Middle School Special Education Teacher

Job Overview

Required Certificates and Licenses:
Oklahoma Special Education Teaching Certification.

Required Residency Requirements:
Must reside in Oklahoma.

The Middle School Special Education Teacher is a state certified teacher responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. The teacher must provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs as defined by each student's Individualized Education Program. The teacher works actively with students and parents to advance each student’s learning and is also responsible for the compliance documents required in serving students with special needs.

Full‑time position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during the workday, typically 9‑5 (or 8‑4) or as defined by the school.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
• Communicate with parents and applicable related service staff to ensure that students with special needs are receiving the appropriate therapies.
• Develop compliant IEPs, progress reports, and other state‑specific required special education documentation.
• Facilitate and lead collaborative special education meetings such as annual IEP meetings.
• Use provided resources to ensure accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities such as assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text.
• Make modifications and accommodations to Stride K12 lessons and assessments as specified by the IEP.
• Ensure inclusion and success of students in the general education classroom.
• Collect data and work samples to monitor student progress toward IEP goals and objectives.
• Document all contact with parents and interventions with students.
• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment as needed.
• Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students.
• Commit to personalizing learning for all students.
• Demonstrate a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations.
• Maintain grade book, ensuring student academic integrity, making placement and promotion decisions, and alerting administrators to concerns about student performance and progress.
• Prepare students for high‑stakes standardized tests.
• Establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicate with and respond to students, learning coaches and parents in a timely manner.
• Support learning coaches and parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that aligns with academy policies and procedures.
• Travel up to 20% of the time for face‑to‑face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Active state teaching license.
• Ability to clear required background check.

• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data and use them to drive instructional decisions.
• Receptive to receiving coaching on a regular basis with administrators.
• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skill.

• Experience working with the proposed age group.
• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology.
• Experience teaching online (virtual) and/or in a brick‑and‑mortar environment.
• Experience with online learning platform.

Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the…