1:1 Special Education Teacher

Thrive Education Partners • Ventura, CA

9d • $75,000 - $110,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Thrive Education Partners is seeking an experienced California Special Education Teacher in Ventura County for a full-time private education opportunity based in Thousand Oaks. This role offers the opportunity to focus deeply on one student, build an individualized academic program, and work alongside a collaborative team. The ideal candidate is an experienced special educator who can recognize why a student is struggling, not simply that they are struggling. This person should be comfortable adapting curriculum, breaking complex skills into manageable steps, providing explicit and systematic instruction, and adjusting their approach in real time based on student response. This is a full-time, year-round position and the educator is the one teacher at the center of the student's week. The family is looking for someone who will stay, and a commitment of at least two years is the goal. The educator will work in close partnership with the family, an established team of support professionals, and Thrive's Educational Manager. You'll work with a warm, social, and engaging middle school student who benefits from individualized special education instruction and a thoughtful, relationship-centered approach. The student is a strong visual learner who notices patterns quickly, takes real pride in work completed independently, and has interests, music above all, that can be used creatively to make academic work engaging and meaningful. The student benefits from support in areas including communication, processing, self-regulation, and academic skill development. Retrieval takes time, and how material is presented—including print size, contrast, spacing, and how much appears at once—changes what the student is able to read and do. The family is seeking an educator who can provide access to age-appropriate, grade-level concepts through carefully adapted instruction, meeting the student at their current access point while maintaining meaningful expectations for growth. Academic priorities include grade-level content across core subjects at the student's access point, structured literacy, foundational mathematics, and direct instruction in executive functioning. Strong relationships matter in this placement. The student responds especially well to educators who are warm and encouraging, communicate clearly, remain steady through moments of frustration, and demonstrate genuine confidence in the student's ability to learn.

Requirements

• Active California Special Education teaching credential
• Strong instructional expertise
• Understand how to make grade-level learning accessible without making it unnecessarily simplistic or developmentally inappropriate.
• Comfortable adapting curriculum and instruction based on an individual student's learning profile.
• Can respond calmly and flexibly to frustration, fatigue, or difficulty.
• Value collaboration with families and multidisciplinary professionals.
• Enjoy professional autonomy and the opportunity to design highly individualized instruction.
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Special Education, or a related field
• Active California Education Specialist teaching credential
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant teaching experience
• Experience adapting grade-level curriculum and developing individualized learning plans
• Experience partnering closely with parents and multidisciplinary support teams
• Strong communication, organization, and progress-monitoring skills
• Eligible to work in the United States
• Must reside within commuting distance of Thousand Oaks or be willing to relocate to the Ventura County area prior to employment
• Valid California driver's license and reliable transportation
• Current background check required; Thrive facilitates this process
• Verifiable references from prior teaching roles, including at least one direct supervisor or administrator
• Strong professionalism, discretion, and adaptability when working within a family's home
• Comfort maintaining strict confidentiality and signing an NDA as a condition of employment

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching at the middle or high school level
• Experience supporting students with intellectual or developmental disabilities
• Structured literacy training
• Master's in Special Education, or BCBA or RBT certification
• Experience with experiential or community-based learning
• Experience in private education, home-based education, or another highly personalized 1:1 learning environment

Responsibilities

• Take day-to-day ownership of a personalized academic program across core subject areas.
• Adapt grade-level concepts, curriculum, and materials to create accessible, age-appropriate instruction.
• Design engaging, multi-sensory learning experiences responsive to the student's strengths, interests, and learning profile.
• Identify foundational skills that need additional support while continuing to introduce meaningful new academic content.
• Establish baselines and monitor measurable academic progress.
• Incorporate opportunities to strengthen independence, communication, executive functioning, stamina, and self-regulation.
• Convene and run a small peer group one day a week.
• Use community-based and experiential learning to support academic, functional, and social development.
• Keep instructional records, work samples, and progress documentation.
• Collaborate closely with the family, support professionals, and Thrive's Educational Manager.

Benefits

• Full-time, year-round W-2 employee
• Dedicated Thrive Educational Manager
• Ongoing support around curriculum, assessment, progress monitoring, and educational strategy
• Access to Thrive's broader network of educators and specialists

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level