Elementary Special Education Teacher

Overview:

Our teachers will create a classroom culture that drives student achievement and personal growth for every one of our students, building a game-changing school that redefines public education for students and families of Indianapolis. Your job is to hold your students to a high bar (both academically and behaviorally), model our school core values at all times, and grow as a leader in this work every day (driven by personal reflection, coaching from school leadership, and working in partnership with transformational colleagues). This work will be personally, physically and intellectually exhausting. This work will push you to your professional limits. This work will ask more of you than you thought you had to give. But you will be part of something that will transform the lives of hundreds of students in Indianapolis.

Job Responsibilities:

As a Special Education Teacher, you will:

• Create and execute lessons for small groups of students that meet their IEP goals.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to create and execute lessons that support all students, including those with IEPs or 504 plans.
• Create, execute, and modify IEPs and 504 plans. Communicating with Dean of Curriculum and Instruction (DCI) as needed.
• Collaborate with DCI and general education teachers in coordinating schedules, modifications, and accommodations for all students with special needs.
• Assist school leadership in facilitating professional development related to modifications and accommodations for students with special needs
• Assist in the Response to Intervention (RTI) process, and any testing necessary.
• Manage family relationships for students on your case load receiving special education services.
• Consistently analyze scholar data and engage in self-reflection on practices
• Complete all duties, posts and tasks as assigned
• Lead Case Conference and Move-in meetings
• Be responsible for entering and updating student information into the Indiana Easy IEP system