Special Education Teacher- Float

Overview

Majority Women Employee-Owned. Empowered by Everyone to Transform Lives. The Richardson School is seeking a Float Teacher to join their Special Education team! The position would float between the Madison + Beloit campuses. The Float Teacher will provide specialized instruction to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities across a variety of classrooms and instructional settings. This is a flexible, float teaching position, designed to support students and teams based on evolving needs rather than being assigned to a single classroom long‑term.

• Review records of incoming students and be prepared to include them in the classroom.
• Step in as a temporary IEP case manager when needed, ensuring IEPs are updated, implemented, and aligned with student needs.
• Adapt to changes in IEP case management responsibilities, stepping in when a teacher is unavailable to maintain seamless student support.
• Collaborate with families, therapists, and multidisciplinary teams to support IEP development and service delivery when serving in a classroom teacher role.
• Assist in leading IEP meetings, maintain compliance, and ensure accurate progress monitoring and documentation for student goals.
• Complete and submit necessary paperwork, daily lesson plans, instructional data, behavior data, and weekly summaries or paperwork deadlines as assigned to immediate supervisor or designee in a timely fashion as scheduled per students assigned.
• Manage all student/classroom supplies in a fiscally responsible manner; consult with leadership as necessary for purchasing.
• Demonstrate flexibility in meeting changing student needs of all classrooms, including new enrollments and schedule changes, per immediate supervisors’ direction.
• Function within legal, licensing, agency, and professional standards in maintaining a therapeutic and educational environment for the student within the classroom throughout the school day.
• Establish a culture for learning as evidenced by student and staff interactions.
• Provide leadership and direction to staff responsible for supporting the classroom.
• Promote respect and rapport between all members of the learning environment.
• Establish and monitor routines and procedures for consistency, efficient use of time, and the creation of environments conducive to student needs.
• Develop and implement overall classroom Individualized Education and Crisis Cycle plans and individualize these for specific students as necessary, incorporating recommendations from team members.
• Utilize proactive classroom behavior management approaches that are consistent with the goals and needs of the classroom students and align with MyPath therapeutic models.
• Update progress reports in accordance with the trimester or quarterly marking period schedule (i.e., goals met, percent, trials, etc.).
• Complete incident reports per policy to ensure communication of pertinent information regarding student’s social, emotional, behavioral, and physical functioning.
• Substitute teach to provide high‑quality face‑to‑face and/or virtual instruction based on students’ Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) as needed.
• Incorporate new instructional models and assessment techniques to assure optimum educational standards and the ability to reach students’ changing needs.
• Apply knowledge gained through participation in continuing education, attendance at professional conferences, review of professional journals, and participation in in‑service programs and/or other internal opportunities presented.
• Access and implement standards‑based curriculum and modifications/accommodations based on individual student needs across all classrooms engaging with the full student body as needed.
• Demonstrate continued effort to improve teaching competencies per changing student needs.

• Hours:
  
  8-4pm during the regular school year + availability to work ESY.
• Schedule:
  
  Monday‑Friday, following a traditional school calendar.
• Salary Range: $54k-$70k annually; final salary based on level of education, years of experience, and licensure.
• Our teachers are paid year round.
• Tuition Assistance program for further professional development.
• Health, Dental,…