Alternative Education: Learning Specialist- .5 FTE

Alternative Education Teacher:
Learning Specialist

Creekside Community High School is seeking a half-time Special Education Teacher to support a small number of students in Creekside Roots, our alternative middle school program within the Tigard-Tualatin School District. This position will serve as a special education case manager and provide direct academic interventions for students who benefit from a smaller, more relational, and more flexible school setting. Creekside Roots is designed for middle school students who may need a different kind of school experience in order to feel successful, connected, and hopeful.

Creekside's approach is grounded in strong relationships, high expectations, restorative practice, flexible problem-solving, and the belief that students do best when adults work together to understand and remove barriers. We are not simply trying to help students "fit" into school as it already exists. We are trying to create a school experience that is more humanizing, responsive, and developmentally supportive.

At Roots, adults work as a collaborative team to understand what each student needs, what barriers may be getting in the way, and what structures can help the student take the next step forward. The Special Education Teacher in this role will manage IEPs, provide targeted academic interventions, monitor student progress, collaborate with teachers and support staff, partner with families, and help design creative, individualized supports for student success.

This is a hands-on, direct service position for someone who is relational, organized, flexible, calm under pressure, and able to balance special education compliance with responsive, humanizing practice. The ideal candidate will bring strong case management skills, creativity in intervention design, and a commitment to working as part of a team serving students with diverse academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and executive functioning needs.

Work Year: 190

Bargaining Unit: TTEA

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Salary: $52,755- $106,259 (Based on 190 day contract- 1.0 FTE)

Salary Amount Listed is for the  School Year. The  School Year salary is TBD.

Tigard Tualatin School District pays the 6% employee PERS contribution, upon eligibility.

Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Education

Proven track record of work with at-risk student population required

Teaches classes following District approved curriculum

Conducts conferences and communicates with parents as necessary

Follows District standards including reporting concerns, abuse and infractions of student handbook policies

Works effectively and collaborates with the building administrator and work team or grade level

Demonstrates effective classroom management techniques

Understand and complies with Oregon Teacher's Stands of Competent and Ethical Performance

Must possess the mental and physical skills and abilities of/to:

Make some independent judgments within prescribed policies and procedures

Employ good judgment in a variety of situations, including emergencies

Work with a variety of students and demonstrate a willingness to gain the information and training necessary to work effectively

Possess the characteristics and understanding to be an effective member of an educational support team

Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions and complete work within established time lines.

Communicate with appropriate student age group requiring the exercise of both empathetic and disciplinarian approaches

Maintain a confidential, non-preferential manner an non-judgmental attitude towards the students, staff, and program

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, staff, and general public

Valid Oregon Teaching Certificate

Special

Education:

Generalist

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

Talk and hear

Stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

Occasionally climbing or balancing

Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds.

Specific abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather…