Aspen High School Special Education Teacher 2025-2026

Aspen School District; Aspen (CO); On-site; USD 54,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen School District is seeking a dedicated Special Education Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. This role entails creating a supportive learning environment for students with disabilities and requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree along with a Colorado Teaching License. Competitive benefits include district-funded health insurance and paid leave.

Benefits

District-funded health benefits (medical, vision, dental)

Paid leave

Pension plan enrollment with district contribution

Free transportation for employees

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

Supplemental insurance options

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in relevant field.
• Current Colorado Teaching License or ability to obtain within 2 months.

Responsibilities

• Create a learning environment for students with disabilities.
• Collaborate with teachers and parents for student success.
• Manage Individualized Education Programs (IEP) effectively.

Skills

Organization

Collaboration

Supervision

Instruction

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Current Colorado Teaching License

Job description

Aspen High School Special Education Teacher 2025-2026

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Position Title: Special Education Teacher (Mild/Moderate and Significant Support Needs)

Department: Aspen High School

Reports to: High School Principal/Asst Principal

Classification: Certified Full-time Exempt

Contract Period: 9 Month (185 days with some variance depending on the year)

Compensation: Certified Salary Schedule

ASD offers district-funded employee and dependent health benefits including medical, vision, dental, and life insurance to benefit-eligible employees. Other benefits include (as eligible): paid leave, CO PERA (pension plan) enrollment with district contribution, TSA options, free transportation for employees from Carbondale to Aspen, employee assistance program, wellness program, and supplemental insurance (i.e. cancer, disability, etc).

Position Summary

The Special Education Teacher creates a learning environment to encourage independence, self-motivation, self-direction, personal empowerment, and self-advocacy of children with disabilities. This position will support students with mild/moderate and significant disabilities.

Position Responsibilities

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Create a learning environment characterized by acceptable student behavior and efficient use of time by preparing materials and planning and conducting activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time. Provide students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate while employing appropriate intervention strategies and practices to maintain student attention and order.
• Employ strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of academic skills, language, cognition, and memory to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
• Use a variety of assessments, including formal and informal assessments, to determine students' strengths and areas of need for the purpose of creating an Individualized Education Program for each student.
• Collaborate with regular classroom teachers, related service staff, and paraprofessionals to plan and coordinate appropriate services.
• As necessary, accommodate and modify instruction to meet the individual student's needs.
• Case manage and implement the Individualized Education Program for each student on caseload.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, clearly communicating instructional plans and objectives to colleagues who also work with individual students.
• Accurately document and report ongoing student achievement using IEP software database and monitoring timelines for compliance with state laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Monitor individual student progress
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
• Participate, as appropriate, in the school's Response to Intervention/Multi-Tiered Systems of Support process.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, to determine their priorities for their children, and establish their resource needs for the purpose of involving them as partners in student learning
• Ensures full attendance on all contracted workdays as outlined in the employment agreement, including arriving on time and remaining for the entire contracted day.
• Be present and actively engaged during the scheduled workdays according to the school's academic calendar, observing holidays, breaks, and scheduled professional development days as appropriate.
• Arrive on time for all scheduled workdays and meetings, including the beginning of school, lunch breaks, and any special assignments, ensuring minimal disruption to the academic schedule.
• Notify the appropriate school personnel in advance for any anticipated absences, including following district procedures for requesting leave, and provide documentation when necessary.
• In the event of an absence, ensure that appropriate substitute plans are prepared and submitted in accordance with school policy, facilitating a smooth transition for students.
• Other duties as assigned or necessary.
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Understands the IEP process
• Ability to supervise, instruct, motivate, and problem solve with assigned paraprofessionals as well as other colleagues
• Experience with special populations including complex disability profiles
• Displays organization, preparation, and punctuality, meeting deadlines, and following through on commitments
• Handles disagreements and conflicts in a diplomatic manner, maintaining composure during difficult conflict situations, to prevent decreased effectiveness over time
• Maintains ethics, legal responsibility, and confidentiality
• Develops and maintains rapport and effective relationships with children and adults contacted in the course of work
• Actively contributes to the goals and success of all team members through collaboration, cooperation, and flexibility in team discussions and decision making, giving and receiving constructive feedback
• Stays current on professional knowledge and technical skills through training opportunities and participation in relevant professional committees and organizations
• Attain Safety Care training methods and credentials (provided by the district)
• Formulates goals that include specific, measurable outcomes and develops new goals when current goals have been achieved
• Observes and adheres to district policies and procedures
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelors or Masters Degree
• A current Colorado Teaching License with an endorsement as a Special Education Generalist or ability to obtain within 2 months of hire
  
  

Work Environment

• Mostly clean and comfortable surroundings
• May be exposed to body fluids
  
  

Essential Physical Requirements

• Heavy lifting is required to assist students in ambulation, toileting (including diaper changing) and other personal needs and for management and de-escalation of students with aggressive behaviors.
  
  

Supervisory Duties

• Trains, provides work direction, assigns, and schedules work for assigned paraprofessionals.
  
  

Acknowledgement

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The successful candidate will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Director. The Aspen School District reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

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