Special Education Teacher

Thrive Education Partners • Nashville, TN

10d • $60 - $95 • Onsite

About The Position

This role is an opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of two exceptional students and their family by providing intensive, in-home academic support. The educator will serve as a consistent educational partner, meeting with the students multiple times each week to reinforce learning, strengthen routines, and help them build confidence and independence. This role requires a blend of educator, coach, and steady presence, involving personalized instruction, adaptation of curriculum from a homeschool hybrid program, and individualized support for academic and personal progress. A strong special education background or substantial experience supporting students with complex behavioral and learning needs is essential, particularly due to one student requiring significant behavioral support. The role also aims to reduce family stress by bringing consistency, expertise, and thoughtful collaboration into their home.

Student Profile:
The older student benefits from highly individualized instruction, predictable routines, and an educator who can navigate transitions and behavioral challenges calmly. He thrives with flexibility, calm leadership, and consistent expectations, learning best when instruction is tailored to his pace and learning style.
His younger brother is easygoing, hardworking, and enjoys learning, responding well to calm, encouraging adults and predictable routines with positive reinforcement. While compliant, he benefits from an educator who can help him regulate emotions and gently redirect him back to learning.
This is an engaging opportunity for an educator who enjoys personalizing instruction, building meaningful relationships, and celebrating progress.

Requirements

• Strong background in special education and/or significant experience supporting students with behavioral, developmental, or learning differences.
• Experience implementing positive behavior supports and confidently responding to challenging behaviors while maintaining a calm, regulated presence.
• Understanding of how to proactively prevent challenging behaviors by establishing predictable routines, clear expectations, and individualized supports.
• Ability to confidently de-escalate challenging situations without engaging in power struggles or unintentionally reinforcing behaviors.
• Experience supporting students with diverse learning profiles, executive functioning challenges, and social-emotional needs.
• Ability to build trust quickly while balancing warmth with clear, consistent boundaries and expectations.
• Proactive communication with parents and enjoyment of collaborating with specialists and other educational professionals.
• Fulfillment in helping students build confidence, independence, self-regulation, and meaningful progress over time.

Nice To Haves

• Special education teaching experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting students with significant behavioral needs is highly preferred.
• Experience implementing Positive Behavior Supports (PBS), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), ABA-informed strategies, or other evidence-based behavior support approaches is highly valued.
• Experience providing individualized instruction in private, home-based, clinical, therapeutic, or specialized educational settings is preferred.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with families and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized, in-home instruction for both students multiple times each week.
• Reinforce and adapt curriculum from the family's homeschool hybrid program to meet each student's learning profile.
• Build consistent routines that strengthen executive functioning, independence, and confidence.
• Provide proactive behavioral support by anticipating challenges, implementing positive behavior strategies, and helping students successfully navigate transitions, frustration, and emotional regulation.
• Respond to dysregulation with patience, confidence, and sound judgment, using evidence-based strategies to help students safely return to learning.
• Differentiate instruction for two learners with very different personalities, strengths, and support needs.
• Monitor academic, behavioral, and social-emotional progress, adjusting instruction and supports as students grow.
• Communicate regularly with parents, sharing observations, progress, and recommendations.
• Collaborate with the family's broader educational team to create consistency across learning environments.

Benefits

• Consistent client matches with families who value education and show up prepared
• A team that handles intake, scheduling logistics, and family communication so you can focus on teaching
• Flexibility to build a schedule around your availability
• Access to a community of professional educators who take their work seriously
• Priority consideration for Private Teacher Placement opportunities as they become available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed