Special Education Teacher (Cross Categorical) - Lowell - 1.0 FTE - 26-27 SY

Pay

Minimum Annual Compensation: $53,525 (26‑27 TE Salary Schedule)

Schedule

Length of Contract: 192 days

Employment Type: Exempt

About Our District

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is the second‑largest school district in Wisconsin, serving a beautifully diverse population of more than 25,000 students. More than half of the students are students of color; almost half come from low‑income households; nearly one‑third are English Language Learners, and more than 100 languages are represented in our schools. MMSD is committed to being anti‑racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive, with a vision to ensure every school is thriving and prepares every student for college, career, and community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction.
• Use knowledge of students’ background, interest, style, culture, language, individual needs, and assessment data to inform planning.
• Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth towards mastery of standards.
• Develop common year‑long/course plans that identify essential questions and resources to support student learning.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning.
• Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning.
• Use multiple ways to check for student understanding and, as needed, clarify, reteach, or adjust instruction based on gathered information.
• Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, offers recognition, and promotes involvement and progress.
• Offer teacher‑to‑student, student‑to‑student, and student‑to‑teacher feedback both orally and in writing.
• Analyze data and adjust instruction based on student achievement, observation, and teacher practice data.
• Establish rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
• Meet with parents/guardians to discuss student progress and determine priorities and resource needs.
• Collaborate with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co‑teaching.

Position Competencies

• High Expectations For Every Student: Demonstrate through actions and words that every student can achieve high standards; share a commitment to excellence and equity; align with Madison’s mission and values.
• Quality Instructional Practice: Plan and execute rigorous, engaging units and lessons, provide meaningful assignments, ensure student mastery, and supply scaffolds, interventions, and extensions to support an inclusive environment.
• Cultural Competence: Understand and articulate systems and beliefs that may lead to inequitable outcomes for students of color; adapt instruction to meet each student’s needs; link content to student experiences, perspectives, and personal goals.
• Data Proficiency: Use data beyond standardized assessments to diagnose learning needs and differentiate instruction.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate with peers to reflect on student achievement and teacher practice data, continuously planning and improving instruction.
• Student & Family Engagement: Build relationships with students; understand unique family characteristics and engage all families as full partners in education.
• Resilience & Results Orientation: Find challenges exciting and persist in the face of obstacles.
• Self‑Awareness &