Long Term Substitute Special Education Teacher

Long Term Substitute Special Education Teacher - $297.00 / Day

Aspen School District, Aspen Middle School - Aspen, Colorado. Open in Google Maps.

Job : 5938097

Final date to receive applications: Oct 31, 2026 11:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time)

Posted: Sep 23, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Jan 4, 2027

The Aspen School District seeks a Long Term Substitute Special Education Teacher for the Aspen Middle School to start January 4th, 2027. Pay is $297.00 per day. This is a PART TIME job consisting of a schedule where the teacher would work either 2 or 3 days per week maximum.

Position Title: Long Term Substitute Special Education Teacher (Part Time, 1/2 Time, 0.5 FTE)

Department: Special Education

Reports to: Aspen Middle School Principal

Classification: Long Term Substitute Teacher

Contract Period: This position would start on January 4th, 2027 for a minimum of 4 weeks and up to the end of the school year on May 25th, 2027.

Compensation: $297.00 per day

• The Special Education Teacher creates a learning environment to encourage independence, self-motivation, self-direction, personal empowerment, and self-advocacy of children with disabilities. The AMS special education team currently consists of 4 special education teachers and 4 paraprofessionals allowing for lower caseload numbers, increased collaboration and a focus on inclusionary practices!

• Create a learning environment characterized by acceptable student behavior and efficient use of time by preparing materials and planning and conducting activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time. Provide students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate while employing appropriate intervention strategies and practices to maintain student attention and order.
• Employ strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of academic skills, language, cognition, and memory to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
• Use a variety of assessments, including formal and informal assessments, to determine students’ strengths and areas of need for the purpose of creating an Individualized Education Program for each student.
• Collaborate with regular classroom teachers related service staff, and paraprofessionals to plan and coordinate appropriate services
• As necessary, accommodate and modify instruction to meet the individual student’s needs.
• Case manage and implement the Individualized Education Program for each student on caseload.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, clearly communicating instructional plans and objectives to colleagues who also work with individual students.
• Accurately document and report ongoing student achievement using IEP software database and monitoring timelines for compliance with state laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Monitor individual student progress
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Participate, as appropriate, in the school’s Response to Intervention/Multi-Tiered Systems of Support process.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, to determine their priorities for their children, and establish their resource needs for the purpose of involving them as partners in student learning.
• Ensures full attendance on all contracted workdays as outlined in the employment agreement, including arriving on time and remaining for the entire contracted day.
• Be present and actively engaged during the scheduled workdays according to the school’s academic calendar, observing holidays,…