Elementary Special Education Teacher

About the role

This position is a full-time role at Alabama Destinations Career Academy (ALDCA), a partner school of K12, Inc. The mission of ALDCA is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specific course content in an online environment.
• Monitor student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system.
• Work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals.
• Maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4).
• Ensure all special education and related services are provided as determined by the IEP team.
• Communicate with parents and applicable related service staff to ensure that students with special needs are receiving the appropriate therapies.
• Develop compliant IEP’s, progress reports, and other state specific required special education documentation.
• Facilitate and lead collaborative special education meetings such as annual IEP meetings.
• Use provided resources to ensure accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities such as assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text.
• Modify and accommodate Stride K12 lessons and assessments as specified by the IEP.
• Monitor student progress towards Individual Education Program (IEP) goals and objectives.
• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment as needed.
• Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students.
• Demonstrate a belief in all students' ability to succeed and meet high expectations.
• Maintain grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress.
• Prepare students for high stakes standardized tests.
• Support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures.
• Travel up to 20% of the time for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Active state teaching license
• Ability to clear required background check
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions.
• Receptive to receiving coaching on a regular basis with administrators.
• Embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; PowerPoint.
• Strong written/verbal communication skills.

Skills

• Experience working with the proposed age group.
• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology.
• Experience teaching online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment.
• Experience with online learning platform.

Benefits

The salary for this position is $46,000 along with the opportunity to earn an annual bonus.

Pay

The salary for this position is $46,000 along with the opportunity to earn an annual bonus.

Schedule

This position is virtual.