Special Education Teacher - Specialized Academic Center - 2026-27 School Year Only

Special Education Teacher
- Specialized Academic Center - 2026-27 School Year Only

Albemarle County Public Schools Specialized Academic Center
- Charlottesville, Virginia Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Albemarle County Public Schools

Job : 5885459

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 13, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Special Education Teacher

Specialized Academic Center

2026-27 School Year Only

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Join the Team at the Specialized Academic Center!

Are you a Special Education professional looking for an environment where you can focus on students? The Specialized Academic Center (SAC) at Trailhead Learning Center is looking for dedicated educators to join our highly supportive, clinical-instructional team. Support is built into the infrastructure of your classroom. With a low teacher-to-pupil ratio and a dedicated behavioral team on-site, you'll have the resources you need to make a genuine impact on students with complex behavioral and communication needs.

At the Specialized Academic Center, we understand that teaching students with behavioral and communication disabilities requires more than just a lesson plan; it requires a village. We offer:

• Unrivaled Support:
  You aren’t on an island. We provide consistent, on-site assistance from a Behavior Specialist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to help navigate complex classroom dynamics.
• Small Group Focus:
  Our low student-to-teacher ratio ensures that you can provide the individualized, high-quality instruction our students deserve.
• Collaborative Environment:
  Work within the Trailhead Learning Community, a space designed for innovation, empathy, and professional growth

Location

Situated around beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia – which is consistently ranked among America's top university towns and best places to live – Albemarle County is nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park. Just 100 miles south of Washington, DC and 70 miles west of Richmond, it’s only a short trip to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic beaches, and New York is an easy Amtrak ride away.

Whether it’s the great outdoors, a vibrant and diverse arts, food, and culture scene, or small town living with a big city feel, our part of Central Virginia has something for everyone.

Qualifications: Candidates for this position must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching certificate with endorsement in School Counseling. More information can be found on theVDOE website.

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Job Description:

General Definition of Work: The Special Education Teacher
- Adapted Curriculum involves working with students with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and various other educational disabilities. The assignment for this teacher may include the Special Education Teacher in a C-BASE (Curriculum Focus Building Appropriate Supports with Evidence), Functional Skills, Community Based Instruction, or Post High programs. The students served by this teacher are typically assessed using the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP).

Essential Functions:

• Teach students content to meet the standards outlined in Virginia's Aligned Standards of Learning and the Virginia Standards of Learning using research-based curriculum, strategies & materials correlated with other approved learning activities and adjusted to suit each student's needs;
• Assist children with multiple disabilities, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, autism, combined deafness and blindness, traumatic brain injury and other health impairments;
• Implements Individualized Education Plans, as written, for student with disabilities;
• Use various teaching methods to promote learning, including intensive individualized instruction, problem-solving assignments, and small-group work;
• Ensure appropriate accommodations are available in class and when a student needs to access the environment, curriculum and assessments;
• Develop lesson…