Intensive Needs Special Educator - Grades 5-8
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Barre City Elementary & Middle School
Barre Unified Union School District
Barre, Vermont
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Job Description
The Barre Unified Union School District is seeking an Intensive Needs Special Education Teacher to join our Barre City Middle School Special Education Team for the 2023-2024 school year. This special educator will case manage and provide direct instruction to students with intensive needs and supervise their supporting para educators. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: developing and implementing specialized instruction and community based learning experiences, completing evaluations, preparing IEPs, transition plans and behavior plans, scheduling and facilitating parent meetings, coordinating services with outside agencies and other providers, and preparing and completing alternate assessments as needed.
For more information about our district, please visit BUUSD.org
- Job Categories : Special Education > Autism
Special Education > Multiple Disabilities
Special Education > Severe/Profound Disabilities
Employer Description
The Barre Unified Union School District serves students in grades preschool through 12. The district operates Barre City Elementary & Middle School, Barre Town Middle & Elementary School and Spaulding High School for approximately 2,200 students. In addition to the regular school program, Barre Unified Union School District offers a full range of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, extended summer learning opportunities, and after-school enrichment programs.
The Barre Unified Union School District (BUUSD) is located in the heart of Central Vermont in Washington County. Barre City has approximately 9,000 residents and is the 4th largest city in Vermont (after Burlington, South Burlington, and Rutland). Barre Town is home to four surrounding villages, including East Barre, Graniteville, South Barre, and Websterville, with a population of approximately 8,000.
The Barre community has a history of engaging its children and families through active parent teacher organizations, volunteers, family nights, math events, literacy nights, athletic events, the community art show, numerous after school programs and in countless other ways. The BUUSD dedicates great resources to support student success in the ways of enrichment and alternative programs, athletics and clubs, student supports, social-emotional learning, health services and the Dental Van, food programs, therapists and curriculum intervention.
The BUUSD attracts and retains capable, steady, and professional educators, support staff, coaches, and administrators who tend to dedicate themselves to the district for long periods of time. A significant portion of the staff of the BUUSD are alumni and have an inherent passion for the schools and the work that we do. Spaulding High School, which the students of Barre City Elementary and Middle School and Barre Town Elementary and Middle School attend, is the oldest continuously named high school in the state of Vermont, and spouts Tide Pride! There is a culture of supporting our students at every level. We are passionate about helping our students be kind, safe and responsible citizens, which drives everything we do.
The greater Barre area has often been referred to as the "Granite Capital of the World" due to its world famous granite quarries and long history in the granite industry. For more information about our district and our schools, please visit our website at buusd.org Learn more about us at buusd.org Learn more about us...
Equal Opportunity Employer
Barre Unified Union School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Job Requirements
- Candidate must have, or be eligible to obtain, a Vermont educators license with the appropriate endorsement, or be eligible for a Temporary VSBPE Waiver- PROVISIONAL LICENSURE K-12 SPECIAL EDUCATORS.
For the 2023-2024 academic year, applicants for a Provisional License with a special education or ECSE endorsement shall possess a baccalaureate degree, and meet at least one of the following criteria:
a. possess any valid professional Educator license from Vermont or from another state;
b. possess any expired professional Vermont Educator license or any expired professional Educator license from another state, provided the license expired no fewer than two (2) years and no longer than ten (10) years ago;
c. have a major or the equivalent in the content area of the provisional endorsement sought;
d. have successfully completed Praxis II licensure content assessment for special education (Test number 5354) with a passing score of at least 145 within 120 days of issuance of a provisional license.
Educators qualifying through criterion d) must have been admitted to an approved pathway to special education licensure.
- Bachelor degree preferred
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required
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