Special Education Teacher (Cross Categorical) - Schenk - 0.5 FTE - 26-27 SY

Madison Metropolitan School District•Madison, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking a highly motivated and energetic Special Education Teacher (Cross Categorical) for Schenk Elementary, a 0.5 FTE position for the 26-27 school year. MMSD is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive, with a vision to ensure every student graduates ready for college, career, and community. This role is part of a strategy to make MMSD a thriving, welcoming environment for all students, families, and staff, with a focus on academic achievement, thriving schools, and the success of Black youth. The district offers a competitive compensation package and is dedicated to creating a challenging and rewarding work environment that supports employee career paths and fosters a talented workforce reflecting the student population's diversity.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Fluency in Spanish and/or Hmong (for potential bilingual positions).

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.
Collaborating with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co-teaching.