Website Blooming Prairie Public Schools #756
Blooming Prairie Public Schools is accepting applications for a full-time special education teacher for the 2023-2024 school year. This position provides an opportunity to work with students of varying ages, with a variety of disabilities. The successful candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in education with a focus on a special education specialty area(s) and a Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) issued special education teaching license. The candidate must also have strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with administration, staff, and families.
ISD #756 is a small rural school district in SE MN. We serve approximately 900 students Pre-K – 12. We have seen a gradual increase in the student population over the past several years and are in the middle stage of a building project. We are adding additional classroom space to accommodate our growth along with an auditorium, gym space, flex spacing, and art classrooms, renovating our Ag/Industrial Tech spaces, and completing several long-term facility maintenance projects.
Responsibilities include:
1. Conducting comprehensive special education evaluations, interpreting results, and working with the team to determine if students meet initial entrance or continuing criteria under any Minnesota state disability category.
2. Developing and implementing annual Individual Education Program (IEP) plans for students to include present levels of educational performance, special education needs, instructional goals and objectives, and the special education and related services required to meet those goals.
3. Provide research-based specialized instruction to address the instructional goals and objectives within each student’s IEP plan.
4. Serves as the primary contact for the parent (s), classroom teacher, and other support staff.
5. Effectively and appropriately work with parents, students, staff, and other educational professionals regarding instructional needs, concerns, or challenges of the student and district.
6. Maintain, document, and update due process records in accordance with federal and state laws, rules, and/or regulations.
7. Provides direction and supervision of paraprofessionals as directed.
8. Provides consultation to classroom teachers regarding classroom adaptations, instructional modifications, adaptive equipment, behavior modification plans, and other similar instructional interventions to meet the needs of students with IEPs.
9. Enhance skills via continuing education and professional development activities.
District Application Guidelines
Please send a Letter of Interest, resume/credentials, three letters of recommendation, and completed application form to:
Jacob Schwarz, Principal, Blooming Prairie Elementary
123 2nd St, Blooming Prairie, MN 55917
Application deadline: Until Filled
Official Job Posting, Application Form, and request for accommodations available at https://www.blossoms.k12.mn.us/page/3567
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