Mild/Moderate Special Education Secondary Teacher - UNIVERSITY INTERNS ACCEPTED - 2026/2027 School Year

About the role

Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) is an award-winning organization with thriving performing arts and athletic programs, nationally recognized marching bands, and engaging parent-school partnerships. CVUSD is home to campuses that have been honored as California Distinguished Schools, Golden Bell recipients, California Pivotal Practices awardees, National Blue Ribbon beneficiaries, Model-Continuation School, state recognized PBIS schools, and California Schools to Watch honorees. CVUSD is seeking talented and committed leaders to join its award-winning team.

Resource Specialist

• Duties and responsibilities:
• Provides an educational program for students identified by the School Appraisal Team (S.A.T.) as having exceptional needs.
• Confers frequently with parents and professional staff members on each pupil’s progress.
• Responsible for the diagnosis and remediation of students with learning disorders, including the development and implementation of an Individualized Educational Plan (I.E.P.).
• Supervises an instructional aide.
• Coordinates and chairs all School Appraisal Team (S.A.T.) functions.
• Identifies students with special needs and develops and implements an individualized educational plan for all students admitted to the resource specialist program.
• Refers to the Educational Assessment Services all students not making adequate progress in the resource specialist program.
• Supervises at least one full-time resource specialist aide.
• Develops appropriate behavioral management strategies.
• Administers appropriate assessment tools for identifying, placing, and evaluating students referred to SAT.
• Provides appropriate materials and media for regular classroom instruction as needed.
• Provides appropriate instructions or resources (one-to-one, small group, regular classroom) as prescribed in the I.E.P.
• Maintains a caseload not exceeding 24 at any given period.
• Develops weekly lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the basic instructional philosophy and curriculum of the District.
• Monitors classroom environment ensuring that clean and safe conditions exist, notifying principal of any unclean or unsafe classroom conditions.
• Makes students responsible for putting materials, supplies, tools, etc., safely and neatly away at the end of class session.

Credential

Special Education Credential/minimal B.A. degree.

Qualifications

• Three or more years full-time teaching experience.
• Completed or enrolled in an advanced preparation program in special education.
• Demonstrates interpersonal skills, which will facilitate joint problem-solving and stimulate sharing of skills and resources.
• Demonstrates skills in effective communication with parents and staff.
• Demonstrates skills in dealing with conflicts.
• Demonstrates knowledge of due process procedures and their implementation.
• Ability to recognize the need for student services beyond the scope of the Resource Specialist program.

Learning Handicapped/Special Day Class

• Description of position:
• Provides an educational program for pupils who demonstrate a significant discrepancy between their academic potential and their classroom performance.
• The pupil’s learning disability must be related to an identified neurological or perceptual disorder that prohibits satisfactory progress in the regular classroom.

Credential

Learning Handicapped Credential.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements.
• Course work in the psychological characteristics of exceptional and remedial children.

Experience

• Two years of successful classroom teaching in the district is normally required before assignment to this position.
• Extensive experience in working with learning handicapped pupils and/or in remedial teaching techniques, re-teaching of reading, or reading center programs is desirable, as is clinical experience with the emotionally disturbed.

Personal Qualities

• Appearance, grooming, and personality that establish a desirable example for pupils.
• Ability to meet District standards for physical and mental health.
• Empathy for pupils with severe learning problems (academic and emotional).
• Ability to relate to students, parents, medical, and psychological advisors, school administrators, and other classroom teachers.

Supervision

• Responsible to: School principal with staff assistance from the Special Education Department.
• Responsible for: Students assigned to Learning Handicapped class.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Valid California teaching credential: Education Specialist Instruction (Mild/Moderate or Mild/Moderate Support Needs) OR Proof of University Intern Eligibility: Education Specialist Instruction (Mild/Moderate or Mild/Moderate Support Needs) - Valid RSP Certificate (necessary with Learning Handicapped credential only) - Autism Spectrum Disorders Added Authorization (AAAS) - English Learner Authorization
• A detailed screenshot from Commission on Teacher Credentialing website (ctc.ca.gov) OR an intern eligible letter from your university OR a credential status letter from your university with an anticipated date of completion OR proof of credential application. PLEASE NOTE: Credential must be posted by July 1, 2026.
• - Copy of Transcript (ALL Undergraduate AND Graduate Coursework)
• - Credential Copy (A detailed screenshot from the CTC website OR an Intern Eligible letter from your University OR a credential status letter from your university with an anticipated date of completion OR proof of credential application. PLEASE NOTE: Credential must post by July 1, 2026.)
• - English Learner Authorization
• - Letter of Introduction
• - Letter(s) of Recommendation (Two (2) letters of recommendation - must be signed and dated within the last 24 months. Only wet signatures and e-signatures will be accepted; names typed out in a stylized font will not be accepted as a signature. Letters from relatives are not acceptable.)
• - Other (Autism Spectrum Disorders Added Authorization - AAAS)
• - Resume