Start Date: School Year 26/27

Certificates and Licenses: Special Education

Residency Requirement: Indiana

​Salary Range : $48,000 - $52,000 plus the eligibility of a performance bonus.

The remote Middle School Special Education Teacher is a state certified teacher responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. The Special Education Teacher must provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs as defined by each student’s Individualized Education Program. The Special Education Teacher works actively with students and parents to advance each student’s learning and is also responsible for the compliance documents required in serving students with special needs.

This is a full-time REMOTE position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure all special education and related services are provided as determined by the IEP team by:
• Communicating with parents and applicable related service staff to ensure that students with special needs are receiving the appropriate therapies
• Developing compliant IEP’s, progress reports and other state specific required special education documentation
• Facilitating and leading collaborative special education meetings such as annual IEP meetings
• Using provided resources to ensure accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities such as assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text
• Make modifications and accommodations to Stride K12 lessons and assessments as specified by the IEP
• Ensure inclusion and success of student in the general education classroom
• Collect data and work samples to monitor student progress towards Individual Education Program (IEP) goals and objectives
• Document all contact with parents and interventions with students
• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment as needed
• Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students
• Commitment to personalizing learning for all students
• Demonstrate a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations
• Maintain grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress
• Prepare students for high stakes standardized tests
• Understand that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner
• Support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree AND
• Active State Special Education teaching license AND
• Six (6) months of student teaching experience AND
• Ability to clear required background check(s)

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is virtual