Special Education Teacher; Cross Categorical - La Follette - FTE - SY

Job Title

High School Operations

Minimum Annual Compensation: $52,154 (25-26 TE Salary Schedule)

Length of

Contract:

192 days

Employment Type:

Exempt

• Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction.
• Use knowledge of students’ background, interest, style, culture, language, individual needs, and assessment data to inform planning.
• Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth toward mastery of standards.
• Develop common year‑long/course plans that identify the essential questions and resources to support student learning.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
• Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning.
• Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning.
• Use multiple ways to check for student understanding and clarify, reteach, and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered.
• Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition, and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process.
• Provide opportunities for teacher‑to‑student, student‑to‑student, and student‑to‑teacher feedback both orally and written.
• Analyze data and adjust instruction based on student achievement, observation, and teacher practice data.
• Establish rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible.
• Meet with parents/guardians to discuss their student’s progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
• Collaborate with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co‑teaching.

• Teachers should demonstrate through actions and words that every student can achieve high standards.
• Teachers should share a commitment to excellence and equity for all students.
• Teachers should hold a clear mission and values orientation aligned with Madison’s vision.

• Plan and execute rigorous, engaging units and lessons, including meaningful in‑class and out‑of‑class assignments, and ensure student mastery of content.
• Provide necessary scaffolds, interventions, and extensions to meet a range of learning needs and support an inclusive learning environment.

• Understand and articulate the systems and beliefs that may lead to inequitable outcomes for students of color and adapt instruction to meet the needs of each student.
• Make links between content and student experiences, perspectives, and personal goals.
• Use data beyond standardized assessments to diagnose student learning needs and differentiate instruction in the classroom.
• Collaborate with peers to reflect on student achievement and teacher practice data to continuously plan and improve instruction.

• Build relationships with students and understand unique family characteristics.
• Engage all families as full partners in their children’s education.

• Find challenges exciting and persist in the face of challenges.

• Reflect on strengths and growth areas regularly and seek mentors to improve.

• Bachelor’s degree. Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in Special Education.
• Applicants must be fully licensed before consideration.
• If you do not already have an active Wisconsin teaching license, you must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the position. An application must be on file within 30…