Special Education Teacher –Kate Furbish Life Skills Program 

* This position will remain open until filled.

* A start date of mid December or January is preferred.

Brunswick’s Special Education Department seeks a dynamic, caring, and creative special education teacher to lead its functional life skills program at Kate Furbish Elementary School.  Students in this program have a wide variety of academic, functional, and developmental needs that must be addressed in ways that foster student development and growth.  A successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills, a willingness to seek nontraditional solutions to issues as they arise, an ability to build positive relationships with students, and a willingness to collaborate with parents, community members, special educators, regular educators, service providers, and administrators as appropriate. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrate the competence and flexibility necessary to program for students with cognitive, emotional, and developmental needs;
• Create and deliver specially designed instruction in multiple academic and functional content areas;
• Support students’ daily living skills needs;
• Create classroom structures that ensure student safety and programmatic integrity;
• Collect and utilize academic and functional data to inform interventions and instruction;
• Supervise educational technicians;
• Complete special education documentation in accordance with Department expectations, as well as state and federal laws and regulations.

Qualifications:

• Maine State Certification - 282
• Valid Maine Criminal History Records Check

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.  The Brunswick School Department does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.