Long-Term Substitute Special Education Teacher with Intellectual Disabilities - Sp

Position Type: Substitute / Substitute Teacher

Date Posted: 5/14/2026

Location: Deer Creek Elementary

Position Title: Long-term Substitute – Special Education Teacher

Department: Curriculum & Instruction

Reports To: Building Principal

Term: Approx. Aug. 25th, 2026 – Oct. 19th, 2026

Schedule: M-F Full‑time following the academic hours of operation.

Salary: Full daily rate $228.99. Bonus of $130 after completing 10 full‑time substitute days in the district. Does not need to be consecutive days. Bonus payment follows next payday after the 10th full‑time day has been paid.

Date of last review: May 2026

The Long‑term Substitute covers the absence of the classroom educator while providing instruction and assistance to learners and managing classroom activities and behaviors. The classroom educator creates an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing, providing instruction in academics, choice‑ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong‑learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.

This position includes providing instruction, assisting special education teachers and staff, collecting behavior data, updating teachers on progress toward goals, and the flexibility to assist with other tasks as needed.

To perform this job successfully, a candidate must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Engages with other district staff in the professional learning community process.

• 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.
• 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 provides frequent opportunities for authentic and meaningful assessments.
• Establishes a classroom culture that values high expectations, work ethic, and a growth mindset.

• Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.
• Demonstrates knowledge of content and pedagogy; explicitly connecting key concepts to develop learner skills.

• Demonstrates understanding of the diverse social, emotional, and developmental learning needs of elementary school learners.
• Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.

• Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations.
• Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.

• Manages planning, instruction, and grading of elementary school content.
• Utilizes district guaranteed and viable curriculum…