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Special Education/ Life Skills
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Duties
- Overseeing the implementation of literacy and math curricula.
- Reviewing lesson plans and creating "best practice" instructional strategies.
- Ensuring that each scholar meets their academic goals.
- Providing oversight, guidance, coaching, and direction to fellow after-school Tutors.
- Reviewing student data and utilizing it for instructional enhancement.
- Monitor scholars' educational and social progress and making necessary recommendations for adjustments.
- Ensuring uniformity and timeliness of assessments and parent reporting.
Qualifications
- A four-year degree or endorsement in special education from an accredited college or university is required.
- Develop and implement IEP goals and objectives designed to meet the individual needs of the students in the classroom.
- Develop curricula modifications, alternative teaching strategies, and environmental modifications to support students with a variety of special educational needs such as autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, orthopedic impairments, emotional disturbance, and/or communication disorder.
- Demonstrate a clear and deep understanding of disability categories and in determining student needs. Ability to apply that understanding in short-term and long-term planning for student learning.
- Ability to organize the testing process for special education eligibility.
- Apply knowledge of special ed procedural requirements; data collection, IEP technical compliance, student progress monitoring, and individual program development.
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with building-level staff and outside agencies. Ability to coordinate multiple paraprofessionals to meet the educational, personal care, and social needs of the students.
- Specific knowledge and ability to implement specific teaching and supporting strategies such as vocational programming, structured learning, behavior management and job coaching.
- Specific knowledge and skills in working with students who have functional communication with cognitive challenges.
- Maintains and records data and reports as required by program administrator, district, state and federal agencies.
- Coordinate services for all students on caseload, including planning, organizing, and conducting a wide variety of meetings with all relevant team members.
- Establish and maintain an atmosphere conducive to learning by providing access to a variety of learning materials and teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of students, and organizing and effectively structuring learning experiences in the classroom and community settings.
- Provides training for classroom support staff in vocational strategies and job coaching.
Salary/Benefits
In alignment with Waverly CUSD#6 Teacher Union Collective Bargaining Agreement.
How to Apply
Email the Junior/Senior High School Principal, Mr. Scott Hendricks, shendricks@wsd6.org, your cover letter and resume.
Email Address
shendricks@wsd6.org
School District
www.wsd6.org
ILearn Link
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Job Posting Date
9/28/2026
Application Deadline
12/1/2026
Start Date
1/4/2027
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District Name Waverly CUSD #6 Building Name Waverly High School Address 201 N Miller St
Waverly, IL 62692-1041 Phone (217) 435-2211 Fax IASA Region Two Rivers County Morgan Employment Type Full-time permanent Job Category Special Education PK-Age 21 Grade Level Secondary
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