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

About the Employer

Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) is an award-winning team with thriving performing arts and athletic programs, nationally recognized marching bands, and engaging parent-school partnerships. Campuses 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. The District is recognized as a trailblazer in operating Professional Learning Communities.

Position Description

Provides an educational program for pupils who have physical and/or mental handicaps and have been placed by an IEP committee in a program for pupils who are severely handicapped.

Responsibilities

• Teaches severely handicapped pupils in a special day class, the basic learning skills, self help skills and community critical skills commensurate with the emotional, physical, and intellectual needs of the pupil.
• Provides individualized and small group instruction to assist pupils express his/her personal needs and ideas.
• Provides individualized and small group counseling on educational and personal problems which relate to the pupil's total growth and development.
• Confers frequently with parents and professional staff members on each pupil's progress.
• Assists other professional staff members in the diagnosis of learning disorders, development of planned remediation, and evaluation of pupil's progress.
• Provides appropriate physical and psychological environment to establish and reinforce acceptable pupil behavior, attitudes, social skills, and self image.
• Arranges with staff for integration of pupils into regular classes for instruction in areas where pupils can meet with success.
• Coordinates a community based critical skills model program.
• Serves as a member of the individual education plan team.
• Provides continual supervision on an "on-call" basis for pupils assigned to his group as problem situations arise elsewhere in the school.
• Performs all other functions performed by regular classroom teachers.
• Develops weekly lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the basic instructional philosophy and curriculum of the District.
• Provides students with the opportunity to partake in daily patriotic observance (Education Code 52720).
• Monitors classroom environment to ensure clean and safe conditions exist, notifying principal of any unclean or unsafe classroom conditions.
• Monitors classroom activities making students responsible for putting materials, supplies, tools, etc., safely and neatly away at the end of class session.

Qualifications

• Valid California teaching credential: Education Specialist Instruction (Moderate/Severe or Extensive Support Needs) OR Proof of University Intern Eligibility: Education Specialist Instruction (Moderate/Severe or Extensive Support Needs) - English Learner Authorization
• Bachelor's Degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements
• Course work in the psychological characteristics of exceptional children and remedial teaching techniques
• Extensive experience in working with severely handicapped pupils, and/or in remedial teaching techniques
• Community based critical skills is desirable, as is experience with establishing behavior management programs
• Appearance, grooming and personality which 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) and the ability to gain job satisfaction from observing small steps of growth
• Ability to relate to students, parents, medical and psychological advisors, school administrators, and other classroom teachers

Required Application Materials

• Copy of Transcript (ALL Undergraduate AND Graduate Coursework)
• Credential Copy: A detailed screenshot from the 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.
• English Learner Authorization
• Letter of Introduction
• Letter(s) of Recommendation: Two (2) letters - 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.
• Resume

Pay and Schedule

• Pay Range: $64,995 - $136,092 annually
• District Induction Program provided for teachers with preliminary credentials
• Length of Work Year: 183 work days
• Employment Type: Full Time