Impactful Special Education Teacher (Cross-Categorical)

Wifca; Madison, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking a Special Education Teacher (Cross Categorical) at Leopold Elementary. This 1.0 FTE position for the 26-27 school year offers a 192-day contract with exempt status.

The district emphasizes anti-racism, inclusion, and a thriving educational environment. The district aims to provide a supportive, collaborative setting with a strong focus on high expectations, equity, and student growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
• Wisconsin DPI teaching license in Special Education required.
• If you do not already have an active Wisconsin teaching license, you must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the position. An application must be on file within 30 days of starting your employment with MMSD.

Responsibilities

• Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction.
• Use knowledge of students’ background, interest, style, culture, language, individual needs, and assessment data to inform planning.
• Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth towards mastery of standards.
• Develop common year-long/course plans that identify the essential questions and resources to support student learning.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning.
• Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning.
• Use multiple ways to check for student understanding and clarify, reteach and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered.
• Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process.
• Collaborating with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co‑teaching.
• Meet with parents/guardians to discuss their student's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Wisconsin DPI Special Education license

Job description

Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking a Special Education Teacher (Cross Categorical) at Leopold Elementary. This 1.0 FTE position for the 26-27 school year offers a 192-day contract with exempt status.

The district emphasizes anti-racism, inclusion, and a thriving educational environment. The district aims to provide a supportive, collaborative setting with a strong focus on high expectations, equity, and student growth.