Early Childhood Special Education Teacher

Job Title:

Early Childhood Special Education Teacher (FTE 0.50) – Harley Hopkins Family Center 26-27

• Position Type:
  Teacher
• Date Posted: 3/9/2026
• Location:
  
  Harley Hopkins Family Center

Early Childhood Special Education teaching opportunity at Harley Hopkins Family Center serving special education students ages 3 years to 5 years of age.

Early Childhood Special Education license required. This position works with preschoolers aged birth to 5 years typically in a daycare or preschool setting. The candidate needs strong teaching and consultation skills in working with team members, staff in other settings, and families. The candidate develops and implements IEP goals and objectives within the home setting. The teacher has strong communication skills, a passion and commitment to work with students from diverse cultures and economic backgrounds, strong assessment skills determining eligibility for ECSE services and ongoing assessments of student progress, a data collection system for tracking student progress, and an understanding of service coordination with other service providers and knowledge of community resources to support families and students.

Bachelor's degree in education or a closely related field.

Continued employment is contingent upon maintaining all required licenses and certificates in active status without suspension or revocation.

Driver’s license.

Valid Minnesota Teaching License.

• Creating and administering individualized lesson plans.
• Interpreting and applying state and Federal statutes, codes, rules, and regulations.
• Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Operating a personal computer using standard and specialized software.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
• Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.
• Commitment to the District’s mission, which is to ensure high-quality, innovative, challenging education where all learners are valued and respected.
• Performing assigned responsibilities in a manner consistent with the District's established Core Values.
• Advancing the District's mission and values through careful attention to the key issues of Learning, Environment, and Resources.

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is performed in a classroom environment, with moderate physical requirements; a job in this category requires stamina to walk or stand to a significant degree, working with special needs children; strength to lift and carry up to 50 pounds; vision to read printed materials and computer screens; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.

0.50 FTE – 185 days.

HEA Union Contract.

Range: BA, Step 0: $51,000; MA, Step 0: $60,228.

Position specific Benefits information is available HERE
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Union Contracts, Position Handbook/Agreements are located HERE
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