Life Skills Teacher (Special Ed) — High-Impact 10-Month Role

YES Prep Public Schools; Houston (TX); Vor Ort; USD 64.000 - 103.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and Supplemental Insurance

Retirement Plans

Paid Time Off

Paid Leave Programming

Professional Development

Award-Winning Culture

Zusammenfassung

YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, TX is seeking a Life Skills Teacher to deliver inclusive, data-driven instruction and compliant IEP services. The role is a 10-month position with strong pathways for professional growth and a mission-driven culture.

You will collaborate with a team of educators to build rigorous lessons, monitor progress, communicate with families, and support students toward post-secondary success within a collaborative school community.

Qualifikationen

• Experience with Life Skills programming or similar settings.
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution.
• At least 3 years of exemplary Special Education teaching experience.
• Hold a valid Texas Educator Special Education Certification.
• Hold a valid Texas Educator Certification in Core Content.
• Belief in and commitment to the mission and core value of YES Prep Public Schools.
• Openness to giving and receiving frequent feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to work on a team.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and initiatives at once.
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.

Aufgaben

• Developing rigorous lessons by internalizing and using alternate curriculum to achieve jaw-dropping student achievement results while maximizing inclusive practices and post-secondary preparedness.
• Setting ambitious goals with your students and monitoring their progress while encouraging them through frequent and persistent feedback.
• Tracking student growth and using data and feedback from coaches to create student growth plans when needed for student achievement concerns.
• Building transformative relationships with students and families by providing regular, and consistent, communication with parents via phone or video conference, email, or district-approved website.
• Creating a physical classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students.
• Collaborating with Teaching Assistants to work through daily lesson plans and add resources when needed to fit students’ needs.
• Leading Teaching Assistants on the implementation of lessons and learning structures (i.e., stations) in the classroom.
• Meeting regular deadlines for planning daily lessons, submitting grades, and submitting/ filing work samples.
• Working on a team of teachers and leaders to provide consistency, support, and accountability to all students.
• Working with content teams in Professional Development to norm on and improve student learning.
• Completing compliance tasks that include but are not limited to: writing accurate, aligned, data-driven IEPs for students on your caseload; updating service logs; updating IEP progress reports, etc.
• Scheduling and facilitating Community-Based Instruction (CBI) for qualifying students on a predetermined cadence.
• Completing supervision duties on campus that support student safety including but not limited to morning duty, lunch duty, dismissal, detention, and afterschool duty.
• Growing professionally in your craft of teaching by both receiving and giving feedback on a consistent basis from SpEd Manager, School Leader, Administration Team.
• Executing TELPAS Alt and STAAR Alt 2 assessments in alignment with guidance provided from the district and students’ IEPs.
• Persisting in the face of challenges, learning from mistakes, and setting a strong example of character for your students.
• Being available by phone, email, or video conferencing to confer with campus leaders, collaborators, students, and/or parents.
• Providing personal care services as needed
• Additional duties as assigned

Kenntnisse

Life Skills programming

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Jobbeschreibung

YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, TX is seeking a Life Skills Teacher to deliver inclusive, data-driven instruction and compliant IEP services. The role is a 10-month position with strong pathways for professional growth and a mission-driven culture.

You will collaborate with a team of educators to build rigorous lessons, monitor progress, communicate with families, and support students toward post-secondary success within a collaborative school community.