TEACHER, SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER PROGRAM, MULTI-INTENSIVE, 9TH-12TH GRADE

Denver Public Schools•Denver, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Special Education Teachers work with students who have learning, mental, emotional, or physical disabilities. They adapt general education lessons and teach various subjects to students with mild to moderate disabilities, and teach basic skills to students with severe disabilities. This vacancy is at a school designated as an Innovation School. The teacher develops and delivers individualized instruction across subject areas, aligned with District standards and benchmarks. The role includes assessing students, supporting positive behavior, adapting curriculum and instruction to students’ needs, providing daily living assistance, and operating adaptive technology and equipment. The position requires the ability to meet its physical demands, with or without accommodations, and requires the employee to live and work from a permanent home address in Colorado.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field.
Valid Colorado Department of Education teaching license; a CDE application receipt may be accepted for 90 days.
Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in the community.
Believe in and support all students so they feel seen and heard and have access to high-quality education.
Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with Denver Public Schools.
Ability, with or without accommodations, to meet the physical demands of the position.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with young special-needs students and their parents.
Experience working with young special-needs children who represent the diversity of the District school community.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute individualized lesson plans in all subject areas, providing direct instruction focused on District standards and benchmarks.
Administer and interpret formal and informal individualized educational assessments.
Monitor, supervise, coordinate, and enforce rules of conduct and behavior for assigned students, reinforcing positive behaviors in accordance with school and District policy.
Prepare lesson plans and materials according to curriculum guidelines, adapting teaching methods and instructional materials to students’ varying needs and interests.
Establish and communicate clear objectives for lessons, units, and projects.
Instruct students individually and in groups using various teaching methods.
Provide daily living assistance, such as toileting, diapering, feeding, and personal hygiene, following universal precautions and as trained and directed.
Operate, monitor, and perform maintenance of adaptive technology and equipment.
Lift and transport students using appropriate equipment and lifting technique.
May participate in extra-duty activities such as coaching, tutoring, or summer programs.