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Summary or Purpose: To work closely with identified special-needs students on a regular basis to provide them with the physical, emotional, and/or academic support they need to gain full benefits from the district's special education/alternative programs or placement in regular education curriculum.
Qualification Requirements:
► Bachelor' Degree in Education required; Master' Degree preferred.
► Alaska teacher certificate required with AK READS K-3 endorsement.
► Special Education endorsement required.
► Cultural awareness, sensitivity, and knowledge of the cultures reflected required.
► Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
Performance Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Complete training in confidentiality and Alaska State Special Education Guidelines.
- Complete academic testing for initial and on-going evaluations.
- Attend meetings as a member of the Special Education Team.
- Develop and monitor individualized plans.
- Work in one-to-one or small group situations to assist students with assigned, modified, or enriched assignments and/or skills, including behavioral goals.
- Assist regular classroom teachers in locating and implementing modified instructional strategies and materials.
- Teams with the teacher in teaching larger groups of students in order to assist students in the regular classroom setting as developed through cooperative consultation and determination of goals and objectives.
- Demonstrate positive reinforcement and encouragement for completed tasks and/or movement toward completing tasks.
- Maintain records in compliance with Alaskan State Special Education Guidelines.
- Supervise Special Education Aides and other paraprofessionals working with students who qualify for special education plans.
- Participate in field trips and/or vocational training activities.
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training paraprofessionals in the areas of Special Education
- Attend conferences in order to update networking resources and skills.
- Seek out and offer information for parents upon request.
- Request assistance as needed following the appropriate chain-of-command.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Start Date
Jul 01, 2026
About
Galena City School District strives to provide an engaging, inspirational, and impactful learning environment for every student, in every content area, every day, through recruiting and retaining exceptional staff, actively partnering with our learning community, and serving the whole child. We do this through our four programs described below:
- IDEA (Interior Distance Education of Alaska) is a statewide homeschool program that serves families across Alaska with offices in Fairbanks, North Pole, Wasilla, Palmer, Eagle River, Anchorage, Soldotna, Anchor Point, and Juneau.
- GILA (Galena Interior Learning Academy) is a comprehensive residential high school with vast CTE options for students from across the state, and is located in Galena on a former military base.
- SHS (Sidney Huntington School) is the local Galena school that serves kindergarten through 12th grade students in the community.
- iGrad (iGrad Alaska) is a statewide alternative program that offers an optimal blend of teacher support and accelerated, quality, online education for high school students.