Middle School Special Education Teacher

About the role

The Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Teachers provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students' individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.
• 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.
• Make modifications and accommodations to Stride K12 lessons and assessments as specified by the IEP.
• 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.
• Travel up to 20% of the time for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.
• Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students.
• Commitment to personalizing learning for all 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.

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.

Application Instructions

All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.