Immediate: Resource Teacher for Special Education (RTSE -department head), Westland MS, 1.0 FTE
Montgomery County Public Schools · Bethesda, MD · 1 mo ago
Education$67k–$136k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
Summary Description: Under the supervision of school administration, provides leadership to the Department of Special Education (DSES) or program within high schools. Serves as the liaison to the DSES. Supports special education classroom teachers in the instructional program and planning for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities. Serves as an instructional role model, supports the development of a professional learning community (PLC) within the department and the school, observes and analyzes instructional practices related to teacher professional growth and evaluation. Serves as an active participant on the school based leadership team in analyzing student achievement data and supporting teachers with instructional strategies.
Physical Demands: As required by the duties and responsibilities of the job.
Special Requirements: Required to attend school meetings, programs, and activities outside the instructional day as mandated by the Montgomery County Education Association agreement. Teachers employed in special education schools or discrete special education service models are required to successfully complete specific courses provided by MCPS. The courses are designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities, particularly courses in behavioral management which include nonviolent crisis interventions. Teachers in these identified schools and programs will be required to support behavioral interventions.
Job Specific Information: This teacher leader requisition is a department leader for the Special Education Program (LAD and ARS programs). The wage range for this position is a salary between $66,690 and $135,745 based on education and experience. For information about benefits, please follow the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nCKtJEqy4w4SLTzmvmVXgE8hPfOBolkb/view MCEA 10 Month Leadership Position: This job includes required summer days for which you will be compensated at your regular rate of pay.
Organization Westland Middle School Primary Location Bethesda Schedule Full-time Working Months 10 Shift Day Job Job Posting Sep 21, 2026, 8:19:23 AM
Knowledge Skills Abilities: Knowledge of the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) curriculum, learning theory, differentiated instruction, data collection, and research-based instructional practices. Thorough knowledge of the MCPS special education program, Individualized Education Programs (IEP), Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA 2015), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), and state and federal policies related to special education. Ability to work well with students with disabilities, teachers, other professionals, administrators, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities. Ability to appropriately adapt instructional programs and materials to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Ability to work effectively with adults in a PLC; observe and analyze teaching skills, and assess delivery of curriculum to students with disabilities; current in best instructional practices; collaborates with all aspects of the school community and DSES. Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills. Knowledge of and the ability to apply the six performance standards established for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Teacher Professional Growth System (TPGS).
Education Training Experience: Masters degree or Masters equivalency from an accredited college or university in special education, general education, educational administration and supervision, or a related field. Certification in a secondary content area is desirable. Three years or more of successful classroom experience as a special education teacher working with students with varying special instructional needs. Two distinctly different special education teaching experiences preferred. Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered.Certificate License:Meets Maryland State Department of Education certification requirements for an Advanced Professional Certificate (APC) in special education.
We need to decide sections.
We have:
- About the role: could be summary description.
- Responsibilities: could be the duties described (leadership, liaison, support teachers, instructional role model, PLC, observe, analyze, participant on leadership team, analyze data, support teachers). Also special requirements (attend meetings outside day, complete courses, support behavioral interventions). Also job specific info (department leader for LAD and ARS programs). Could combine.
- Requirements: maybe education, certification, experience.
- Qualifications: maybe similar to requirements? Might be overlapping. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Education/Training/Experience and Certification/License into Qualifications.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills, Abilities section.
- Benefits: we have link to benefits but no detail; we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only says "For information about benefits, please follow the link below." That's not stating benefits; it's a link. According to rule: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. So we should not include Benefits.
- Pay: we have wage range: $66,690 to $135,745 based on education and experience. That's specific. So we can include Pay section.
- Schedule: we have Schedule Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day, MCEA 10 Month Leadership Position includes required summer days compensated at regular rate. So we have schedule info. So include Schedule.
Thus sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (duties + special requirements + job specific), Qualifications (education, experience, certification, license), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities), Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
Summary Description: Under the supervision of school administration, provides leadership to the Department of Special Education (DSES) or program within high schools. Serves as the liaison to the DSES. Supports special education classroom teachers in the instructional program and planning for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities. Serves as an instructional role model, supports the development of a professional learning community (PLC) within the department and the school, observes and analyzes instructional practices related to teacher professional growth and evaluation. Serves as an active participant on the school based leadership team in analyzing student achievement data and supporting teachers with instructional strategies.
Physical Demands: As required by the duties and responsibilities of the job.
Special Requirements: Required to attend school meetings, programs, and activities outside the instructional day as mandated by the Montgomery County Education Association agreement. Teachers employed in special education schools or discrete special education service models are required to successfully complete specific courses provided by MCPS. The courses are designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities, particularly courses in behavioral management which include nonviolent crisis interventions. Teachers in these identified schools and programs will be required to support behavioral interventions.
Job Specific Information: This teacher leader requisition is a department leader for the Special Education Program (LAD and ARS programs). The wage range for this position is a salary between $66,690 and $135,745 based on education and experience. For information about benefits, please follow the link below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nCKtJEqy4w4SLTzmvmVXgE8hPfOBolkb/view MCEA 10 Month Leadership Position: This job includes required summer days for which you will be compensated at your regular rate of pay.
Organization Westland Middle School Primary Location Bethesda Schedule Full-time Working Months 10 Shift Day Job Job Posting Sep 21, 2026, 8:19:23 AM
Knowledge Skills Abilities: Knowledge of the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) curriculum, learning theory, differentiated instruction, data collection, and research-based instructional practices. Thorough knowledge of the MCPS special education program, Individualized Education Programs (IEP), Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA 2015), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), and state and federal policies related to special education. Ability to work well with students with disabilities, teachers, other professionals, administrators, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities. Ability to appropriately adapt instructional programs and materials to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Ability to work effectively with adults in a PLC; observe and analyze teaching skills, and assess delivery of curriculum to students with disabilities; current in best instructional practices; collaborates with all aspects of the school community and DSES. Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills. Knowledge of and the ability to apply the six performance standards established for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Teacher Professional Growth System (TPGS).
Education Training Experience: Masters degree or Masters equivalency from an accredited college or university in special education, general education, educational administration and supervision, or a related field. Certification in a secondary content area is desirable. Three years or more of successful classroom experience as a special education teacher working with students with varying special instructional needs. Two distinctly different special education teaching experiences preferred. Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered.Certificate License:Meets Maryland State Department of Education certification requirements for an Advanced Professional Certificate (APC) in special education.
We need to decide sections.
We have:
- About the role: could be summary description.
- Responsibilities: could be the duties described (leadership, liaison, support teachers, instructional role model, PLC, observe, analyze, participant on leadership team, analyze data, support teachers). Also special requirements (attend meetings outside day, complete courses, support behavioral interventions). Also job specific info (department leader for LAD and ARS programs). Could combine.
- Requirements: maybe education, certification, experience.
- Qualifications: maybe similar to requirements? Might be overlapping. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Education/Training/Experience and Certification/License into Qualifications.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills, Abilities section.
- Benefits: we have link to benefits but no detail; we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only says "For information about benefits, please follow the link below." That's not stating benefits; it's a link. According to rule: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. So we should not include Benefits.
- Pay: we have wage range: $66,690 to $135,745 based on education and experience. That's specific. So we can include Pay section.
- Schedule: we have Schedule Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day, MCEA 10 Month Leadership Position includes required summer days compensated at regular rate. So we have schedule info. So include Schedule.
Thus sections: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (duties + special requirements + job specific), Qualifications (education, experience, certification, license), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities), Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for each section heading.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for responsibilities we can list bullet points. For qualifications maybe list bullet points. For skills maybe list bullet points.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details.
We need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar info.
Let's extract details:
About the role (summary description):
- Under the supervision of school administration, provides leadership to the Department of Special Education (DSES) or program within high schools.
- Serves as the liaison to the DSES.
- Supports special education classroom teachers in the instructional program and planning for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities.
- Serves as an instructional role model.
- Supports the development of a professional learning community (PLC) within the department and the school.
- Observes and analyzes instructional practices related to teacher professional growth and evaluation.
- Serves as an active participant on the school based leadership team in analyzing student achievement data and supporting teachers with instructional strategies.
Physical Demands: As required by the duties and responsibilities of the job. (This is vague; maybe we can include as a note but it's not substantive; it's generic. Might be considered filler? It says "As required by the duties and responsibilities of the job." That's not specific; maybe we can omit as it's not substantive. The rule: do not emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. But this is a sentence under summary; we could keep it as part of summary? It's not adding much. Might be okay to keep as part of summary but it's generic. I'd include it as a sentence.
Special Requirements:
- Required to attend school meetings, programs, and activities outside the instructional day as mandated by the Montgomery County Education Association agreement.
- Teachers employed in special education schools or discrete special education service models are required to successfully complete specific courses provided by MCPS.
- The courses are designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities, particularly courses in behavioral management which include nonviolent crisis interventions.
- Teachers in these identified schools and programs will be required to support behavioral interventions.
Job Specific Information:
- This teacher leader requisition is a department leader for the Special Education Program (LAD and ARS programs).
- MCEA 10 Month Leadership Position: This job includes required summer days for which you will be compensated at your regular rate of pay.
Organization etc: Westland Middle School, Primary Location Bethesda, Schedule Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day.
We could include location/organization in About the role or maybe separate? But we only have headings list; we could include location in About the role as a sentence.
Pay: wage range $66,690 to $135,745 based on education and experience.
Schedule: Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day, includes required summer days compensated at regular rate.
Qualifications:
- Masters degree or Masters equivalency from an accredited college or university in special education, general education, educational administration and supervision, or a related field.
- Certification in a secondary content area is desirable.
- Three years or more of successful classroom experience as a special education teacher working with students with varying special instructional needs.
- Two distinctly different special education teaching experiences preferred.
- Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered.
- Meets Maryland State Department of Education certification requirements for an Advanced Professional Certificate (APC) in special education.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
- Knowledge of the MCPS curriculum, learning theory, differentiated instruction, data collection, and research-based instructional practices.
- Thorough knowledge of the MCPS special education program, Individualized Education Programs (IEP), Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA 2015), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), and state and federal policies related to special education.
- Ability to work well with students with disabilities, teachers, other professionals, administrators, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities.
- Ability to appropriately adapt instructional programs and materials to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
- Ability to work effectively with adults in a PLC; observe and analyze teaching skills, and assess delivery of curriculum to students with disabilities; current in best instructional practices; collaborates with all aspects of the school community and DSES.
- Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills.
- Knowledge of and the ability to apply the six performance standards established for the MCPS Teacher Professional Growth System (TPGS).
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (summary description plus location maybe)
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Make sure not to include empty sections.
Check for any duplicated lines: we need to avoid repeating same info.
Let's craft.
About the role paragraph: combine summary description, location, organization.
"Under the supervision of school administration, provides leadership to the Department of Special Education (DSES) or program within high schools. Serves as the liaison to the DSES. Supports special education classroom teachers in the instructional program and planning for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities. Serves as an instructional role model, supports the development of a professional learning community (PLC) within the department and the school, observes and analyzes instructional practices related to teacher professional growth and evaluation. Serves as an active participant on the school based leadership team in analyzing student achievement data and supporting teachers with instructional strategies. Physical demands are as required by the duties and responsibilities of the job. Located at Westland Middle School in Bethesda."
That seems good.
Responsibilities bullet list: include leadership, liaison, support teachers, instructional role model, PLC development, observe/analyze instructional practices, participant on leadership team analyzing data and supporting teachers, attend school meetings/programs/activities outside instructional day per MCEA agreement, complete specific MCPS courses (behavioral management, nonviolent crisis interventions), support behavioral interventions, serve as department leader for Special Education Program (LAD and ARS programs), include required summer days compensated at regular rate (maybe this belongs to schedule but
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for responsibilities we can list bullet points. For qualifications maybe list bullet points. For skills maybe list bullet points.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details.
We need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar info.
Let's extract details:
About the role (summary description):
- Under the supervision of school administration, provides leadership to the Department of Special Education (DSES) or program within high schools.
- Serves as the liaison to the DSES.
- Supports special education classroom teachers in the instructional program and planning for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities.
- Serves as an instructional role model.
- Supports the development of a professional learning community (PLC) within the department and the school.
- Observes and analyzes instructional practices related to teacher professional growth and evaluation.
- Serves as an active participant on the school based leadership team in analyzing student achievement data and supporting teachers with instructional strategies.
Physical Demands: As required by the duties and responsibilities of the job. (This is vague; maybe we can include as a note but it's not substantive; it's generic. Might be considered filler? It says "As required by the duties and responsibilities of the job." That's not specific; maybe we can omit as it's not substantive. The rule: do not emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. But this is a sentence under summary; we could keep it as part of summary? It's not adding much. Might be okay to keep as part of summary but it's generic. I'd include it as a sentence.
Special Requirements:
- Required to attend school meetings, programs, and activities outside the instructional day as mandated by the Montgomery County Education Association agreement.
- Teachers employed in special education schools or discrete special education service models are required to successfully complete specific courses provided by MCPS.
- The courses are designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities, particularly courses in behavioral management which include nonviolent crisis interventions.
- Teachers in these identified schools and programs will be required to support behavioral interventions.
Job Specific Information:
- This teacher leader requisition is a department leader for the Special Education Program (LAD and ARS programs).
- MCEA 10 Month Leadership Position: This job includes required summer days for which you will be compensated at your regular rate of pay.
Organization etc: Westland Middle School, Primary Location Bethesda, Schedule Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day.
We could include location/organization in About the role or maybe separate? But we only have headings list; we could include location in About the role as a sentence.
Pay: wage range $66,690 to $135,745 based on education and experience.
Schedule: Full-time, Working Months 10, Shift Day, includes required summer days compensated at regular rate.
Qualifications:
- Masters degree or Masters equivalency from an accredited college or university in special education, general education, educational administration and supervision, or a related field.
- Certification in a secondary content area is desirable.
- Three years or more of successful classroom experience as a special education teacher working with students with varying special instructional needs.
- Two distinctly different special education teaching experiences preferred.
- Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position may be considered.
- Meets Maryland State Department of Education certification requirements for an Advanced Professional Certificate (APC) in special education.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
- Knowledge of the MCPS curriculum, learning theory, differentiated instruction, data collection, and research-based instructional practices.
- Thorough knowledge of the MCPS special education program, Individualized Education Programs (IEP), Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA 2015), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), and state and federal policies related to special education.
- Ability to work well with students with disabilities, teachers, other professionals, administrators, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities.
- Ability to appropriately adapt instructional programs and materials to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
- Ability to work effectively with adults in a PLC; observe and analyze teaching skills, and assess delivery of curriculum to students with disabilities; current in best instructional practices; collaborates with all aspects of the school community and DSES.
- Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills.
- Knowledge of and the ability to apply the six performance standards established for the MCPS Teacher Professional Growth System (TPGS).
We need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (summary description plus location maybe)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Make sure not to include empty sections. Check for any duplicated lines: we need to avoid repeating same info. Let's craft. About the role paragraph: combine summary description, location, organization. "Under the supervision of school administration, provides leadership to the Department of Special Education (DSES) or program within high schools. Serves as the liaison to the DSES. Supports special education classroom teachers in the instructional program and planning for appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities. Serves as an instructional role model, supports the development of a professional learning community (PLC) within the department and the school, observes and analyzes instructional practices related to teacher professional growth and evaluation. Serves as an active participant on the school based leadership team in analyzing student achievement data and supporting teachers with instructional strategies. Physical demands are as required by the duties and responsibilities of the job. Located at Westland Middle School in Bethesda." That seems good. Responsibilities bullet list: include leadership, liaison, support teachers, instructional role model, PLC development, observe/analyze instructional practices, participant on leadership team analyzing data and supporting teachers, attend school meetings/programs/activities outside instructional day per MCEA agreement, complete specific MCPS courses (behavioral management, nonviolent crisis interventions), support behavioral interventions, serve as department leader for Special Education Program (LAD and ARS programs), include required summer days compensated at regular rate (maybe this belongs to schedule but