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Responsibilities

• A resource support program (RSP) teacher works with identified special education students who may receive services in the special education and or general education settings
• The RSP teacher, in collaboration with the general education teachers design and implement services to meet the needs of the students with a variety of disabilities such as autism, cognitive deficits, behavioral disabilities, and specific learning disabilities
• Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed while in other cases related duties may also be assigned
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Develop and maintain compliant individual education plans (IEPs) and other compliance documents
• Develop, implement, and adjust appropriate programming to provide access to a student's least restrictive environment (LRE)
• Provide interventions and systematic purposeful instruction at students' instructional levels, linking district initiatives and grade level expectations to IEPs
• Coordinate with general education teachers to address students' instructional needs in order to support further involvement in core instruction
• Design and implement intervention based on student assessment and evaluation
• Collect and utilize data and frequent ongoing progress monitoring systems to inform instructional decisions or revisions
• Design and implement appropriate accommodations and modifications
• Train and supervise paraeducators
• Plan, implement, and evaluate individualized programs for students
• Establish and maintain effective working relationship with staff, parents, and community members
• Intervene in situations of imminent likelihood of serious harm using district approved Right Response techniques, including de-escalation strategies and restraint when needed
• Comply with school board policies and follow administrative procedures
• Communicate effectively through spoken and written word; read and follow written or verbal communications
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with staff and service providers
• Work collaboratively with District staff and promote teamwork with co-workers
• Practice effective safety and security within individual work routines
• Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct including the requirements of confidentiality
• Relate effectively with parents, staff, students and community members in a multicultural and multiracial community
• Perform job responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations
• Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently be required to reach, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, handle/grasp, talk, and hear
• The employee will occasionally be required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, lift and reach overhead, twist torso and neck, and fine motor manipulation
• The employee will occasionally be required to lift/carry a maximum of 50 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in indoor conditions and regularly works near video display
• The employee will experience constant interruptions; required to meet deadlines
• The employee will be exposed to infectious diseases carried by students and exposed to unpredictable students who may grab or bite