Special Education Teacher - IDEA Montopolis Academy (Immediate Opening)
IDEA Public Schools · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · 4 wk ago
EducationFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes "Role Mission" etc. We need headings: for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Role Mission: description of responsibilities? Actually "Role Mission: IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education. Special Education teachers develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. They provide in-class support for various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with outlined service minutes support. They also teach content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes support. The IDEA Special Education teacher provides the crucial bridge between home and school for our highest need students and their families."
That's a prose description. Could be "About the role" or "Role Mission". We'll use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Role Mission: description of responsibilities? Actually "Role Mission: IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education. Special Education teachers develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. They provide in-class support for various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with outlined service minutes support. They also teach content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes support. The IDEA Special Education teacher provides the crucial bridge between home and school for our highest need students and their families."
That's a prose description. Could be "About the role" or "Role Mission". We'll use About the role
and put that paragraph.
- What We Offer: includes Compensation, Additional hourly compensation, Other Benefits.
Compensation: starting teacher salary $59,500, stipends $500-$4,000 each, performance-based compensation. Also mention service record requirement (maybe under Requirements). Additional hourly compensation for after school tutoring or Saturday school.
Other Benefits: comprehensive benefits plan covering majority of employee premium for base medical plan, subsidizing spouse/domestic partner and children. Paid Family Leave up to 8 weeks, Tuition Reimbursement up to 50% tuition up to $5,250 per year, Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, other work-life services. Dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, 403(b) plan. IDEA may offer a relocation allowance.
Thus we have Pay (Compensation) and Benefits sections. Schedule? Not explicitly given. There's mention of minimum 40+ hours per week, after-school tutoring, Saturday school. That's schedule info. Could create Schedule section with that detail.
Requirements: Service Record Requirement (must submit official electronic service records). Also Qualifications: Education Bachelor's degree required, Experience in Special Ed classroom strongly preferred, Licenses/Certifications: Valid Texas state certification in Special Education required.
Qualifications also includes Knowledge and Skills list.
Thus we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements (maybe combine Qualifications and Service Record), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Remove duplicated lines.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
About the role
IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education. Special Education teachers develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. They provide in-class support for various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with outlined service minutes support. They also teach content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes support. The IDEA Special Education teacher provides the crucial bridge between home and school for our highest need students and their families.
Responsibilities
- Adapt lessons to meet the needs of students.
- Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for a caseload of students.
- Implement IEPs, assess students’ performance, and track their progress.
- Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students’ progress and goals.
- Assess students’ skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans.
- Teach small groups consisting of students that are academically at risk in reading and/or math to include students in general education, 504, response-to-intervention, Special Education and English Language Learners.
- Collect and analyze student data in order to make effective decisions to maximize achievement.
- Discuss student’s progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators.
- Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and after graduation.
- Implement state learning standards and IDEA curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations.
- Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback.
- Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student’s progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly.
- Communicate students’ progress with student and family on a weekly basis.
- Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks.
- Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus‑wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom.
- Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student.
- Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify.
- Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students’ needs.
- Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after‑school duties, and school wide meetings and functions.
- Engage in summer and year‑long district, school and personal learning and development.
- Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week.
- Additional responsibilities may include: after‑school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars.
- Oversee the daily work and responsibilities of a Special Education Co‑Teacher (para‑professional) in the RISE classroom (if applicable).
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four‑year educational institution (required).
- Experience: Experience in a Special Education classroom setting (strongly preferred).
- Licenses or Certifications: Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required).
- Service Record Requirement: To ensure compliance with Texas Education Code 21.4031 and accurately verify creditable service, candidates selected for this position must submit official electronic service records from previous educational employers. Service records will be used to validate professional experience and determine creditable years of service and compensation, as applicable.
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of core academic subject assigned.
- Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
- Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.
- Ability to facilitate Admission, Review and Dismissal meetings.
- Strong family engagement and communication.
- Record of results for students who are academically at risk.
Pay
- Starting teacher salary for 0 years of experience: $59,500.
- Eligible for various stipends based on certifications, credentials, and campus leadership ranging from $500‑$4,000 each.
- Additional performance‑based compensation available.
- Additional hourly compensation is provided for after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plan covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children.
- Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
- Employer‑Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face‑to‑face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work‑life services available at no cost.
- Dental and vision plans.
- Disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Parenting benefits.
- Flexible spending account options.
- Generous vacation time.
- Referral bonuses.
- Professional development.
- 403(b) plan.
- IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
Schedule
Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week, with additional responsibilities possibly including after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
We must ensure no duplicate content. The responsibilities list includes "Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week." and also schedule section repeats that. Might be duplicate; we could remove from responsibilities to avoid duplication. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicate lines: we should remove duplicated lines. The responsibilities list includes that line; schedule section also includes it. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in schedule and remove from responsibilities. However responsibilities list originally includes that line; removing it would lose info. But we can keep it in schedule and note that responsibilities also mention it? The instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one occurrence. Let's keep it in schedule and remove from responsibilities list.
Thus adjust responsibilities list: remove that line.
Also schedule section: we can phrase as Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week, with additional responsibilities possibly including after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
Now ensure we didn't duplicate other lines.
Check responsibilities list for any other duplicates: after‑school tutoring or Saturday school appears also in responsibilities list as "Additional responsibilities may include: after‑school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars." That's similar to schedule but not duplicate exactly. Keep both? Might be considered duplicate content but slightly different phrasing. Safer to keep both? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. If they are not identical lines, it's okay. We'll keep.
Now check benefits list: we included many items; ensure we didn't miss any: "Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan." We have those.
Also "Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation." Good.
"Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability."
"Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost."
"IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable."
All good.
Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like EEO etc
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Remove duplicated lines. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
IDEA Special Education teachers are responsible for the achievement and support of special education. Special Education teachers develop individualized plans and work with students who have a wide range of learning, cognitive, emotional, and physical disabilities. They provide in-class support for various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with outlined service minutes support. They also teach content mastery for students with outlined accommodations and service minutes support. The IDEA Special Education teacher provides the crucial bridge between home and school for our highest need students and their families.
Responsibilities
- Adapt lessons to meet the needs of students.
- Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for a caseload of students.
- Implement IEPs, assess students’ performance, and track their progress.
- Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students’ progress and goals.
- Assess students’ skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans.
- Teach small groups consisting of students that are academically at risk in reading and/or math to include students in general education, 504, response-to-intervention, Special Education and English Language Learners.
- Collect and analyze student data in order to make effective decisions to maximize achievement.
- Discuss student’s progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators.
- Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and after graduation.
- Implement state learning standards and IDEA curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations.
- Submit weekly lesson plans two weeks in advance for feedback.
- Implement formal and informal assessments to track each individual student’s progress and learning needs, adjust lesson plans accordingly and update gradebook weekly.
- Communicate students’ progress with student and family on a weekly basis.
- Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks.
- Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus‑wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom.
- Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student.
- Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they identify.
- Host necessary tutoring sessions to meet all students’ needs.
- Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after‑school duties, and school wide meetings and functions.
- Engage in summer and year‑long district, school and personal learning and development.
- Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week.
- Additional responsibilities may include: after‑school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars.
- Oversee the daily work and responsibilities of a Special Education Co‑Teacher (para‑professional) in the RISE classroom (if applicable).
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four‑year educational institution (required).
- Experience: Experience in a Special Education classroom setting (strongly preferred).
- Licenses or Certifications: Valid Texas state certification in Special Education (required).
- Service Record Requirement: To ensure compliance with Texas Education Code 21.4031 and accurately verify creditable service, candidates selected for this position must submit official electronic service records from previous educational employers. Service records will be used to validate professional experience and determine creditable years of service and compensation, as applicable.
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of core academic subject assigned.
- Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
- Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.
- Ability to facilitate Admission, Review and Dismissal meetings.
- Strong family engagement and communication.
- Record of results for students who are academically at risk.
Pay
- Starting teacher salary for 0 years of experience: $59,500.
- Eligible for various stipends based on certifications, credentials, and campus leadership ranging from $500‑$4,000 each.
- Additional performance‑based compensation available.
- Additional hourly compensation is provided for after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plan covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children.
- Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
- Employer‑Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face‑to‑face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work‑life services available at no cost.
- Dental and vision plans.
- Disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Parenting benefits.
- Flexible spending account options.
- Generous vacation time.
- Referral bonuses.
- Professional development.
- 403(b) plan.
- IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
Schedule
Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week, with additional responsibilities possibly including after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
We must ensure no duplicate content. The responsibilities list includes "Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week." and also schedule section repeats that. Might be duplicate; we could remove from responsibilities to avoid duplication. The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicate lines: we should remove duplicated lines. The responsibilities list includes that line; schedule section also includes it. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in schedule and remove from responsibilities. However responsibilities list originally includes that line; removing it would lose info. But we can keep it in schedule and note that responsibilities also mention it? The instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one occurrence. Let's keep it in schedule and remove from responsibilities list. Thus adjust responsibilities list: remove that line. Also schedule section: we can phrase asMinimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week, with additional responsibilities possibly including after‑school tutoring or Saturday school as assigned.
Now ensure we didn't duplicate other lines. Check responsibilities list for any other duplicates: after‑school tutoring or Saturday school appears also in responsibilities list as "Additional responsibilities may include: after‑school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars." That's similar to schedule but not duplicate exactly. Keep both? Might be considered duplicate content but slightly different phrasing. Safer to keep both? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. If they are not identical lines, it's okay. We'll keep. Now check benefits list: we included many items; ensure we didn't miss any: "Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan." We have those. Also "Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation." Good. "Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability." "Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost." "IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable." All good. Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like EEO etc