Middle School Exceptional Education Teacher; SY

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Employment Type: Full-time, in-person lead teaching position for the  school year.

Salary: Starting at $56,000 for certified teachers based on years of K-12 teaching experience; $44,520 for pre-licensure candidates without an active TN license.

Valor Collegiate Academies is a top-performing public charter school network in Nashville, Tennessee, serving 1,900 students in grades 5-12. Our mission is to empower our diverse community to live inspired and purposeful lives. This mission is made possible through an innovative school model that blends rigorous academics and whole-child education, within an intentionally diverse school environment. Our results include:

• A-Rated Charter Network in Tennessee: Scored as an "A" charter school network by the Tennessee Department of Education, earning perfect scores in areas of Academic Achievement, Academic Growth, Growth of Highest Need Students, and College & Career Readiness.
• Top 1% for Student Growth: Our middle schools consistently rank in the 99th percentile in student growth statewide, based on TVAAS data from the past 5 years.
• National Leader in SEL: Over 50 partner schools nationwide have adopted and implemented Valor’s Compass model for social-emotional learning.

Our Exceptional Education Teachers are valued for the deep expertise and leadership they bring to their work. As specialists, they are trusted to guide student development by collaborating closely with general education teachers to co-teach, offering critical insights, and ensuring that Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) are thoughtfully crafted and implemented.

What truly makes Exceptional Education at Valor unique is our strong system of support. Our Exceptional Education Teachers are part of a cohesive, dedicated team that prioritizes ethical, responsive, transparent, and accountable care for all scholars. This team-based approach ensures that no challenge is faced alone, and every student's learning journey is a shared responsibility among our community of educators.

Get to know our program:

• Prepare, internalize, and plan daily lessons for intervention spaces based on individual learners’ needs
• Partner and collaborate with EL teachers and general education teachers to ensure all students are receiving appropriately scaffolded grade-level content and academic support across class settings
• Prepare materials for resource class activities, do nows, and exit tickets
• Use scholar work and data to inform instruction and intervention strategies in both general education and intervention settings
• Collect, enter, and analyze academic data to provide targeted instruction and interventions that promote a culture of learning
• Engage in weekly 1:1 coaching meetings to deepen content and case management expertise
• Submit lesson plans weekly for feedback and review by instructional coach
• Engage in weekly collaborative curriculum meetings (known as Intellectual Preparation) with a planning partner and instructional leader (for one cotaught content area)
• Proactively communicate academic progress with parents/guardians, other teachers, administrators, and/or school counselors
• Co-teach in 3-4 core content classes daily (including content knowledge to efficiently co‑teach and support caseload students)

• Develop and manage individualized education programs (IEPs) for students on your caseload
• Collaborate with school psychologist and related service providers to plan and conduct reevaluation meetings for your caseload
• Collect and track data on individual student skills to determine the effectiveness of programming and measure progress toward IEP goals
• Maintain reports to be in compliance with federal, state, and local district requirements
• Collaborate and co‑teach with general education/core content teachers to ensure the successful implementation of established curriculum and/or individual student plans
• Collaborate with paraprofessionals to serve the needs of individual students

• Enforce, uphold, and exhibit school’s…