High School - Exceptional Education Teacher (26-27 Opportunity)

About the role

Teach Exceptional Education at LEAD Public Schools. Special Education (Ex.Ed) teachers are champions for the cause of equality within the school and make sure that their students’ needs are being met.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data driven lesson plans that help grow and support students who may have cognitive and/or developmental delays
• Develop individualized education programs (IEPs) for students
• Maintains special education files, both paper and electronic files, as directed by federal, state, and local practices
• Collect data on individual student skills to determine the effectiveness of programming and measure progress toward IEP goals
• Functional Curriculum and daily living focus, as appropriate
• Maximize creating independence across all natural settings
• Work as a team member and advocate for students to gain exposure to general education peers and settings as appropriate
• Plans effective instructional and/or behavioral strategies for adapting and modifying general curriculum to ensure all students access academic content
• Directs and supervises education assistants for the purpose of providing an effective classroom program and addressing the needs of individual students
• Supports other classroom teachers for the purpose of assisting them in the implementation of established curriculum and/or individual student plans

Qualifications

• Belief in the LEAD mission that all students are capable of success while preparing them for college and for life
• Evidence of self-motivation and willingness to be a team player
• Experience: Minimum of two years teaching experience preferred, but not required
• Previous experience with diverse student populations or in an urban setting preferred
• Physical Demands may include: Light to medium work involving standing, walking, lifting, pushing, carrying, (exerting up to 20 pounds)
• Education/Certification: Bachelor's degree is required
• Candidates must have either (a) valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate content endorsement to teach SPED or (b) a valid out of state license that can successfully be transferred to Tennessee within 90 days of employment, or (c) demonstrate you are on track to complete the necessary steps towards certification in Tennessee.

Benefits

• Innovative performance-based compensation plan
• Competitive base salary with the potential for a signing bonus and up to 10% on your base salary each year through our performance-based compensation plan
• Master Teacher program after 3 years, earning up to $100,000 and receiving a $1,500 professional development stipend
• Robust and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, supplemental insurance, life insurance policy options, and mental health benefits
• Access to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan (TCRS)
• Defined contribution 403b plan

Pay

Competitive base salary with the potential for a signing bonus and up to 10% on your base salary each year through our performance-based compensation plan.

Schedule

Application Go to https://leadpublicschools.org/join-our-team/ to learn more about our organization and to apply online.