2025-26 Special Education Teacher K-12

Specialized Education Services, Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to transforming the lives of K-12 students with unique learning needs. As a special education teacher, you will uncover the potential in each student by addressing their learning, social, and emotional skill gaps. Your role will involve collaborating with families and school teams to provide personalized guidance and support. With smaller class sizes and innovative instructional models, you will inspire and empower students, making a profound impact on their educational journey. This is an exciting opportunity to grow and thrive as part of a passionate team committed to student success.

Benefits

Paid Training

Tuition Reimbursement

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401(k) with Employer Match

Employee Assistance Program

Mental Health Support

Fertility and Family Building Support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
• Valid teaching credential appropriate to the role.

Responsibilities

• Work with diverse students to meet their educational needs.
• Develop individualized lesson plans and maintain student documents.
• Implement behavior management strategies and monitor student progress.

Skills

Teaching Skills

Behavior Management

Adaptability

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Valid Teaching Credential

Job description

Company Overview

Shine on as a special education teacher, K-12.

High Road School of Nashville / Nashville, TN / School website

Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a division of FullBloom, is a premier provider of education services for K-12 students who require additional supports to overcome challenges that impede success in a traditional school setting. SESI partners with school districts to run in-district classrooms and standalone schools that meet the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of special and alternative education students. Partnering with over 600 school districts nationwide, SESI serves more than 7,000 students. Join our team members who shine a positive light on our students and uncover the unique learner within. Have a profound impact, grow, learn, and thrive as part of our team.

What you can expect from us.

• Diverse career pathways, mobility up and across our national network, and ongoing professional and leadership development.
• Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and credentialing support.
• Data-driven, evidence-based learning and instructional models, including SESI’s own positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS) framework called CASE.
• An attractive and robust suite of benefits, including comprehensive healthcare benefits, 401(k) with employer match, employee assistance program, mental health support, fertility and family building, and more.
• Smaller class sizes in diverse educational settings.

Overview

What you can expect to do.

Uncover the light and potential in each student by diagnosing and addressing learning, social, and emotional skill gaps. Collaborate with school teams and families to offer personalized guidance and deliver SESI’s own evidence-based learning and instructional models, as well as positive behavioral interventions and support framework. You’ll inspire, empower, and transform with our innovative learning approach, unique instructional environments, smaller class sizes, and the support services students need to shine.

Responsibilities

• Work with a diverse group of students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Use SESI’s instructional models, strategies, and curricula to teach knowledge and skills, nurture confidence and character, and meet the needs of all students.
• Develop and maintain individualized skill-appropriate lesson plans.
• Implement behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to maintain the safety of students and staff.
• Maintain student documents such as individualized education plans (IEPs), behavior intervention plans (BIPs), incident reports, and high-risk evaluation forms.
• Drive, record, and track student growth and progress toward academic, social, and emotional goals.
• Supervise and monitor students, including to and from locations within the school.

Qualifications

What we expect of you.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
• Valid teaching credential appropriate to the role.
• Commitment to learning and implementing feedback.
• Adaptability and flexibility.

Posted Salary Range

USD $47,000.00 - USD $52,000.00 /Yr.
Physical Requirements

• Ability to run short distances and move swiftly in response to student needs, including bending, kneeling, and crouching.

• Ability to lift and assist students with mobility challenges, often requiring the handling of up to 50 pounds or more.

• Skill in managing fine motor tasks, such as helping students with writing, manipulating small objects, or using adaptive devices.

• Ability to operate a computer or tablet for up to 8 hours daily.

• Capacity to remain calm and composed during physically and emotional demanding situations, ensuring student safety and well-being

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.