Elementary Special Education Teacher

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan.

📋 Description

• Deliver designated course content in a virtual setting

• Provide instruction, support, and guidance while overseeing the learning process

• Address students’ individual needs as outlined in each student’s IEP

• Collaborate with students and parents to enhance student learning

• Ensure that special education and related services are delivered as stipulated by the IEP team

• Communicate with parents and related service personnel regarding suitable therapies

• Create compliant IEPs, progress reports, and necessary state-specific special education documentation

• Facilitate and lead collaborative special education meetings, including annual IEP gatherings

• Implement accommodations and modifications utilizing assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text

• Adapt Stride K12 lessons and assessments as specified by IEPs

• Promote inclusion and student success within the general education classroom

• Collect data and work samples to assess progress towards IEP goals

• Document parent communications and student interventions

• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment

• Provide both synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences

• Maintain the gradebook and make decisions regarding placement and promotion

• Prepare students for high-stakes standardized assessments

• Foster positive relationships with families and maintain communication with students and learning coaches/parents

• Assist learning coaches/parents with curricular, instructional, and basic virtual-classroom troubleshooting issues

• Travel up to 20% for in-person professional development, student assessments, and/or school obligations

⛳️ Requirements

• Michigan Teaching Certification is mandatory

• Special Education endorsement is required

• Bachelor’s degree is essential

• Active state teaching license is necessary

• Capability to pass a required background check

• Ability to work independently, typically exceeding 40 hours per week

• Capacity to maintain a distraction-free professional home office during the workday

• Proficient in collaborating with teachers to interpret and generate numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data

• Ability to utilize student data to guide instructional decisions

• Open to regular coaching from administrators

• Willingness to embrace change and adapt for optimal student outcomes

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint

• Quick learner, capable of adapting to new technologies and teaching platforms

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Experience with the targeted age group is preferred

• Experience assisting adults and children in technology use is desired

• Experience teaching in an online or traditional classroom setting is advantageous

• Familiarity with an online learning platform is preferred

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary approximately $51,000

• Eligibility for a performance bonus

• Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees that may include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off

• Virtual working environment

• Opportunity to maintain a professional home office

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities