Yukon Virtual School Special Education Teacher

Yukon Public Schools•Yukon, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Yukon Virtual School is seeking a Special Education Virtual Teacher who is technologically fluent and possesses strong self-discipline and organizational skills. This role requires engaging students in an online environment, providing IEP services, collaborating with school staff, and monitoring student progress. The teacher will be responsible for ensuring students receive appropriate accommodations and educational programs through district-approved software like Edgenuity and Odysseyware. This position involves regular communication with students, parents, and school personnel, as well as administrative tasks related to attendance, grading, and scheduling. The teacher will also play a role in the special education placement and IEP team processes.

Requirements

Valid Oklahoma teacher certification required.
Minimum of three years of successful teaching in a Special Education setting is preferred.
Experience teaching or training in an online or virtual environment preferred.
Demonstrated effectiveness in the use of technology, to include, but not limited to: Learning Management Systems (e.g. Google Classroom); Microsoft Office; Adobe; online training or teaching software; and technologies to facilitate engagement and interaction (e.g. Google Meet, video production, etc.).
Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively in an online/virtual environment.
Ability to communicate effectively through various communication channels, including video, written, and oral.
Technologically fluent in general technologies as well as technologies related to teaching, learning and student engagement.
Requires a flexible schedule and a great degree of self-discipline and organization.
Ability to effectively facilitate and organize learning over multiple grade levels and/or subject areas.
Expected to maintain the Yukon Virtual School full time / case load.

Nice To Haves

Experience in multiple grade levels and/or subjects is preferred.

Responsibilities

Engage students in an online/virtual environment using effective strategies to encourage self-discipline, time management, and continual progress as well as social-emotional development.
Participate in the evaluative process for Special Education placement when called upon.
Participate in Eligibility, Placement, and IEP team meetings when called upon.
Provide weekly IEP services to Yukon Virtual students through in-person meetings or organized Google Meets.
Serve as the liaison between Yukon Virtual School and Yukon High School to ensure blended students receive accommodations and teachers of record are aware of virtual school enrollment.
Assist Yukon Virtual School teachers in making necessary accommodations for students through Edgenuity.
Identify students needing to be served in Odysseyware and serve as their teacher of record.
Monitor/grade/review students through daily, consistent dashboard checks, providing feedback and reviewing progress within a 24-48 hour window.
Effectively communicate with students and parents on a regular basis using Google Meet (or other technologies), email, or phone.
Provide appropriate educational programs for students.
Cooperate with regular classroom teachers and other staff members in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods for Special Education students.
Monitor student progress on a daily/weekly basis and implement proactive interventions to facilitate academic progress.
Perform administrative tasks on a daily basis, including attendance, tracking student grades and progress, managing schedules and meetings, and communicating with school personnel, students, and parents.
Analyze data on a consistent basis to inform instruction, interventions, and differentiation (delivery and format).
Adhere to all local, state, and federal policies, procedures, and laws applicable to Yukon Public Schools employees.
Effectively engage students in accordance with district-approved software (Edgenuity for 9-12, Odysseyware for Special Education needing accommodated instruction), schedule, philosophy, goals, and objectives.
Complete reports and other school-related paperwork as required, at or before the time requested.
Clearly articulate deadlines, schedules, procedures, and progress to students and parents, and communicate status updates and/or concerns to appropriate school staff.
Engage Yukon Public Schools counselors, administrators, and other supports to proactively address student concerns, lack of student progress, and social-emotional development.
Schedule and conduct parent-teacher conferences no less than once per semester in a virtual setting.
Coordinate with the Building Testing Coordinator and District Testing Coordinator to facilitate and/or monitor student participation in district, state, or federally required assessments.
Implement strategies that promote digital citizenship and foster a safe and healthy virtual learning environment.
Respond to student, staff, and parent communication daily and within 1-2 business days.
Make contact with all students, via email or phone call, a minimum of once a week, even if adequate progress is being made.
Make contact with any student that fails to meet the weekly progress goal for work completed.
Collaborate with the Virtual School Counselor on student progress or lack of progress.
Provide for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced coursework.
Meet in person with any student who does not maintain progress in the assigned online course, which includes organizing on-campus, in-person intervention.
When requested, submit grades to the Virtual School Counselor and at the end of each grading period.
Maintain appropriate emotional stability, physical health, personal appearance, and personality.