.6 FTE Special Education Teacher​/Case Manager - Exceptional Adaptive Needs; Middle School

Job Title:

Teacher and Case Manager
- Special Education/Exceptional Adaptive Needs

Location:

Blue Heron Middle School

School Year: 2026-27

• Hold a current Washington State Teaching Certificate with Special Education endorsement.
• Demonstrated special education teaching experience.
• Knowledge of federal and state Special Education law and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with inclusionary models of service delivery and collaboration.
• Experience with universal screening, progress monitoring, and data-based decision-making.
• Knowledge of Autism and medically complex student needs.
• Assist the school administrator or designee in developing training for para educators in the core curriculum areas.
• Experience developing and implementing IEPs and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs).
• Knowledge of core curriculum and state standards with ability to modify for diverse learners.
• Experience implementing evidence-based instructional practices and specially designed instruction.
• Outstanding communication skills, flexibility, ability to work in teams, and sense of humor.
• Experience with assistive technology and instructional technology tools.
• Commitment to person-first language, shared ownership of students, and inclusive practices.
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn basic sign language preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with project or place-based learning preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of elementary curriculum and tiered interventions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of secondary curriculum and tiered interventions.
• Demonstrated ability to use a variety of instructional and assessment strategies to measure instructional and program effectiveness and the ability to adapt instruction, curriculum, and program to meet a wide range of student abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage information, and to keep precise and accurate records and other forms of documentation.

• Provide Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) in general/special education settings as outlined in IEPs.
• Communicate regularly with general education teachers and para educators to provide strategies enabling them to deliver SDI within their classrooms.
• Support implementation of accommodations/modifications in advance through collaborative planning.
• Monitor to ensure that accommodations are being delivered consistently by general education staff.
• Promote student independence by coaching staff to avoid over-reliance on adult proximity support.
• Support collaborative academic and behavioral interventions serving all students who need them.
• Develop, implement, and monitor IEPs in partnership with families and school teams.
• Maintain compliance with timeline, documentation, and progress reporting requirements.
• Plan and support transitions between programs and grade levels.
• Collaborate with other agencies as needed.
• Participate in staff functions, committees, and meetings.

Applications for this position will be accepted until filled. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Application materials are available online.

Bargaining Unit:
Port Townsend Education Association

Salary Range: DOE, 2026-27 $ 63,222-$122,932 for a 1.0 FTE. Salary will be pro-rated to reflect a.6 FTE position.

Benefits include Sick Leave, Personal Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision, AD&D, and Basic Life insurance coverages. Retirement is through the WA State Department of Retirement, plans available: TERS Plan 2 or TERS Plan 3.

A completed application for external applicants includes:

For application questions contact:

Kate Santerre, Administrative Assistant or Carrie Ehrhardt, Executive Director of Human Resources

Port Townsend School District #50 Gael Stuart Building, 1610 Blaine St Port Townsend WA 98368

We are an equal opportunity employer. Port Townsend School District No. 50 complies with all federal and state rules and regulations, and does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.

Further, the district will provide equal access and opportunity to meet to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.

Note:

New employees who will have unsupervised access to children must complete a satisfactory fingerprint check with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI. Employment will be considered temporary and…