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

Madison Metropolitan School District•Madison, WI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants for a Special Education Teacher (Cross Categorical) position at La Follette High School for the 26-27 school year. This is a 1.0 FTE position with an annual salary starting at $53,525 based on the 26-27 TE Salary Schedule, for a 192-day contract. MMSD is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive, with a vision to ensure every student graduates high school ready for college, career, and community. We aim to create a thriving, welcoming environment for all students, families, and staff, and offer a great compensation and benefits package. We are looking for staff who are passionate about impactful work and learning, have a good attitude, and are willing to learn.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in Special Education.
Must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the position if not already licensed.
An application for a license must be on file within 30 days of starting employment with MMSD.

Nice To Haves

Candidates who have indicated fluency in Spanish and/or Hmong are invited to apply for our bilingual positions as well.

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 the 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 student 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 clarify, reteach and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered.
Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process.
Provide opportunities for teacher–to-student, student-to-student and student-to-teacher feedback both orally and written.
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 their student's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
Collaborate with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co-teaching.