Hyde is built on the belief that every person has a unique potential and larger purpose in life, and character growth is key to exposing that potential and purpose. Hyde maintains a student-centered culture that motivates character development and emphasizes curiosity, courage, concern, integrity and leadership. Our goal is to prepare children for college and beyond, and to live their lives according to standards of personal excellence. We believe in order to provide the best possible education for our young leaders, we as educators need to be in a continuous growth process. Working at Hyde-Brooklyn is a unique and rewarding experience because our staff receives both professional development and participates in their own self- discovery process through the Hyde process of journaling, facilitated discussion, workshops and seminars.

The Special Ed. Teacher works collaboratively with Specialists, Teachers and Instructional Assistants to support student progress by coordinating on lesson planning (differentiation), sharing data, team teaching and providing information and materials to families. Through excellent communication, organizational skills and great energy the Special Ed Teacher supports the academic and personal growth of our students, while making sure all students are successful and develop strong characters. The Special Ed Teacher makes sure the students understand the school wide expectations and policies while consistently asking the students to follow the outlined expectations for common areas within the school. In addition the Special Ed Teacher supports staff in the scheduled arrival, mealtime and dismissal duties.

Support the creation and revision of IEP goals and maintain updated IEP Documentation

Provide students with IEPs the appropriate learning experiences based on IEP goals, by coordinating with team teachers on lesson plans

Provide families with progress reports monthly and quarterly report cards based on individual IEPs goals

Contact families via telephone or face to face to inform on students progress and keep an updated log of the contact

Participate in CSE process by collecting, reviewing and requesting student CSE referral information from teachers

Ensure the CSE process is followed and updates on students progress are recorded

Provide push-in and push-out support for students with IEPs

Ensure that the appropriate teachers maintain an updated IEP documentation

Interact with SPED service providers as initial liaison and provide necessary information to administration

Participate in IEP annual and triennial reviews at the CSE

Meet all test and data reporting deadlines

Maintain anecdotal and formal evaluative records (checklists, anecdotal notes, quiz/test, etc.

Participate actively in weekly grade level team planning meeting by planning units of study and weekly lessons collaboratively with team teacher(s), specialist and administrators

Attend all faculty meetings

Skills and Characteristics

Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues, families and students

Be a team player

Display maturity, humility, strong work ethic, follow-through, sense of humor, willingness to respond positively to feedback and a roll-up-my-sleeves attitude

Strong instructional and classroom management skills

A belief that everyone is gifted with a unique potential

Show commitment to character development and family partnerships

Requirements

Attend the annual Hyde 101 Training

Three to five years of classroom experience is preferred

Demonstrated success working in an urban school setting

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

A Masters degree in Education or relevant content area (preferred)

New York State Certification (required)