IDEA High School Special Education Teacher

Stride; United States; Remote; USD 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride's TVAH seeks a passionate High School IDEA Special Education teacher for 2025/2026. You will be the teacher of record for self-contained and ALT students, delivering instruction in a virtual setting and monitoring progress toward IEP goals.

Texas Special Education certification is required; ESL certification preferred. You will collaborate with parents and general education staff, document services, and ensure compliance with state requirements.

Qualifications

• Texas Special Education certification is required or preferred.
• Experience creating and managing IEPs and related compliance documentation.
• Experience with progress monitoring and data-driven instruction.
• Proficient in data analysis and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% for in-person testing and PD.
• Ability to work with self-contained and ALT student populations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage IEPs, progress reports, and state-required documentation.
• Provide rich, engaging online instruction for self-contained and ALT students.
• Collaborate with parents and general education teachers to support student needs.
• Monitor student progress toward IEP goals and maintain service logs.
• Prepare students for high-stakes standardized assessments.
• Maintain strong communication with families and learning coaches/parents.

Skills

Collaboration

IEP development

Progress monitoring

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel

Strong communication

Travel

Education

Texas Special Education license

ESL certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

Required Certificates and Licenses: Texas Special Education and ESL preferred

Residency Requirements

Texas

Salary

This position offers a base salary around $52,000

Start Date

School Year 2025/2026

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANYONE. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace.

Passionate High School Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school,

Texas Virtual Academy of Hallsville (TVAH). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of Texas Virtual Academy of Hallsville (TVAH) 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. Join us!

IDEA Special Education Teacher is the teacher of record for their students and provides instruction, support and guidance and manages the learning process focusing on self-contained and ALT students' individual needs as defined by each student's Individual Education Program (IEP). This role is also responsible for progress monitoring on goals and service logs as required in serving special education students and for all compliance documents required in serving self-contained and ALT students.

Essential Functions

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

• Collaborate with parents and colleagues to manage coarse goals, curriculum, and materials that enhance the learning experience;
• Manager to create compliant IEP's, progress reports and other state specific required special education documentation;
• Participate and provide input for collaborative special education meetings such as annual IEP meetings;
• Actively participate in Professional Learning Communities (or professional development);
• Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students;
• Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment as needed;
• Participate in data analysis meetings to monitor student growth;
• Collect data and work samples to monitor student progress towards IEP goals and objectives;
• Document all contact with parents, collaborations with general education teachers, and interventions with students;
• Using provided resources to ensure accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities such as assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text;
• Provide special education services to students; support general education teachers and parents with student accommodations to promote the attainment of IEP goals;

• Ensure inclusion and success of student in the general education classroom;

• Provide personalizing learning for all students;
• Demonstrate abelief in all students' ability to succeed and meet high expectations;
• Maintain grade book ensuring student academic integrity, provide input for student placement and promotion decisions, and alert administrators to concerns about student performance and progress;
• Prepare students for high stakes standardized tests;
• Understand that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner;
• 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;

• Support in-person student testing.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers tointerpret 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
• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; PowerPoint
• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
• Strong written/verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to support in-person student testing, attend professional development or other travel as required by the school
• Ability to clear required background check

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in with self-contained and ALT students in the proposed age group
• 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

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative