Teacher Ex Ed Interventionist- Shwab ES (2026-2027)

Music City Center•Nashville, TN

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Metro Schools is one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States, educating more than 80,000 students in Metro Nashville-Davidson County. The district aims to be the highest-performing urban district in the nation by implementing innovative reform strategies and partnering with highly effective, engaging teachers, teacher leaders, and support staff who are passionate about urban education. The job of a Teacher Ex Ed Interventionist involves providing direct, explicit research-based interventions and supporting access to core instruction for students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Metro Nashville Public Schools focuses on using detailed academic, behavior, and social-emotional data to ensure every student is known and to create rigorous, engaging, and personalized learning experiences. The district offers a range of programs including advanced academics, visual and performing arts, special education services, English language support, and STEAM educational programs, from Pre-K through graduation. The vision is to be the premier large school district in Tennessee and beyond by ensuring every student is known, with a mission to deliver a great public education to every student, every day. Core values drive collective commitments, guiding internal conduct and external relationships, and are woven throughout goals, strategies, and performance measures. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all individuals, making employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, and providing adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of special education and/or specialty area.
Thorough knowledge of the principles and methodology of effective teaching of students with disabilities.
Communication, and collaboration with Parents, educators, students.
Instructional strategies that connect the curriculum to the learner.
Student management.
Presenting to large groups.
Organization, data-based decision making, and problem solving.
Providing intensive intervention.
Knowledge of the U.S. Department of Education’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or similar federal regulation.
Technology skills: Teams, Microsoft Office, Excel, SharePoint, iOS, and/or other district applications or equipment as needed.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree from an accredited institution in a related field.
Professional training and paid or volunteer experience with individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Provides direct, explicit, evidence-based academic, social-emotional, and behavioral interventions based on student needs in addition to core instruction.
Collaborates and helps facilitate and develop Functional Behavioral Assessments & Behavioral Intervention Plans based on student need.
Provides intensive intervention with fidelity and Progress monitors all students that receive intensive intervention in the area of academics, social-emotional and behavior to continually communicate progress toward goals with students, parents and school teams.
Utilizes all naturally occurring data (i.e. attendance, behavior incidence, universal screening, intervention data, progress monitoring data) to ensure the most updated relevant information is used to inform instruction, intervention and a student's Individual Education Program (IEP).
Ensures students with an Individualized Education Program participate in the Universal Screening Process and in required statewide test with appropriate accommodations.
Manages and provides inclusive support in the general education setting for students with a need, which includes providing indirect support, aligning accommodations, and modifications and managing para-professional support in the general education setting.
Attends grade-level/content meetings to assist with planning access to core instruction and meaningful inclusive supports that help ensure the least restrictive environment for students.
Coordinates the delivery of services for students with disabilities with all related service providers (i.e. speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, nurse).
Develops and Implements Individual Education Programs (IEPs) for students, and ensures service delivery and progress of students in compliance with State and Federal laws governing services for students with disabilities.
Facilitates IEP meetings, re-evaluation meetings, and manifestation determination meetings in accordance with State and Federal laws governing services for students with disabilities.
Collaborates with related service providers, school leadership and families to schedule timely meetings that ensure all relevant data, assessment and information can be collected in accordance with State and Federal laws governing services for students with disabilities.
Participates in ongoing Professional Development activities to ensure the use of most effective, evidenced-based practices that promote success for students.