Elementary School Special Education Teacher - Fletcher Campus

Job Description Salary Update

For the 2024/2025 school year, Rocky Mountain Prep has raised its compensation to a range of $62,000 to $96,800 for Special Education Teachers.

Rocky Mountain Prep is a growing network of innovative public charter schools, serving students and families in the Greater Denver Area. Rocky Mountain Prep (RMP) opened its first school in 2012 with 130 students and has grown to twelve schools, working with over 5,000 scholars in PreK through 12th grade across two districts. Grounded in our culture of rigor and love, our schools consistently outperform local districts academically, while also ensuring our scholars are developing in our PEAK values of perseverance, excellence, adventure, and kindness.

We seek teachers and staff who are interested in developing students into outstanding human beings in their academic and personal lives by role‑modeling our culture of Rigor and Love. Work collaboratively with their teammates and seek feedback, coaching, and mentorship from their admin team and school community. Implement our data‑driven curriculum with the tools they’ve gained from experience while they adapt to the needs of their students.

If you are mission‑driven, humble in your reflections about your practice, smart in the ways you approach data, and results‑oriented, we’d love to see you apply.

During the 2023‑2024 school year, RMP is driving after five big goals:

Each member of the organization plays a part in achieving these goals. School‑based staff members will work towards 2 or 3 metrics that are aligned to both their roles and the Big 5. These metrics vary by position and are subject to change for the 2023‑2024 school year. As a Lead Teacher, you will be held accountable for some of these goals.

As a Special Education Teacher, you will be held accountable for some of these goals. Learn more about how you’ll drive these goals in the list below.

Special Education Teachers at Rocky Mountain Prep work to identify the needs of each scholar, maintain a productive learning environment, and work collaboratively to support each scholar to meet their full potential. You will support both inclusion‑based learning and pull‑out services, as part of special education programming to serve scholars as indicated in the IEP. As a case manager of special education scholars, you will understand, create, and implement Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs), Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs), and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs) with a team approach and growth mindset.

You will continuously take data points to guide instruction and document progress toward scholar goals across student needs. You will consult and collaborate with general education teachers and other special education professionals to support student academic outcomes.

• Prepare and teach daily student interventions, providing individualized instruction based on scholar needs in multiple content areas.
• Ability to track data daily to inform the instructional needs of scholars
• Analyze scholar data and use it to provide scholar feedback and set IEP goals
• Collaborate with general education teachers, school leaders, service providers, and families to ensure that instruction meets the needs of each learner
• Case manage the IEPs of scholars on the caseload, including FBAs, BIPs, and scheduling IEP meetings
• Create and implement IEPs and evaluations that meet CDE quality standards for Special education.
• Consistently track and progress monitor IEP goals
• Support accommodations and modifications implementation across the educational environment.
• Utilize strong time management and organizational skills to…