SDC Counseling Enriched Special Education Teacher Medeiros Elementary 2026-27

Job Description / Essential Elements

Special Education – Emotionally Disturbed (ED)

Basic Function

Under the direction of an assigned administrator, provide special educational setting and programs to enable handicapped children to function successfully in the least restrictive alternative.

Representative Duties

• Perform and coordinate necessary assessment required to determine student’s educational program.
• Participate as a member of the IEP Team.
• Develop and implement the individual education plan.
• Provide individualized and small group instruction in all areas, as defined by students IEP.
• Arrange with school administrator and regular classroom teacher for integration of pupils into regular classes for instruction in areas where students can meet success; assumes monitoring of student progress in regular class.
• Hold conferences with parents of students.
• Review students progress in meeting behavioral objectives to determine if students have made adequate progress at set intervals.
• Attend workshops, staff meetings and in-services.
• Per form related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of

Child development
Learning theory
Behavior modifications
Core curriculum
Instructional materials and methods

Ability to

Communicate educational goals and objectives to parents.
Implement educational plans.
Organize instruction based on individual and group needs.
Assess and diagnose deficits and growth.

Education and Experience

Any combination equivalent to: must possess a credential that authorizes teaching children in a special day class in which the primary disability is “emotional disturbance” and successful Special Education teaching experiences.

Licenses and Other Requirements

Pass an employer-paid pre-employment physical/drug screening.

Environment

Classroom environment.

Physical Demands

Sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
Seeing to read instructional materials, rules and policies and other printed matter.
Hearing and speaking to exchange information and make presentations.
Walking over rough and uneven terrain, play yard and school grounds.
Lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling light-medium weighted objects.
Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching to assist students.

Hazards

Contact with abusive and potentially harmful outbursts from students.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Credential Copy (A copy of the credential information from the CCTC website is acceptable.)
• Letter of Introduction
• Letter(s) of Recommendation (Maximum of three current letters required- dated no more than one year old. Letters must have a date listed on them.)
• Resume

• Education Specialist Instruction Credential - Mild/Moderate (must have Autism Authorization or Mild to Moderate Support Needs Authorization)
OR Education Specialist Instruction Credential - Moderate/Severe (or Extensive Support Needs Authorization)