Special Education Teacher

Duties

SUMMARY

This position provides instruction to students with special needs and performs a wide variety of tasks with curriculum planning, supervision, presenting and reinforcing learning concepts, and teaching Special Education students in a classroom setting or a resource setting.

DUTIES

* Assist the students with classroom activities.

* Work closely with faculty and staff to identify eligible children for Special Education services.

* Share with parents disseminating information concerning individual student progress and the Special Education program in general.

* Plans a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of students.

* Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and - in harmony with the goals - establishes clear objectives for all lesson, units, projects, and the like to communicate these objectives to students.

* Employs instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives.

* Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.

* Collaborate with colleagues, students, and/or parents on a regular basis, at least quarterly.

* Assists the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing, student life and conduct, and, for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.

* Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.

* Discusses assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts.

* Prepares lesson materials, bulletin board displays, as needed.

* Presents subject matter to students using lectures, and discussions.

* Tutors and assists children individually or in small groups in order to help those master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.

* Supervises students in classrooms, halls, and on field trips.

* Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned.

* Distributes teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students, as needed.

* Enforces administration policies and rules governing students.

* Completes required reports in a timely manner

* Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.

* Works with students with multiple physical, mental, and developmental disabilities.

* May work with resistive students as part of the Crisis Intervention Team.

* Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

* Perform all other duties reasonably related to position as may be assigned by Building Administrator or Superintendent.

QUALIFICATIONS

* Hold an elementary school certificate K-9 from the State of Illinois or the equivalent certification, which will qualify the teacher for an Illinois teaching certificate.

* Hold a Learning Behavior Specialist I (LBSI) endorsement.

* Hold a teaching certificate or endorsement in one of the following areas; serious emotional disturbance, autism, cognitive disability, orthopedic impairment, traumatic brain injury, and other health impairment.

* Must have excellent Oral and Written communication skills to work with teachers, education support personnel, building administrators and the general public.

* Must be detailed oriented.

School District

Position Website

ILearn Link

ILearn

Report Card Link

District Report Card

Job Posting Date

2/23/2026

Final date to receive applications

4/13/2026

Start Date

8/17/2026