About Spring Lake Park Schools
Welcome to Spring Lake Park Schools! We are a vibrant school community serving about 5,800 students from the suburbs of Blaine, Fridley and Spring Lake Park, in the northern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Our district purpose — “High expectations, high achievement for all. No excuses” – provides our focus to meet the unique and varied needs of each student.
Spring Lake Park Schools is recognized for our commitment to personalized learning, creating a culture of innovation and creativity through human-centered design thinking. We are working to create a system – a culture with a methodology and set of processes – where teachers and staff have the freedom, flexibility and invitation to design new ways of learning centered around deepening student engagement to continuously improve student success.
Position Overview:
1.0 FTE Special Education teaching position to work with students with disabilities at Spring Lake Park High School, grades 9-12, specifically helping students, families, and staff create and implement Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPS).
The successful candidate will be an individual who …
… firmly believes:all students can and will learn, and that their learning can be directly influenced by focusing on factors over which we have control;
in the need to work interdependently with teachers, school, and district leaders throughout the system, aligning the work of adults around improving student learning by meeting the needs, interests, and aspirations of students;
in the need to work in partnership with staff to continuously improve practices to enhance student and family engagement, creating the conditions for equity, excellence and student success; and
in personalizing learning for students, meeting academic, social, and emotional needs and aspirations so that each student feels valued and has a sense of belonging, leading to academic success.
Primary Responsibilities:
Duties of this job include, but are not limited to…
conducting informal and formal Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and analyses, as well as collecting and analyzing student data;
establishing and monitoring targeted behavior plans, based on results of Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs);
modeling and coaching other school staff on the implementation of targeted behavior plans;
leading a team of paraprofessionals in implementing targeted behavior plans;
communicating with parents to provide regular updates on student successes and challenges;
collaborating with principals, special education coordinator and staff, and professional learning communities, to ensure student needs are being met;
design and implement professional learning on core classroom management expectations and targeted behavior strategies;
maintain student records of services provided, following Due Process best practices and compliance;
participate in IEP and evaluation summary meetings; and
perform other related duties, as assigned.