Special Education Resource Teacher

Position:
Special Education Resource Teacher

Posting Dates:
July 27, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To:

West Ottawa High School Principal

Beginning:
August 20, 2026

• Minimum starting salary for all certified teachers is $55,000. Go here to read more about our passion for supporting new teachers.**

• Valid Michigan teaching certificate required.
• Special Education endorsement
• Strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to develop positive relationships with students, families, and colleagues.
• Experience providing instruction in inclusive or co-teaching settings
• Knowledge of evidence-based literacy and mathematics interventions.
• Experience using progress monitoring tools and educational technology
• Experience collaborating within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

• Provide specially designated instruction aligned with each student's Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• Develop, implement, and monitor IEP's in compliance with IDEA, MARSE, and district procedures
• Serve as case manager for assigned students, including facilitating IEP meetings and maintaining required documentation.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to implement accommodations, modifications, and evidence-based instructional strategies. Support students in inclusive classroom settings through consultation, co-teaching, and direct instruction
• Collect and analyze student data to monitor progress and inform instructional decisions. Conduct progress monitoring and communicate student growth with families and educational teams
• Work collaboratively with school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers, behavior specialists, and administrators.
• Implement positive behavior supports and contribute to Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and Positive Behavior Support Plans (PBSPs) when appropriate.
• Foster strong relationships with students and families while maintaining high expectations for learning and independence. Participate in professional learning communities, district initiatives, and ongoing professional development

• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions:
  Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in-person attendance.