Available Now: High School Special Education Work Experience Coordinator (New Woodlawn Educatio

High School Special Education Work Experience Coordinator (District-Wide Programs) - WEC

Des Moines Public School District, Multiple Schools – Des Moines, Iowa

Start in August 2026; open in Google Maps

• Job : 5574805
• Final date to receive applications: May 31, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)
• Re-Posted: May 04, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Aug 10, 2026

Title: Special Education Teacher

Position Type: TCHR

Hiring Specifications:

• Valid Iowa teaching license (Strat II:BD or Strat II:) AND Work Experience Coordinator endorsement.
• Demonstrate effectiveness in oral and written communication.

Desired:

• Experience in an urban school district.
• CPR certification.

Responsible for planning and delivering a high-quality educational program to meet children’s academic, social‑emotional, and behavioral needs. The special education teacher partners with the guardian and support team to develop, implement, and monitor the student Individual Education Plan (IEP).

• Deliver daily lessons aligned to state and district standards that meet students’ individual needs and ensure growth.
• Establish and maintain student behavior standards needed to achieve learning.
• Participate in building and district professional learning communities to plan instruction, analyze data, and create assessments.
• Collaborate with colleagues to make accommodations to instruction and curriculum for students with IEPs.
• Monitor student learning daily using multiple data points to guide and individualize instruction.
• Communicate regularly with families.
• Participate in professional development.
• Demonstrate consistent progress on meeting the eight Iowa Teaching Standards.

• Maintain confidentiality.
• Attend work promptly and regularly.
• Maintain satisfactory relationships with staff, students, and families.
• Assist with duties needed to maintain a safe and orderly school.

Student & Family Services

Building Administrator, Director of Student Services

Special Education Consultant

DMEA
; Exempt

Full time, 195 or 199 day contract, 7.75 hours per day.

Standing, walking, sitting, bending/stooping, reaching/pushing/pulling, lifting/carrying.

Mostly indoors with some outdoor responsibilities during recess and arrival/dismissal.

All candidates offered a position will be required to pass a criminal background check, child and adult abuse registry check, and possibly fingerprinting, drug and alcohol test, physical capacity test, and/or motor vehicle record check.

From $50,569 to $83,640 per year.

• Citizenship, residency, or work visa required.

• Jeremy Schwennen, Talent Support
• Human Resources
• Email: jeremiah.schwennan