2026-27 Special Education Teacher

About the role

This position is for a candidate interested in working with and providing instruction to students with disabilities in a Special Education or General Education setting. The candidate must understand a wide range of disabilities, including but not limited to, Learning Disability, Intellectual Disability, Emotional Disturbance, Other Health Impairment, Hard of Hearing/Deaf and Visual Impairment. The candidate must have some knowledge and/or experience with Behavior Modification Strategies, I.D.E.A. and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. Compliance, confidentiality and communication are required characteristics of an individual in this position.

Responsibilities

• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil per their IEP services.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
• Evaluates pupils' academic and social growth, individually and in small group, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports per IEP and District requirements.
• Communicates with parents through IEP conferences and other means to discuss pupils progress and interpret the school program.
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities.
• Supervises pupils in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day.
• Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of pupil activities.
• Completes all paperwork, district and state special education forms, in a timely manner so Federal compliance timelines are met.
• Works with the General Education regular classroom teacher to provide appropriate accommodations for students on an IEP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university
• Special Education teaching certificate; Mild/Moderate Certificate and/or Severe/Profound Certificate

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.

Physical Demands

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles.
• The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.