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JOB TITLE: SPECIAL EDUCATION VIRTUAL TEACHER

JOB SUMMARY: The person in this position must be technologically fluent in general technologies as well as technologies related to teaching, learning and student engagement. The position requires a flexible schedule and a great degree of self-discipline and organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Engage students in an online/virtual environment using effective strategies to encourage self-discipline, time management, and continual progress as well as social-emotional development
• Participates in the evaluative process for Special Education placement when called upon to do so.
• Participates in Eligibility, Placement, and IEP team meetings when called upon to do so.
• Provide weekly IEP services to Yukon Virtual students through in person meetings or organized Google Meets
• Serve as the liaison between Yukon Virtual School and Yukon High School to ensure that blended students are receiving their accommodations and teachers of record are aware when students enter virtual school.
• Assist Yukon Virtual School teachers in making necessary accommodations for students through Edgenuity.
• Identify students needing to be served in Odysseyware and serve as their teacher of record.
• Monitor/grade/review students through daily, consistent dashboard checks; stay within a 24-48 hour window for providing feedback and reviewing progress to allow students to continue to access the next modules in the program
• Effectively communicate with students and parents on a regular basis using Google Meet (or other technologies), email, or phone
• Provides appropriate educational programs for students.
• Cooperates with regular classroom teachers and other staff members in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods to be used with students in Special Education.
• Monitor student progress on a daily/weekly basis and implement proactive interventions to facilitate academic progress
• Perform administrative tasks on a daily basis, to include: attendance; tracking student grades and progress; managing schedules and meetings; and communicating with school personnel, the student and parents
• Analyze data on a consistent basis to inform instruction, interventions, and differentiation (delivery and format)
• Adhere to all local, state, and federal policies, procedures and laws that apply to employees of Yukon Public Schools
• Effectively engage students in accordance with the district approved software (Edgenuity for 9-12, Odysseyware for Special Education needing accommodated instruction), schedule, philosophy, goals, and objectives
• Completes reports and other school related paperwork as required, at or before the time requested.
• Clearly articulate deadlines, schedules, procedures, and progress to students and parents and communicate status updated and/or concerns to appropriate school staff to ensure student progress
• Engage Yukon Public Schools counselors, administrators, and other supports to proactively address student concerns, lack of student progress, and social emotional development.
• Schedule and conduct parent-teacher conferences no less than once per semester in a virtual setting
• Coordinate with the Building Testing Coordinator and District Testing Coordinator to facilitate and/or monitor student participation in district, state or federally required assessments
• Implement strategies that promote digital citizenship and fosters a safe and healthy virtual learning environment
• Ability to effectively facilitate and organize learning over multiple grade levels and/or subject areas
• Respond to student, staff, and parent communication daily and within 1-2 business days
• Make contact with all students, via email or phone call, a minimum of once a week, even if adequate progress is being made
• Make contact with any student that fails to meet the weekly progress goal for work completed
• Collaborate with the Virtual School Counselor on student progress or lack of progress
• Provides for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Meet in person with any student who does not maintain progress in the assigned online course which includes organizing on campus, in person intervention
• When requested, submit grades to the Virtual School Counselor and at the end of each grading period
• Maintains appropriate emotional stability, physical health, personal appearance, and personality.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of three years of successful teaching in a Special Education setting is preferred
• Experience teaching or training in an online or virtual environment preferred
• Valid Oklahoma teacher certification required; experience in multiple grade levels and/or subjects is preferred, Demonstrated effectiveness in the use of technology, to include, but not limited to: Learning Management Systems (e.g. Google Classroom); Microsoft Office; Adobe; online training or teaching software; and technologies to facilitate engagement and interaction (e.g. Google Meet, video production, etc.)
• Ability to build effective relationship and work collaboratively in an online/virtual environment
• Ability to communicate effectively through various communication channels, including video, written and oral

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Required to work from a physical district location
• Generally, the job requires 90% sitting, 10% standing/walking
• May experience constant interruptions, inflexible deadlines, and changes to normal routines.
• Expected to maintain the Yukon Virtual School full time /case load

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• 182 day contract
• Salary Range: Certified teacher payscale based on degree level and classroom teacher experience

REPORTS TO: Determined based on assignment and location

STATUS: Exempt Certified

EVALUATION: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee of this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with the provisions of the Board’s policy of evaluation for certified personnel.