Special Education Teacher: 2026-2027

Nashville Classical Charter Schools • Nashville, TN

51d • $55,670 - $98,169 • Onsite

About The Position

Nashville Classical seeks Special Education Teachers to join our Scholar Supports Team who are committed to working hard, having fun, and making history. Our team educates a diverse community through a joyful, rigorous curriculum and within a structured, intentional culture, building a foundation of knowledge and habits for high school, college, and life. This role will work at Nashville Classical West, a new campus serving West Nashville's diverse community.

Nashville Classical has a strong track record, being named the city’s best nonprofit, a Tennessee Reward School multiple times, achieving top 5% growth in the state, and receiving multiple Blue Ribbon Awards for Teaching Excellence. The school has also been profiled in prominent publications and books.

Special Education teachers at Nashville Classical support scholars with exceptional needs in grades Kindergarten through 8th across the school. They provide instruction through small group "pull out" lessons and "push in" support, collaborate with general education teachers on curriculum and Individual Education Plans (IEPs), and offer behavior and social-emotional support. Data monitoring, analysis, and reporting are key components, as is regular communication with families through various formal and informal methods.

Requirements

• Valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate Special Education or Interventionist endorsement
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with a Special Education caseload
• Full-time teaching experience in a school setting

Nice To Haves

• Experience and demonstrated success teaching in a high-performing school, serving a culturally and socioeconomically diverse school community is highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Internalize and execute common curricula, including unit plans, lesson plans, and materials.
• Build achievement-oriented culture during key moments: morning motivation, lunch, recess, and closing circle.
• Implement school-wide systems for scholar culture.
• Communicate regularly with families and attend quarterly events in the evenings, such as Report Card Conferences, Cultural Heritage Nights, etc.
• Engage in ongoing professional development, including once weekly until 4:30pm.
• Commit to teaching a daily schedule from 7:17am - 3:37pm.
• Do whatever it takes to achieve the mission of Nashville Classical.
• Support scholars with exceptional needs in grades Kinder-8th across the school.
• Provide instruction across subjects via small group “pull out” lessons and “push in” support to specific scholars.
• Collaborate with and support general education teachers on curriculum, instructional strategies, assessments and Individual Education Plans compliance.
• Collaborate with other Special Education/EL staff on curriculum, instructional strategies, assessments and Individual Education Plans.
• Provide behavior and social emotional support to scholars through interventions.
• Monitor, compile, analyze and report scholar data through meetings, reports and other required compliance.
• Communicate progress to families and engage families through formal meetings and informal phone calls, home visits, bus rides, and notes.

Benefits

• Five percent above the local school district pay scale
• Base salaries range from $55,670 - $98,169
• Selection from three generous medical plans
• Eligible for full state retirement benefits
• 10-month schedule
• Yearly stipends for teacher-leader roles, extracurricular clubs, coaching and additional roles
• Macbook computer
• All necessary classroom supplies
• $500 discretionary budget for classroom purchases

What This Job Offers

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