Middle School- Exceptional Education Teacher
About The Position
Special Education (Ex.Ed) teachers are champions for the cause of equality within the school and make sure that their students’ needs are being met. Our ideal Special Education teacher is passionate about supporting our students with IEPs, loves working with and advocating for students who need the most support, is flexible, is coachable, and wants to grow as a teacher. Our Ex.Ed teachers work relentlessly with their teammates to ensure that all of their students not only are able to enhance their reading abilities by deciphering texts to inquire about historical events while also gaining a broader understanding of the world, but also meet the established Tennessee standards by the end of the year. This incredible work is done through coaching and support from administration, implementing regular feedback, collaboration with colleagues, data analysis, and working to make sure that students who come in below grade level rise above the challenges they face.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree is required
- Candidates must have either (a) valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate content endorsement to teach SPED or (b) a valid out of state license that can successfully be transferred to Tennessee within 90 days of employment, or (c) demonstrate you are on track to complete the necessary steps towards certification in Tennessee.
- Belief in the LEAD mission that all students are capable of success while preparing them for college and for life
- Evidence of self-motivation and willingness to be a team player
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of two years teaching experience preferred, but not required
- Previous experience with diverse student populations or in an urban setting preferred
Responsibilities
- Design and implement data driven lesson plans that help grow and support students who may have cognitive and/or developmental delays
- Develop individualized education programs (IEPs) for students
- Maintains special education files, both paper and electronic files, as directed by federal, state, and local practices.
- Collect data on individual student skills to determine the effectiveness of programming and measure progress toward IEP goals
- Functional Curriculum and daily living focus, as appropriate
- Maximize creating independence across all natural settings
- Work as a team member and advocate for students to gain exposure to general education peers and settings as appropriate
- Plans effective instructional and/or behavioral strategies for adapting and modifying general curriculum to ensure all students access academic content
- Directs and supervises education assistants for the purpose of providing an effective classroom program and addressing the needs of individual students.
- Supports other classroom teachers for the purpose of assisting them in the implementation of established curriculum and/or individual student plans.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with the potential for a signing bonus
- Performance-based compensation plan
- Up to 10% on their base salary each year through our performance-based compensation plan
- LEAD’s Master Teacher program after 3 years, where teachers can earn up to $100,000 and receive a $1,500 professional development stipend.
- Robust and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, supplemental insurance, life insurance policy options, and mental health benefits.
- Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan (TCRS) where LEAD matches up to 6% of employee contributions.
- 401k where LEAD will contribute 5%.
- LEAD’s defined contribution 403b plan (for non-TCRS eligible staff) where LEAD matches 50% of the first 6% of employee contributions.
- Additional annual contributions are provided to eligible employees after one year based on LEAD’s overall budget performance.
- 30 paid days during the school year (including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break, and spring break) for school-year employees.
- Summer break for school-year employees.
- Up to 10 PTO days during the school year for school-year employees.
- 32 paid days during the school year (including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break) for calendar-year employees.
- Up to 12 PTO days during the school year for calendar-year employees.
- 16 weeks of paid maternity leave
- 6 weeks of paid parental leave (adoption, foster care).
- Laptop computers with access to the internet and or email
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
