+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Teacher - Special | | | | Education | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Purpose Statement | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The job of Teacher - | | | | Special Education is | | | | done for the | | | | purpose/s of | | | | providing support to | | | | the instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | process by serving as | | | | a teacher with | | | | specific | | | | responsibility for | | | | developing special | | | | education students' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | success in academics, | | | | interpersonal skills, | | | | and activities of | | | | daily living; | | | | supervising students | | | | within the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | classroom and other | | | | assigned areas; | | | | developing lesson | | | | plans and delivering | | | | group and individual | | | | student | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | instruction within | | | | established | | | | curriculum | | | | guidelines; | | | | collaborating with | | | | other teachers, other | | | | professional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | staff, and | | | | administrators in | | | | addressing | | | | instructional and/or | | | | classroom issues; and | | | | responding to a wide | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | range of inquiries | | | | from students' | | | | parents or guardians | | | | regarding | | | | instructional | | | | programs and student | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | progress. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This job is | | | | distinguished from |