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About the Role
Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is seeking dedicated, ambitious individuals committed to student success and education reform. This role involves serving as the primary liaison for special education services, coordinating services, and providing instructional support to ensure students' needs are met.
Responsibilities
- Serves as the primary liaison between district, CSE, and school personnel for special education services provided by the school
- Coordinates and oversees special education services and personnel to ensure students’ needs are being met
- Assumes some classroom teaching responsibilities
- Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to the education of students with special needs, including ADA, IDEA, and students’ IEPs
- Provides specialized instructional support and leadership in progress monitoring, student observations, and consultation with general education teachers
- Supports the development of students’ IEPs and curriculum development
- Demonstrates a relentless pursuit to promote excellence in student achievement and conduct
- Maintains and exemplifies culture of high expectations and accountability for scholarly and professional conduct
- Facilitates the development and administration of policies related to students with special needs
- Supports faculty in curriculum development, and promotion of effective classroom instruction and management
- Supports, prepares, and submits requisite reports in a timely manner
Requirements
- New York State Special Education Certification requirement
- Masters Degree in Special Education or related field required
- Minimum 3 years of successful teaching experience required
- Track record of accomplishment and achievement required
- Experience with and commitment to improving the quality of urban education, specifically for scholars who have been traditionally underserved required
- Candidates who do not meet the above requirements will not be considered
Skills
- Special Education
- Instructional Support
- Progress Monitoring
- Student Observation
- Consultation
- IEP Development
- Curriculum Development
- Classroom Management
- Reporting
Location
- Bronx, NY
- Stamford, CT
Work Type
- 10 month position
- Approximately 20% classroom time
Experience Level
- Previous experience in leadership role preferred
- Minimum 3 years of successful teaching experience required
Education Level
- Masters Degree in Special Education or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $68,735 - $143,740
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 403b Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Sick Leave
- Parental Leave
- FMLA
- Short-term Disability benefits
- Long-term Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- $5000 Tuition Reimbursement
About the Company
- Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT.
- Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.
- Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development.
- We offer a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation.
- Our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students.
- We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students.
- Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.