Early Childhood Special Education Teacher: Birth to

Start a rewarding career helping toddlers and preschoolers who have been diagnosed with autism or other developmental delays. As an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher, you will be making a difference in the lives of children and their families.

**About You**

As a centre-based Early Childhood Special Education Teacher **, **you will design and implement an appropriate instructional programme to meet the individual needs of children and families with developmental delays and/or disabilities as identified through the Individualised Education programme (IEP) process.

This position is assigned to the EIC Developmental Preschool Programme.

**Qualifications**:
Advance Diploma, Diploma and/or Degree in Early Childhood Special Education

**Experience**:
Experience in teaching children with special needs (0-8 years of age) in a group setting

**Responsibilities and Duties
Being an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher is a unique task, you must have the capacity to:

- Lead a class and accommodate the diverse needs of young children.
- Modify instruction and make adaptations
- Provide classroom observation and comprehensive evaluation for children 0-8 referred to the EIC Developmental Preschool Programme for suspected developmental delays or disabilities: motor skills, cognition, communication and social-emotional areas.
- Be familiar with positive reinforcement and behavioural management strategies
- Plan and write children’s IEP and term progress reports.
- Implement special educational strategies and techniques during the lesson.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons and communicate those objectives to students.
- Maintain accurate and complete daily student record.
- Provide a different variety of instructional practices
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.
- Assist families in understanding child development and identifying developmentally appropriate expectations
- Assist families in understanding child development, identifying developmentally appropriate expectations and providing strategies and resources to assist the family in addressing the child’s needs.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate in a courteous and professional manner with internal and external stakeholders

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- A LOVE of young children
- Excellent writing, speaking, listening and communication skill
- A commitment to working with young children with developmental delays
- The Willingness and ability to learn new therapeutic skills, focusing on naturalistic intervention
- Skills in behaviour modification techniques within the classroom
- Knowledge in child development and family-centered services
- Experience in administering tools such as the Brigance and AEPS
- Take initiative and work independently when given a variety of responsibilities and assigned tasks
- Ability to make decisions and problem-solve collaboratively with a team of service providers in partnership with the family
- Ability to interact in sensitive and/or complex situations and make effective suggestions to parents and caregivers
- Effective planning and organizational abilities
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Good Interpersonal skills
- Empathy, Cooperative, Courteous, Kind and Patient
- Effective work skills
- Creative, Conscientious, Dedicated, Resourceful, Efficient and Organized