Teacher-Special Education (T94) Closing 12/7/2024

Description

Title: Teacher-Special Education

Employee Group & Grade: Professional/Exempt

Reports To: Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Coordinator

Region: TBD on hire

Starting Salary Scale: $54,000-$64,000

Calendar Year: 195 days

Date Written/Revised: May 2022

Why Teach at GOAL High School?

• Great Mission and Great Culture

• 100% Remote position

• 100% On-line Teaching model, minimal to no classroom discipline and management for teachers and staff

• Drop-In Sites to connect with students and other staff

• 195 calendar workdays

• Our SPED Teachers can plan vacations with one 14-day break and two 1-week breaks and summers off

• 99% of Teaching Staff returning in 2022-2023

• Very competitive starting salary based on years of experience and qualifications

• Potential to earn Pay-for-Performance incentives as a member of the GOAL Team

• Competitive Benefits to include an emphasis on Wellness in the Workplace

• The ability to continue contributing to the required Colorado Public Schools Retirement System PERA

• PERA 401K, with a 5% Match after one year

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance and AD&D plans

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

• Voluntary life insurance for employees and dependents

• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance

• Optional additional insurance that includes accident, critical illness, and hospital plans

• Employee Assistance Program

• Company provided laptop and cell phone and additional equipment as needed

• Robust Professional Development and opportunity to work with passionate, mission-driven colleagues who are invested in your personal and professional growth

• GOAL High School is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

Purpose of Job:

To co-teach, collaborate, and provide service delivery to students on IEPs within and outside of the general education environment. To manage a caseload of students and the legal documents required through federal, state, and district mandates of special education programming.

Essential Duties/ Major Accountabilities:

Show Up: Be ACCOUNTABLE for our students, ourselves, and our team.

Connect: Develop and maintain TRANSPARENT and HONEST relationships with our students and team

Succeed: Become a STRONG unified team providing students an INNOVATIVE environment to become productive members of society

Under the direction of the Director of ESS, ESS Coordinator, and Special Education Specialist, henceforth referred to as ESS Administration:

Participate in ongoing trainings within special education, including but not limited to:

• IEP compliance.
• Enrollment procedures.
• Course curriculum.
• Academic support.
• Transition.
• Affective Needs support.
• Co-teaching.
• Progress monitoring.
• Caseload management.

Complete the Learning & Development requirements of a GOAL teacher.

• Attend regular coaching sessions with designated staff.

• Complete teacher coursework as prescribed.

• Attend regional and statewide meetings and trainings as required.

• Participate in professional learning opportunities inside and outside of GOAL.

Complete all special education paperwork on time and with 100% compliance under the guidance and support of the ESS Administration.

• Complete student enrollment processes for students identified with IEPs.

• Facilitate professional and effective IEP meetings with appropriate participants.

• Maintain thorough documentation, progress monitoring, and service delivery notes as required.

• Administer standardized achievement testing for students due for a reevaluation.

Communicate and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders.

• Collaborate with external service providers and external psychoeducational and speech testing professionals for the benefit of students on IEPs.

• Collaborate with other departments at GOAL for the benefit of students on IEPs (Social Work, Counseling, Regional Staff, Technology, Human Resources, etc.)

• Communicate regularly with parents/guardians of students on IEPs.

• Provide quarterly goals progress updates to parents/guardian.

• Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with students, parents, and GOAL staff.

Support students with special needs.

• Comply with confidentiality requirements in the FERPA and HIPAA guidelines

• Facilitate instruction to students to ensure academic, social emotional, and post-secondary readiness.

• Monitor and adjust curriculum, instruction, and IEP accommodations to enable each student to succeed in their secondary and post-secondary goals.

• Differentiate instruction and provide support for general education teachers to differentiate instruction for students on IEPs.

• Proctor district and state testing with accommodations to students on IEPs, as necessary.

• Utilize technology and platforms for all work at GOAL and in the special education program.
• Perform other tasks and assume such responsibilities as the ESS Administration may from time-to-time assign.

Accountability Standards for all GOAL Academy High School Staff:

• Love for children and ability to work enthusiastically on their behalf.

• Actively and enthusiastically recruit new students through community partnerships and community events.

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time-management, verbal, and written communication skills

• Knowledgeable and comfortable working with technology

• Able to competently and persistently apply problem solving skills towards technology issues.

• Proven ability to serve on teams and participate in a collaborative decision-making process.

• Strong work ethic to achieve both school and personal goals.

• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

• Willingness to travel regionally and transport students as required.

• Ethical, honest, and good-humored

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must reside in Colorado
• Must have a valid drivers license

Education:

• Bachelors degree in education or related field required. Masters degree in Special Education preferred

• Colorado Special Education Generalists license or equivalent required,

**Temporary Educator Eligibility (TEE) will be considered for applicants not yet licensed but enrolled in a program or scheduled to take the generalist test after reasonable effort to hire an acceptable, appropriately licensed and endorsed applicant, none was found**

Experience:

• Two years in special education preferred.

• Teaching in online school preferred

• Teaching at-risk youth preferred

Physical Requirements of this position include:

Seldom

Cold-50 F or less/Heat- 90 F or more/Gases-Fumes/ Heights/Climbing/ Crawling-Kneeling/ Bending/ Walking on Uneven Surfaces/Chemical-Solvents/ Travel-National or International

Over 30 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

Occasional

Noise/Working Alone/ Local Travel/ Visual Acuity-Far/ Color Discrimination

Over 20 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

Frequent

Driving/ Work with Others/ Visual Acuity-Near/ Hearing/ Speech/ Manual Dexterity/ Eye-Hand Coordination/ Computer/ Mouse/ Copier/ Scanner/ Printer/ Telephone

Under 20 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

GOAL High School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetic information, or other status protected by law in its admission, access to, treatment, or employment in its education programs or activities.

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