Teacher (Special Education Generalist (K-12))

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About the Position: This is a 0432 Teacher (Special Education Generalist (K-12)) vacancy located at Sampson Elementary/High School.

This vacancy announcement is open to all current, permanent DoDEA-Europe AND DoDEA-Pacific Educators, which includes current, permanent educators in Cuba.

Current DoDEA Educators assigned to Americas and Guam are eligible to apply through the Employment Application System (EAS) at the following link: https://webapps.dodea.edu/eas/login.cfm.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Excepted Service Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Employee Current Excepted Service DoDEA Employee within the Commuting Area State or Territory Certification/License: A valid fully professional state teaching license in content areas or the state's equivalent (as DoDEA determines comparable to DoDEA's teacher categories) will be accepted as fulfilling all qualifications for professional teaching education and certification in content areas.

To receive full reciprocity the license must be unencumbered, which means a license that is not revoked, suspended, or made probationary or conditional by the state licensing board of education.

The Praxis I and II or seven years of teaching at the Prek-12 level can be substituted in lieu of an unencumbered license and will require all minimum education requirements, a student teaching/internship and full qualification standards must all be met.

Applicant's claiming military spouse preference under the MSLRA will receive consideration for an encumbered license.

Minimum Academic Preparation and Requirements: A baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association is required.

Academic preparation of at least 40 semester hours (SH) in general education course work distributed over such fields as English, history, social studies, mathematics, fine arts, languages, science, philosophy, and psychology is required.

In addition, a minimum of 18 SH of professional teacher education course work in such areas as learning process, tests and measurement, educational philosophy, psychology, social foundations, methods of teaching and curriculum applicable to the type and level of the position for which applying is required.

(Note: Speech Language Pathologists, Social Workers, School Nurses, School Psychologists, JROTC Instructors, and non-certified Training Instructors are excluded from the minimum academic preparation requirement).

Requirements for 0432 - Teacher, Special Education Generalist (K-12): A minimum of 24 semester hours in special education is required.

Coursework should include a course in foundations of special education and IEP development.

Types of courses for special education generalist are assessment and evaluation in special education, classroom and behavior management, transition planning (ECE and secondary), curriculum and instructional strategies in special education, and collaboration skills.

An unencumbered professional teaching license as a special education generalist or its state equivalent will be considered to have fulfilled these requirements.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Major Duties:

• Selects, adapts, or modifies teaching methods or materials that experience indicates will be most effective in teaching the assigned grade level(s) and subject matter.
• Possesses a repertoire of strategies to accommodate the differentiated needs of learners.
• Supports, counsels, and motivates students to meet or exceed grade-level standards.
• Contributes to creating a school climate conducive to learning, achievement, and citizenship.
• Participates in professional development opportunities, as appropriate.
• Collaborates with other teachers, parents and guardians on matters impacting student learning.
• Plans, develops, and organizes long-range lesson plans and daily class work to ensure in-depth learning within the timeframe allotted to meet the course/curriculum content standards.