Special Education Teacher

Position Overview

Position Title: Special Education Teacher
Location: District-wide
Department: Special Education
Reports To: Director of Special Education
Term: Ongoing 188-day contract beginning with the  school year (Prorated depending on start date)
Schedule: Mon-Fri Full-time
Salary: Positions follows the  Teacher Salary Schedule
Date of last review: February 2026

The Special Education Teacher provides instruction for learners who are enrolled in special education programs while creating an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing. Positions are available at the Elementary, Middle, and High School settings. Preference selection available in application process. The Teacher provides interventions and supports in academics, future ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong-learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.

The Teacher follows the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) procedures and completes compliant paperwork to support learners with disabilities in the educational settings.

• Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Engages with other district staff in the professional learning community process.
• Fosters an environment that establishes respect and rapport between educator and learners.
• Collaborates with a team, including colleagues within the Special Education department, grade-level educators, and paraprofessionals.
• Collaborates with district staff to support learner behaviors through functions such as Individualized Education Program (IEPs) and more.
• Proactively seeks to resolve issues for colleagues and learners by engaging with leadership on problem-solving discussions.

• Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.
• Utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.
• Clearly and effectively communicates, verbally and in writing, learner IEPs, assessments results, and eligibility by following state and district special education guidelines.
• Establishes and clearly articulates procedures and routines that promote efficiency and appropriate use of time.
• Clearly communicates the instructional purpose of each lesson and makes connections to prior learning.
• Engages learners in meaningful direct instruction, guided practice, and independent practice.
• Utilizes questions, discussions, and dialogue that promote critical thinking about diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences.

• Empowers learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
• Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners' experiences.
• Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.
• Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.

• Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience.
• Utilizes creative, critical thinking skills when faced with challenges.
• Designs assessments that are aligned to the standards and learning targets and provide frequent opportunities for authentic and meaningful assessments.
• Establishes a classroom culture that values high expectations, work ethic, and a growth mindset.
• Plans programming for individual and small groups of learners that is based on learner data implemented to meet each student's individual ability and need.
• Utilizes a variety of specialized teaching techniques, interventions, and assessments in order to assess and intervene with individualized programming that ensure learner progress.

• Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.
• Demonstrates knowledge of content/intervention in all disciplines; explicitly connecting key concepts to develop learner skills.
• Proactively utilizes planning and organizational…