1.0 Special Education Teacher, Leave Replacement, Blue Heron Middle School

Port Townsend School District 50; Washington; On-site; USD 62,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Port Townsend School District No. 50 in Port Townsend, WA seeks a 1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher Leave Replacement for Blue Heron Middle School for the 2025-26 school year.

The role partners with families and general education teachers to implement IEPs, supports MTSS/RTI and PBIS, and collaborates with care teams while ensuring inclusive instruction and data-based progress monitoring. Candidates must hold a WA teaching certificate with Special Education endorsement; Reading endorsement

Qualifications

• Hold a current Washington State Teaching Certificate with Special Education endorsement.
• Reading K-12 endorsement is preferred.
• Demonstrated special education teaching experience.
• Knowledge and experience with inclusionary models of service delivery.
• Knowledge and experience with writing IEPs and behavior plans; data collection and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide Special Education support as indicated by the MDT and IEPs to identified students in their least restrictive settings.
• Work with families and general education teachers on IEP development and implementation to achieve maximum student success.
• Provide support to identified students as part of a school-wide positive behavior intervention system.
• Collaborate with MDT on referrals, assessments, and intervention plans.
• Collaborate with Special Education staff to provide quality educational programs, assess and monitor progress, and train paraeducators.
• Plan and deliver inclusive IEPs and collaborate on planning, teaching, co-teaching, and behavior modification.
• Collaborate with support services and coordinate transition planning for students.

Skills

PBIS coordination

MTSS support

Data-based decisions

Team collaboration

IEP knowledge

Education

Washington State Teaching Certificate

Special Education endorsement

Reading K-12 endorsement

Tools

IEP software

Data tracking tools

MS Office

Job description

Human Resources-Job posting

Position Opening Announcement: 1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher – Leave Replacement Position

Blue Heron Middle School

2025-26 School Year

Posting Date: July 23, 2025 Posting No. 2025-44

QUALIFICATIONS

• Hold a current Washington State Teaching Certificate with Special Education endorsement.
• Reading K-12 endorsement is preferred.
• Demonstrated special education teaching experience.
• Additional training in evidence-based interventions for supporting students in reading and mathematics is preferred.
• Support PBIS, RTI, and MTSS systems as a collaborator and consultant
• Take a leadership role school-wide in data-based decision-making, universal screening systems, progress monitoring, and providing support to students in a multi-tiered system of intervention.
• Knowledge and experience teaching students with various disabilities
• Knowledge and experience conducting family meetings; writing and implementing IEPs and specific behavior plans; use of assessment measures, data collection, case management, record keeping, and report writing; implementing direct instruction programs and specially designed curriculum.
• Knowledge and experience with inclusionary models of service delivery.
• Develop schedules for special education students and paraeducators.
• Assist the principal in developing training for educational assistants in the core curriculum area.
• Knowledge of the legal requirements of Special Education.
• Knowledge and experience with regular education curricula and state standards, and the ability to modify such for special needs students.
• Knowledge and experience with current research and instructional "best practices."
• Outstanding communication skills, flexibility, ability to work in teams, and sense of humor.
• Demonstrated skill and competence in computer skills, awareness of technology for use in the classroom, and familiarity with assistive hardware and software.
• Demonstrated compatibility with fellow staff members, students, and families
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the total school program, to work collaboratively with colleagues, and a commitment to achieve school goals and objectives.
• Knowledge and experience with project or place-based learning preferred.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide Special Education support as indicated by the MDT and IEPs to identified students in their least restrictive settings.
• Work in partnership with families and general education teachers on IEP development and implementation to achieve maximum student success.
• Provide support to identified students as part of a school-wide positive behavior intervention system.
• Collaborate with other team members on the MDT to complete referrals, and assessments, make recommendations, design intervention plans and coordinate the implementation of plans.
• Collaborate with Special Education staff (including itinerant providers and paraprofessionals) to provide quality educational programs for identified students, assess and monitor student progress, evaluate and modify programs, teach direct instruction groups, conduct IEPs, develop work schedules, train paraeducators, facilitate team meetings, and demonstrate flexibility in working in a changing educational environment.
• Collaborate with the school staff to design and implement IEPs in an inclusive setting that accounts for the Least Restrictive Environment and may include planning, teaching, co-teaching, providing resources, modifying curriculum, and managing behavior plans.
• Collaborate with other support services such as LAP, Counseling, Community Counseling, other community agencies, medical personnel, and other special education support personnel.
• Participate in the implementation, assessment, and evaluation of inclusionary modifications and practices.
• Plan and provide for the transition of students moving between programs.
• Participate in staff functions, committees, and meetings.
• Collaborate with school staff to plan and deliver Maritime and place-based learning in alignment with the district’s mission and vision.

Bargaining Unit: Port Townsend Education Association

Salary Range: DOE, 2025-26 $61,500-$119,584

BENEFITS

Benefits include Sick Leave, Personal Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision, AD&D, and Basic Life insurance coverages. Retirement is through the WA State Department of Retirement, plans available: TERS Plan 2 or TERS Plan 3.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Port Townsend School District No. 50 complies with all federal and state rules and regulations, and does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Further, the district will provide equal access and opportunity to meet to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. The following employee(s) have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Compliance Coordinator for State Law (RCW 28A.640/28A.642) and Title IX Coordinator: Carrie Ehrhardt 1610 Blaine St. [phone]. Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Shelby MacMeekin, 1610 Blaine St. [phone].

NOTE: New employees who will have unsupervised access to children must complete a satisfactory fingerprint check with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI. Employment will be considered temporary and conditional pending a satisfactory background check. There will be a $50.00 processing fee.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer