Special Education Teacher — Resource

Position:Special Education Teacher (Resource
3)

Location:Johnson Crossing Academic Center (the FPS 5/6 Building)

Qualifications:Nebraska Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsement required

Compensation and Benefits:

Base Salaryis Per 2026-27 Salary Schedule plus an Annual Flat Salary Stipend. Salary and stipend are yet to be negotiated. 2025-26 BA, Step 1 Salary was $42,555 and the Flat Salary Stipend was $8750.00.

FPS values professional growth and supports a New Teacher Mentorship Program.

New Teachers are offered a one-time salary advance opportunity to increase their August paycheck. We want to assist in all ways possible through the transition into the teaching profession.

Paid Leave: 4 Personal Days; 9 Sick Days; 5 Bereavement Days;
Civic Leave; and Professional Leave as determined by administrators. Certified staff also administer a Sick Leave Bank that all certified staff are eligible to join on an annual basis. Teachers who are parents or guardians of an FPS student can also use up to 4 sick days, per year, to attend FPS-sponsored activities for their child.

Retirement: FPS is a member of the Nebraska Public Employee Retirement System and contributes to the defined plan per Nebraska statute

FPS provides all certified team members long term disability, a $10,000 individual life insurance policy, and quarterly perfect attendance bonus opportunities.

Additional benefits offered at employee expense include: health, dental, and vision insurance, additional voluntary life insurance, tax-sheltered annuities (403b), flexible spending accounts, and supplemental policities via AFLAC and Colonial Life such as short term disability, accident insurance, group cancer insurance, and hospitalization/critical illness insurance.

Employment:Full-Time Contract Begins August 2026

Application Procedure:Interested and qualified applicants must apply online . Click on Employment, current openings, and follow application instructions.

All positions are subject to veterans preference. EOE

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FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

It is the policy of Fremont Public Schools to not discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, religion, veteran status, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, or other protected status in its educational programs, admission policies, employment policies or other administered programs. Persons requiring accommodations to apply and/or be considered for positions are asked to make their request to the Superintendent.

DEPARTMENT:
Special Education

JOB TITLE:
Special Education Teacher - Resource 3

REQUIREMENTS:

Education Level:

• Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree in Education or Special Education

Certification/Licensure:

• Nebraska Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsement in Special Education

Experience Desired:

• Training and teaching experience in areas of regular and special education with emphasis on Intellectual Disabilities, Moderate-Severe/Profound, Multiple Disabilities, Autism, Behavior Disorders

Other Requirements:

• Knowledge of Rule 51 guidelines for IEP development and provision of special education services, instructional techniques and materials, methods for individualizing instruction, developmentally appropriate curriculum
• Knowledge in behavior modification and management

REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The essential functions of each employee’s position includes (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities and to perform the identified work activities; and (3) the ability to perform the…