Severe/Moderate Needs Special Education Teacher - (Pool Posting, Location to be Determined)

Cherry Creek•Englewood, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Develops coursework and delivers instruction for students with affective and severe needs at the school level, supporting an exemplary educational program and student success. Assignments may include Autism Classroom, Behavior Development (BD), Early Childhood Severe Needs, Integrated Learning Center (ILC), Severe Emotional Disability (SED), and Transition Programming. The position involves planning and delivering instruction, developing individualized programs and learning materials, assessing student learning, monitoring progress, communicating with families and staff, and collaborating to improve student outcomes. The role has no direct supervisory responsibilities and reports to the School Principal or designee. Work location may change to meet organizational requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Three years of professional, certified teaching experience.
Colorado Department of Education teaching license.
Colorado Special Education Teacher endorsement applicable to the assigned program.
Complete mandatory biennial Crisis Prevention Intervention training provided by the District.
Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.
Intermediate communication, organization, and human relations skills.
Ability to align curriculum and assessments with state content standards.
Ability to support programs designed to increase student achievement.
Ability to assume leadership in developing and communicating programs and curriculum.
Ability and desire to work as a team member and actively participate in a Professional Learning Community.
Ability to understand, appreciate, and accommodate student diversity.
Ability to serve as a role model and as an innovative, creative learner committed to current instructional practice and pedagogy.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Three years of special education teaching experience.
Experience working in the public sector.
Experience advising school clubs or co-curricular activities.
Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Racially conscious and culturally competent, with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Instruct students in large-group, small-group, and one-on-one settings.
Develop, plan, prepare, and implement course content, instructional formats and schedules, individualized programs, classroom materials, curriculum, lesson plans, and learning activities.
Administer, edit, proofread, and grade student assignments and assessments.
Design varied assessment tasks, use assessment data to provide meaningful feedback, and modify instruction.
Create a classroom environment that maximizes instructional opportunities; supervise student behavior and well-being across educational settings; and administer discipline when appropriate.
Monitor student growth and progress, adapt support as needed, and maintain documentation of students’ academic, social, and emotional progress and needs.
Communicate students’ progress, needs, and eligibility to parents or guardians and other staff as needed.
Collaborate with teachers, support personnel, administrators, and colleagues to enhance instruction and improve student outcomes.
Participate in department, team, building, and District meetings; student and family conferences; social, cultural, interscholastic, and extracurricular activities; and professional growth opportunities.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.