Teacher - Special Education (Special Education Teacher)
Company: Department Of Justice
Location: Atwater
Posted on: May 3, 2021
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Job Description:
Help Duties Summary Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons? You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly
values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce
employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We
protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their
sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and
provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities
perform correctional work regardless of their specific
occupation. Learn more about this agency Responsibilities Implements the overall remedial reading, language arts, science,
social studies and/or math curriculums. Implements and maintains life skills, study strategies and other
cognitive strategy programs. Designs new programs when necessary to meet special needs and
places students into their respective prescribed programs. Interviews and evaluates all prospective special learning needs
students. Administers a variety of individualized formal and informal
diagnostic special education and literacy tests (including pre/post
tests). Maintains and evaluates an accurate record of progress attained
by the students and redesigns program if necessary to meet
individual needs. Along with all other correctional institution employees,
incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security
of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede
all others required by this position and is performed on a regular
and recurring basis. Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or
work related issues. Supervisory status No Promotion Potential 11 1710 Education And Vocational Training Similar jobs Principals, Elementary School Help Requirements Conditions of Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP). The ICTAP
provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees
with selection priority over other candidates for competitive
service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that
you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you
may receive selection priority if: 1)this vacancy is within your
ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this
announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy.
To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification
requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the
Highly Qualified category using established category rating
criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your
application of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation
personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP
eligibility is at: Click Here The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible
surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the
Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates
for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice
component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or
displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive
selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP
eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this
announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy.
To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification
requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the
Highly Qualified category using established category rating
criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of
CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information
about CTAP eligibility is at: Click Here Qualifications To be considered for the position, you must meet the following
basic qualification requirements: Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree from an accredited or pre-accredited
institution that included or was supplemented by supervised student
teaching, and at least one course in each of the following areas:
general psychology, human development, history and/or philosophy of
education, and teaching methods at the learning level of the
position to be filled, i.e., elementary or secondary learning
level. For secondary school teaching positions, applicants must
also have had at least 24 semester hours (or equivalent) of course
work in each of the principal fields of instruction. AND Applicants must meet the degree and course requirements shown
above, and, in addition, applicants must have had at least 24
semester hours (or the equivalent) of course work in special
education that included at least one course covering the teaching
of exceptional students and courses in the appropriate field (s) of
specialization. NOTE: Applicants who meet the basic requirements as described
above qualify for the GL-05 level. AND In addition to having the above Basic Requirements, applicants
must also meet the following: Education: GL-07: One year of graduate level education OR Superior Academic
Achievement. OR Experience: GL-07: You must have at least one year of specialized experience
equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade
level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must
have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to
perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically
be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience could be: GL-07: OR Combination of Education and Experience: GL-07: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level
education and specialized experience may be used to meet total
experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of
the amount required for next lower grade may be combined with
experience. This experience must have equipped you with the
particular qualifications to perform the major duties of this
position as described above. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid
experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time
(such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in
activities. Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your
responses to the questions in the application. Education See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if
applicable. ONLY if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized
experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as
verification of educational requirement. Transcripts MUST be
uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you
apply and MUST include identifying information to include School
Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All
academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or
university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation
status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department
of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, Click
Here. Foreign Education: For information regarding foreign education
requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at
the U.S. Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign
Qualifications. Superior Academic Achievement. (S.A.A.) applicants MUST provide
a transcript in order to be considered under S.A.A. If you are selected for this position and qualified based on
education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of
education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript
prior to your first day on duty.
Keywords: Department Of Justice, Merced , Teacher - Special Education (Special Education Teacher), Other , Atwater, California
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