Special Education Teacher (summers off)
About the role
In this role, you’ll lead either an elementary, or middle and high school self-contained classroom serving students with cognitive impairments, creating engaging, individualized learning experiences while helping students build academic, social, behavioral, and life skills. You’ll work closely with students, families, educators, and support staff to help each student succeed while providing opportunities to participate in the general education curriculum and school community whenever appropriate.
Responsibilities
- Lead a self-contained classroom for students with cognitive impairments (elementary or middle/high school)
- Create engaging, individualized learning experiences
- Help students build academic, social, behavioral, and life skills
- Collaborate with students, families, educators, and support staff
- Provide opportunities for participation in the general education curriculum and school community when appropriate
Qualifications
- Michigan teaching certificate required
- Michigan Special Education Approval required
- Michigan Cognitive Impairment (CI) teaching endorsement preferred
- Experience valued but not required; passion for empowering students with special needs is essential
- Ability to provide a core program by differentiating instruction in academic areas and teaching behavior expectations
- Professionalism that inspires, teaches, and motivates students and their families
- Excellent time management, organization, and communication skills
- Desire to continually increase teaching knowledge and an unrelenting ability to make positive change in students' lives
Pay
- $50,300 – $82,300 annual starting salary based on education and years of experience
- $1,500 annual Special Education Classroom Teacher Stipend (paid bi-weekly)
Benefits
- Health insurance (or $661.84/month opt-out payment, including summer break)
- 100% employer-paid dental, vision, life, and accidental death/dismemberment insurance premiums
- Paid sick days (10) and paid personal days (4)
- Michigan Public School Employee Retirement Plan (MPSERS)
- Professional development assistance and opportunities for advancement
Schedule
Full-time school-year position with summers off.
Why join us
It is possible to have it all – summers off and a rewarding career centered amongst the largest fresh waters on earth on a peninsula called the Keweenaw. Lake Superior provides the backdrop to adventure by land, lake, and sky. Make this vision a reality by considering this opportunity to make a difference in the lives of special needs students, surrounded by award winning school districts, and supported by a team of outstanding teaching professionals.