Special Education Teacher-Summer-ESY

Boulder Valley School District is committed to create challenging, meaningful, and engaging learning opportunities so that all children thrive and are prepared for successful, civically engaged lives. Our comprehensive and innovative approach to education ensures that each student meets expectations relative to intellectual growth, physical development and social emotional well-being. The district covers approximately 500 square miles and serves the communities of Boulder, Erie, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, Broomfield, Nederland, Ward, Jamestown and Gold Hill.

Website: BVSD.

Location:

US:

CO:

BOULDER

Department:
Special Education

Position Title:

Special Education Teacher-Summer-ESY

Position

Start Date:

May 27, 2026

Position Type:
Teachers-Licensed

Work Schedule:

5/27/2026 - 6/25/2026

Stipend:*$5,890 (This is based on working 125 hours including the 2 PD days)

Locations:
Elementary - Emerald, Lafayette, Flatirons, Foothill, Middle - Louisville Middle School

Closing Date:
March 4, 2026

Our People Are Our Strength in BVSD

* ONLY BVSD INTERNAL CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED
* Summary:

ESY will run FULL DAYS for 7 hours Monday through Thursday, from June 1st through June 25th, 2026. (There are no classes on Thursday, June 18th). All ESY staff must be available for the entirety of ESY programming as well as required training dates on 5/27 and 5/28 in order to be considered. PTO is not available during the summer.

ESY Special Education Teachers are responsible for maintenance of IEP qualified goals during the ESY period. ESY Special Education Teachers are also required to attend the two days of training and all 15 student contact days; plan and deliver lessons based on IEP qualified goals. Team effectively with colleagues, the site coordinator and parents; supervise children during breakfast, snack and transitions.

Both elementary and secondary resource teachers are responsible for designing and delivering effective instruction per students' individual learning needs, developing and authoring compliant Individual Education Plans, and providing seamless collaboration with general education, families and the school environment as a whole.

Responsibilities:

* Provide specialized instruction and research based intervention in the areas of academics, behavior, social emotional learning, and executive functioning.

* Implementation of IEP services and behavior plans. Manage and direct the work of paraprofessional and/or volunteers who support IEP implementation.

* Develop and implement an IEP for each student on the caseload, monitoring dates for compliance.

* Includes coordinating all IEP meetings including annual, initial evaluations, re-evaluations and additional meetings for students on the caseload and maintaining compliance with IEP implementation.

* Complete progress monitoring and coordinate progress reports for all students on their caseload, including those at report card times and at IEP reviews.

* Collect and analyze data using multiple assessment tools, formal and informal for Initial and Re-evaluations to guide eligibility determinations and IEP development including behavior planning.

* Collaborate with families, general education staff, paraprofessionals, and service providers.

* This includes areas such as accommodations, instruction, grading, least restrictive environment, data collection and assessment and meaningful inclusion.

* Consultation in the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) school wide process.

* Create and foster a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment in which all students see themselves represented in the classroom and understand the behavioral expectations; implements procedures and routines that maximize student learning; respond to student misconduct in a respectful manner using restorative practices and safe deescalation techniques; actively seek a variety of perspectives; demonstrate mutual respect for peers and adults in a variety of contexts;

and communicate and involve parent/guardians in all aspects of their child's education.

* Create and support a culture of equity and inclusion that values, accepts, and understands diversity and the impact of culturally responsive…