CONCORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Homebound Teacher
TYPE OF POSITION: Certified
REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education
POSITION PURPOSE: Provide special education students who are confined to the home for a temporary amount of time with learning activities and experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. Accommodate or modify instructional material when needed per a student’s IEP. Prepare provided lessons and other instructional materials to student ability levels. Work with a student in a home or community setting as assigned.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
1. Collaborate with the teacher of record, students, parents, and other staff members for each student assigned.
2. Collaborate with the teacher of record to implement an instructional program for assigned students and show written evidence of sessions and preparation as required.
3. Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned.
4. Participate in case conferences if required.
5. Conduct assessment of student learning styles and use results to plan for instructional activities.
6. Employ a variety of instructional techniques and media to meet the needs and capabilities of each student assigned.
7. Use technology in teaching/learning process.
8. Assess the achievement of the student on a regular basis through formal and informal testing and provide progress reports as required.
9. Be a positive role model for students; support the mission of the school district.
10. Consult district and outside resource people regarding education, social, medical, and personal needs of students.
11. Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
12.Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Appropriate certification as required by the Indiana Department of Education.
2. Ability to plan and organize
3. Skills in human relations.
4. Ability to communicate effectively.
5. Valid drivers license and reliable transportation.
5. Other qualifications as deemed desirable by the School Board.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms.
2. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. 3. The employee should be able to use the following machines, tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work: pen, pencil, pointer, stylus, projector, public address system, tape recorder, blackboard, chalk, charts, diagrams, examinations, manuals, maps, publications, reference books, textbooks, and computers.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment will include student’s homes and/or community settings.
TERMS: Length of year and salary to be determined by the School Board.
EVALUATION: Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provisions of the policy handbook.