Special Education Preschool Teacher

Special Education Preschool Teacher @ West Valley School District

Job : 5662382

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Apr 22, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $59,342.20 to $111,850 Per Year

Contract: 180 day contract, 7.5 Hrs per day

Starting the  School Year

Location:

Cottonwood Elementary

Purpose Statement:
The primary purpose of this position is to provide students with instruction which enables them to meet their goals and objectives as described in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

• Maintains a positive attitude and productive learning environment
• Sets high expectations for student achievement and behavior
• Identifies skill deficits in academics, social, behavioral, and adaptive areas and initiates instruction in these areas
• Adapts curriculum, materials, and teaching techniques to meet the individual needs of students
• Designs and conducts valid assessments which reflect present levels of performance for use in the development of IEPs
• Develops IEPs with input from the IEP team which reflect individual student needs in all domains of need identified by the school psychologist’s evaluation
• Collects frequent data on all IEP goals and objectives and behavior plans to reflect students’ progress
• Keeps all paperwork legally compliant and current in accordance with mandated timelines
• Incorporates IEP requirements within students’ daily lesson plans
• Communicates regularly and proactively with parents to keep them apprised of their child’s progress and behavior
• Suggests techniques to promote learning at home
• Actively participates and is flexible in collaborating with special education staff and works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers
• Extends skills and uses techniques from specialists in the classroom environment
• Incorporates augmentative communication in the classroom as needed based on student enrollment (e.g. PODD)
• Supports the building and district goals and positively participates in special education and building meetings
• Effectively uses para educators – provides supervision, direction, and training
• Provides positive behavioral support to students
• Effectively writes and implements behavior plans as necessary using team input
• Uses Right Response techniques when necessary
• May be required to provide detailed one-to-one assistance with changing, diapering, personal hygiene, etc.
• May be required to assist students with feeding and administer tube feeding
• Knowledgeable and experienced with discrete trial including supervision and implementation with para educators

• Valid Washington State teaching certificate with special education endorsement are required
• Must be able to meet the “highly qualified” standards under NCLB
• Successful previous evaluations and strong classroom management skills are required
• Previous experience writing behavior plans is required
• Experience in or willingness to be trained in Right Response and/or other required programs
• Demonstrated success with non-traditional learners and at-risk students
• Previous experience working with self-contained students and students who have autism is preferred
• Proven capability to design and implement specially designed instruction for students with a spectrum of deficits in reading, writing, math, and functional skills, including monitoring and reporting of progress are required
• Bilingual Preferred
• ESL Endorsement Preferred

Directly Responsible to: Building Principal and Director of Special Services

Communicates regularly with students, parents/guardians, and teaching staff. Required to deal with a wide range of student behaviors; required to deal with a wide range of physical and emotional disabilities; may occasionally deal with distraught or difficult students.

The daily work is performed in a classroom/office setting. The job incumbent is often required to stand or sit for prolonged periods; be exposed to computer display terminal for prolonged periods; and meet externally imposed and inflexible deadlines. May be required to work outdoors in inclement weather; lift, move, and position students and…