Special Education Teacher- General Curriculum (2026-2027 School Year)

Waynesboro Public Schools•Waynesboro, VA

13h

About The Position

The General Curriculum Special Education Teacher provides effective instruction and positive behavioral supports to students with disabilities, helping them progress toward the educational goals established in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). The teacher provides behavioral support in group and individual settings and demonstrates an understanding of federal, state, and local requirements governing special education services. Under the direction of the school principal, the teacher plans and provides appropriate learning experiences in a variety of educational settings. The role includes creating a flexible program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction and enables students with disabilities to benefit from the general education curriculum as much as possible with supplemental aids, accommodations, and other needed supports. This position is a 200-day contract. Salary and work year are established by the Board. Performance is evaluated under the Board’s policy on the Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

Requirements

Collegiate Professional Certificate with a Special Education endorsement for General Curriculum.
Knowledge of medical aspects of students’ disabilities and their implications for instruction.
Knowledge of resources and techniques needed to integrate students receiving special education into the least restrictive environment.
Ability to communicate and interact effectively with students, faculty, staff, and parents.
Ability to walk, bend, stand, stoop, and perform possible physical interventions to maintain a safe learning environment.
Ability, as assignment requires, to move students or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, position students in specialized equipment, and/or change diapers.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience as a special education teacher is preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan and provide appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities in a variety of educational settings.
Create a flexible program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction and supports access to the general education curriculum.
Use special education strategies and techniques to support sensory and perceptual motor skills, language, cognition, and learning.
Teach academic subjects using varied techniques, including phonetics, multisensory learning, and repetition, to meet students’ needs and interests.
Teach socially acceptable behavior in accordance with students’ IEPs using positive behavioral support techniques.
Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities using varied instructional techniques and technologies.
Establish and enforce behavior rules and procedures that maintain a safe, learning-conducive environment.
Meet with parents to discuss student progress and determine priorities for their children and their IEPs.
Collaborate with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop IEPs addressing students’ educational, physical, and social-emotional needs.
Maintain complete and accurate student records and prepare reports as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
Establish clear objectives for lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
Develop plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow-up for students in inclusive classrooms.
Provide crisis or behavior intervention as needed and assist with collecting data for appropriate classroom interventions.
Implement instructional strategies that produce acceptable, measurable, and appropriate academic progress.
Assist with screening, evaluating, and recommending placements of students in the division’s special education program.
Collaboratively develop short- and long-range goals for students’ IEPs.
Work with classroom teachers to interpret the abilities and disabilities of students receiving special education in regular classes and assist them with regular class assignments.
Supervise and manage paraprofessional staff assigned to individual students or the special education program.
Develop and implement specific educational plans for students whose need for additional instructional support cannot be met in the regular classroom.
Maintain professional competence through staff development, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities, and demonstrate continuing professional growth.
Perform other duties as assigned by the principal.