Teacher: SPED Life Skills

Job Title: Teacher - Special Education (Accelerated Campus Excellence - ACE)

Wage/Hour Status: Exempt

Reports to: Principal or designee

Pay Grade: Teacher Pay Scale

Dept./School: Academics and School Leadership

Initiated Date: January 2025

La Joya Independent School District (ISD) is committed to excellence for students and our community. We have a strong, 100-year legacy in the Rio Grande Valley. The district’s vision - Educational Excellence:
The Right of Every Student - conveys our urgent focus on students.

Our work is rooted in five district priorities, which require collaboration and deep commitment to supporting one another as we serve the community.

• Customer Service
• Trust & Transparency
• High-Quality Instruction
• Excellence in Leadership
• Integrity & Accountability

We are focused on ensuring every student in La Joya ISD has access to a high-quality, best-fit school as we work to improve from a B-district to an A-rated district. We serve more than 22,000 students in more than 30 schools and span six municipalities, covering more than 220 square miles.

We are seeking a Special Education Teacher that can support the school through transformation for one of the district’s lowest-performing elementary schools. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated impact on student outcomes, accelerating student growth, building strong community relationships, and creating a culture of support and excellence. You will help a school turnaround while integrating multiple school communities and campuses together into one new, shared community and school.

You must have the commitment and urgency needed to help quickly establish excellence and build structures to sustain that excellence over time. You will have to be ready for adaptive change in a very fast environment.

WHY LA JOYA ISD

You will be joining a district that is building on a legacy of achievement while rapidly improving and creating systems to reach new heights for student outcomes. You will receive intentional, targeted support in your leadership journey and have access to the highest-quality, research-based resources and instructional materials. We are also a district focused on continuous improvement and rigorous analysis of where we need to grow and learn.

All ACE campuses have an additional hour added to each school day and the campus will be open until 6:00 pm each day for student and community activities.

• Leaders, teachers and staff:
  Promote an inspiring college-going culture of high expectations
• Demonstrate an unwavering belief that ALL students can and will achieve
• Have a pervasive growth mindset for students and adults with a commitment to continuous improvement
• Use high-quality instructional materials and instructional best practices to accelerate learning for all students, creating faster and more growth for students
• Are committed to data driven instruction to diagnose needs, adjust and measure progress
• Value and invest in parent and community partnerships
• Are fully focused on transformation and establishing a beacon within the community

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferred in Special Education, curriculum or related field
• Valid or eligible to receive Texas Teacher Certification with required endorsements for subject and level assigned, required

Experience:

• Minimum of three year’s teaching experience preferred

Special Knowledge and Skills

• Proven success in leading a classroom in pursuit of academic excellence for all students
• Demonstrated ability to support all types of students, including students with special needs and Emergent Bilingual students
• Deep knowledge of curriculum and instruction as well as educational evidence-based practices
• Demonstrated knowledge in working with student with special needs
• Knowledgeable in the physical, mental and emotional child development process, including for children with special needs
• Experience in using and interpreting data to inform decision-making processes that allow for intentional actions and lead to improved student achievement
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong…