K8 Special Education Life Skills Teacher

K8 Special Education Life Skills Teacher

• Date Posted: 4/7/2026
• Date Available:
  
  08/31/2026

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K8 Special Education Life Skills Teacher

Building Principal

Exempt

Licensed Salary Schedule

The K-8 Life Skills classroom provides services to students whose IEP demonstrates a need for functional communication, social, motor, and adaptive skills development that are commensurate with their cognitive level of functioning. Skills are developed with significant adult support through individualized strategies such as:

• Functional applied academics
• Functional daily routines—assisting in eating, toileting, and hygiene
• Adaptive skills to increase student access to their environment
• Communication and social skill development
• Support of physical and medical health care needs
• Community based instruction

• Valid Oregon teacher's license with appropriate special education endorsement and grade level authorization.
• Knowledge of state and federal special education regulations and procedures with regard to referral, identification, evaluation, placement and provision of a free, appropriate education.
• Familiarity with a variety of instructional, assessment and behavior management strategies that reflect current research on best practices.
• Familiarity with state standards and curriculum frameworks.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to exhibit professionalism and effective human relations.
• Ability to effectively manage and supervise students and their work.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and collaboration efforts with staff and community.
• Valid Oregon Driver's License preferred.

• Meets the standards of Competent and Ethical Performance as outlined in Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR  to ).
• Create and model a respectful learning environment.
• Annually pass the District's required online training by the District's assigned due date.
• Follow District protocol for reporting absences.
• Plan and implement a program of study and/or specially designed instruction following state and district goals, curriculum, and requirements to students identified with a broad range of disabilities.
• Consult with regular education teachers to adapt/modify regular classroom curriculum.
• Serve as case manager for services to students upon placement in the Life Skills program.
• Participate in and facilitate the development of individualized education programs (IEPs) for eligible students with disabilities ensuring that each IEP complies with all state and federal requirements including mandated deadlines.
• Ensure that eligibility and IEP meetings are scheduled, ensure that all mandated participants have been invited and are in attendance, and conduct meetings efficiently and in a timely manner.
• Inform parents/guardians of due process rights.
• Collaborate with school staff to develop and implement behavior support plans and to monitor student progress toward goals of positive behavior.
• Manage time to complete required special education paperwork in a timely fashion.
• Observe special education processes and requirements including progress reporting, data collection, and other procedural work.
• Maintain accurate, complete and confidential records as required by law and district policy and administrative regulations.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with diverse student, staff and community populations.
• Train and coordinate work of Instructional Assistants.
• Establish and maintain open lines of communication with school staff and with parents/guardians concerning academic and behavioral progress of students.
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