Special Education Teacher | T-Plus | 2026-2027

Teacher-Special Education-T-Plus

This position provides specially designed instruction, case management, and transition services across two related programs. In the Transition Plus program, the teacher serves young adults with disabilities, generally ages 18 through 21, who continue to require special education services after their senior year. In the secondary autism program, the teacher serves autistic students in grades 9 through 12.

Duties and responsibilities include developing, implementing, monitoring, and revising legally compliant IEPs, providing specially designed instruction in the classroom, community, workplace, and postsecondary settings, and supervising, training, scheduling, and directing paraprofessionals and job coaches regarding student plans, instructional strategies, data collection, confidentiality, and safety.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities required include working knowledge of IDEA transition requirements, Minnesota special education statute and rule, age-of-majority requirements, and due process, understanding of competitive integrated employment, job development, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, county services, and postsecondary disability supports, and ability to coordinate multidisciplinary and interagency teams, direct and coach support staff, and advance person-centered planning, dignity of risk, and racially equitable, culturally responsive, disability-inclusive practice.

Physical demands include regular standing, walking, sitting, bending, kneeling, reaching, and movement across the classroom, community, workplace, and postsecondary settings, travel between district, community, work, college, and agency sites during the duty day using district-approved transportation, including accompanying students on public transit and in environments with varying accessibility and terrain, and ability to lift and carry instructional materials and adaptive equipment up to 25 pounds, with equipment or team support for needs above that level.

Work environment includes coordinating a high school bell schedule with community-based and work-site instruction, collaborating with building administration, general education staff, and program support staff at each location, and conditions vary, including changing schedules, travel between sites, outdoor weather, and environments not controlled by the district.

Education and/or experience required include a bachelor's degree in Special Education or a related field, experience teaching students with disabilities in secondary, 18 through 21, community-based, or adult-service programming, experience teaching autistic students in a secondary setting, experience developing and implementing legally compliant IEPs, conducting evaluations, and using transition assessments, experience designing community-based instruction, work-based learning, and employment-readiness programming, and demonstrated experience working effectively with racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students, families, and communities.

Certificates, licenses, and registrations required include a valid Minnesota teaching license or proof of pending approved licensure in the content area, multiple licensures preferred: DCD, EBD, Social Work, valid Minnesota special education teaching license issued by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB), appropriate to the assignment required, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) or equivalent de-escalation and crisis-response certification preferred, and first aid and CPR certification preferred and may be required based on student or program needs.

Benefit information:
St. Louis Park Schools provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees working 20 or more hours per week. Key benefits include health and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care expenses, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance.