3:35pm
All application materials must be submitted online, through Applitrack; should you have any difficulty in
submitting your online application please contact (860)945-4814