The job of Teacher - Special Education is done for the purposes of providing support to the instructional process by serving as a teacher with specific responsibility for developing students with special needs success in academics, interpersonal skills, and/or activities of daily living, supervising students within the classroom and other assigned areas, developing lesson plans and delivering group and individual student instruction within established curriculum guidelines, collaborating with other teachers, other professional staff, and administrators in addressing instructional and/or classroom issues, and responding to a wider range of inquiries from students, parents, or guardians regarding instructional program and student progress. Reports health and safety issues to assigned administrator and appropriate agencies, e.g., fights, suspected child or substance abuse, inappropriate social behaviors, etc., for the purpose of maintaining students personal safety, a positive learning environment, and complying with regulatory requirements and established guidelines.