Special Education Teacher

About the role

Rocketship Special Education Teachers (Moderate/Severe), also known as Education Specialists, play a critical role in ensuring that every student has access to an excellent, inclusive education. The role supports students with moderate to severe support needs, providing individualized academic, functional, behavioral, communication, and social-emotional support.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized, small-group, push-in, and pull-out instruction to support students with moderate to severe support needs.
• Support students in making meaningful progress toward academic, functional, communication, behavioral, social-emotional, and adaptive goals outlined in their IEPs.
• Deliver instruction in functional academics, adaptive skills, communication, and foundational academic skills aligned to student needs and applicable standards.
• Ensure students' access to grade-level content, school routines, classroom participation, and inclusive learning opportunities whenever appropriate.
• Implement accommodations, modifications, supplementary aids, services, and individualized supports as outlined in students’ IEPs.
• Use curriculum, instructional materials, assistive technology, and communication supports, including augmentative and alternative communication systems when appropriate.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to promote meaningful inclusion and ensure students receive consistent support across settings.
• Lead, support, and coach paraprofessionals to ensure high-quality implementation of student supports, accommodations, modifications, behavior plans, and instructional strategies.
• Use student data, progress monitoring, and team input to adjust instruction and support student growth.

Requirements

• Maintain an active and good-standing credential status throughout employment.
• Develop, implement, and monitor legally compliant IEPs.
• Provide individualized instruction and support aligned to students’ IEP goals and needs.
• Show strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborate effectively with students, families, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, and school leaders.
• Show strong organization skills and ability to meet timelines, manage records, and maintain compliance.
• Show experience supporting behavior needs, with an understanding that behavior often communicates an unmet need.
• Show experience leading, coaching, or supporting paraprofessionals.
• Show knowledge of special education law, IDEA compliance, and inclusive education practices.
• Show experience supporting augmentative and alternative communication systems.
• Show experience collaborating with related service providers and multidisciplinary school teams.
• Show experience supporting students in an elementary school setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Valid Wisconsin Lifetime License or Provisional License in the appropriate Cross-Categorical Special Education endorsement; or eligibility to obtain a 1-Year License with Stipulations and enroll in an accredited credentialing program during the first year of employment with Rocketship.

Skills

• Strong commitment to supporting students with moderate to severe support needs.
• Ability to develop, implement, and monitor legally compliant IEPs.
• Ability to provide individualized instruction and support aligned to students’ IEP goals and needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with students, families, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, and school leaders.
• Strong organization skills and ability to meet timelines, manage records, and maintain compliance.
• Experience supporting behavior needs, with an understanding that behavior often communicates an unmet need.
• Experience leading, coaching, or supporting paraprofessionals.
• Knowledge of special education law, IDEA compliance, and inclusive education practices.
• Experience supporting augmentative and alternative communication systems.
• Experience collaborating with related service providers and multidisciplinary school teams.
• Experience supporting students in an elementary school setting.

Benefits

Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and wellness benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.

Pay

Salary band for this role ranges from $54,827 to $75,034 annually. Final salary will be determined based on relevant experience and in accordance with the applicable salary schedule.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of students and families.