Essential Skills Teacher
QUALIFICATIONS: Must hold a valid Indiana teaching license: Mild or Intense Intervention.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Special Education Teacher of Record for students who receive part-time or
full-time instruction within an Essential Skills classroom.
1. Perform all duties of Teacher of Record.
2. Provide specially designed instruction for students to demonstrate proficiency toward
the Alternate Achievement Standards, depending on individualized student needs.
3. Develop visual supports and structured work systems for students and ensure
implementation with fidelity across all settings.
4. Conduct Functional Behavior Assessments with the district’s BCBA as appropriate for
individual students.
5. Develop and implement Positive Behavioral Intervention Plans with fidelity.
6. Collect academic and behavioral progress monitoring data to inform instruction.
7. Collaborate with general education teachers to modify instruction and/or ensure
accommodations to support engagement within the general education classroom as
appropriate for individual students.
8. Collaborate with all special education team members, including Speech and Language
Pathologists and occupational and Physical Therapists, to ensure students'
individualized needs are met.
9. Ensure therapists’ recommendations are implemented throughout the students’ day to
support the generalization of skills (i.e., use of low-tech / high-tech AAC devices,
positioning during various activities, implementing sensory activities, etc.)
10. Collaborate with the building level and district administration.
11. Build the Instructional Assistants' capacity regarding instruction, behavior support, and
the carryover of the student’s IEP.
12. Develop compliant, meaningful IEPs and lead case conferences for students on
caseload.
13. Conduct transition assessments to develop meaningful transition plans for students,
as appropriate, based on students’ age.
14. Teach and support vocational skill development for high school-aged students.
15. Provide instruction and support for self-care skills, including toileting, as appropriate
for individual students.
16. Establish and maintain positive relationships with families.
17. Maintain confidentiality.

Conditions of Employment
I currently hold or am in the process of obtaining a valid Indiana Teaching Certificate in the area required for this position?
I am eligible to work in the United States of America.
I authorize and am willing to pay for a National Background Check at an estimated cost of $30.00.

General Questions
How many years of teaching experience do you have in the state of Indiana (excluding private schools)?
How many years of teaching experience do you have outside of the state of Indiana?
How many years of military service do you have, if any?
What subjects/grades are you certified to teach?
Indicate below your license.
Teaching preference in area of certification: Subject matter and/or grade level. Indicated First, Second and Third choices below.
What extracurricular activities would you be willing to direct, if any?
Have you missed over 10 days work in the past two years?
Do you have any physical limitations which might interfere with or be aggravated by your work that may require reasonable accommodations?
Has your teaching contract ever failed to be renewed?
Have you ever been compelled to resign a teaching position?
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or are you currently charged with a felony?
Are you presently being investigated or under a procedure to consider your discharge for misconduct by your present employer?
Have you ever been formerly reprimanded, disciplined, discharged, or asked to resign from a prior position?
Have you ever resigned from a prior position without being asked, but under circumstances involving your employer's investigation of sexual conduct with another person, mishandling of funds, or criminal conduct?
Have you ever been charged with or investigated for physical sexual abuse of another person?
Have you ever been charged with, pleaded guilty or "no contest" to, or been convicted of, any crime involving sexual abuse of any person or any other crime of moral turpitude?
Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor and/or ever entered a plea of guilty or a plea of "no contest", or has any court ever deferred further proceedings without entering a finding of guilty or placed you on probation for a crime?
Please explain in detail any "YES" answers to questions 8 through 18:
List individuals whom you personally know who are employed by the Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation.

Number of work days
185 Days

Benefits
Benefit options for this position are covered by the collective bargaining agreement for the United Teachers Association of Mt. Vernon which can be found on the MVCSC website. Optional Supplemental Insurance: Short Term Disability, Hospital, Critical Illness, Cancer, Life are also available.

Attachments
Cover Letter*
Resume*
Transcripts*
Certification
License
3 Letters of Recommendation (1 file)*

References
Teacher Reference Questions: 3 of 3 external references required.