Full-time Remote Special Education Teacher

Stride, Inc.; Nebraska; Remote; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. through Insight School of Kansas (ISKS) is hiring a full-time Special Education Teacher to deliver online instruction in a virtual environment, guided by each student’s IEP.

Remote position with strong preference for Kansas residents; must hold a Bachelor’s degree and an active state teaching license, and be able to attend in-person PDs and events as required. You will collaborate with families and school staff, maintain compliance documents, monitor progress, and support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and active state teaching license are required.
• Ability to work with IEP teams and develop compliant IEPs and reports.
• Experience teaching online or in traditional classrooms.
• Strong collaboration with teachers, parents, and service staff.
• Proficient with technology and learning platforms.

Responsibilities

• Deliver online instruction in accordance with IEP goals and state requirements.
• Collaborate with families and related service staff to support student needs.
• Develop and maintain compliant IEPs, progress reports, and documentation.
• Lead collaborative IEP meetings and coordinate accommodations.
• Monitor student progress, collect data, and adjust remediation as needed.
• Maintain grade book and communicate student performance to administrators.
• Support learning coaches/parents with curriculum and tech issues in a virtual setting.

Skills

Collaboration

Coaching

Online teaching

Tech savvy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Active state teaching license

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

Job Description Required Certificates and Licenses: Gifted AND Special Education Teaching Certification Required

This position is remote and strongly prefers candidates that reside in Kansas. Must be able to attend in person PDs, testing, and other school events.

The 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.

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families with an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, Insight School of Kansas (ISKS). The mission of Insight School of Kansas (ISKS). The mission of Insight School of Kansas (ISKS)is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. This is a full-time position. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

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
• 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
• Maintain grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress
• 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.

• Bachelor's degree AND
• Active state teaching license AND
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions
• Receptive to receiving coaching on a regular basis with administrators
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology
• Experience teaching online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment
• Experience with online learning platform
• considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

~ This position is virtual

It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

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