Lifeskills Teacher - Special Education Advocate

Austin Achieve; Pflugerville (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Achieve Public Schools is seeking an Elementary Special Education Lifeskills Teacher to provide specialized instruction and supports to scholars with significant needs. You will implement IEPs, collaborate with families and staff, and create a structured, safe classroom promoting growth and independence.

The role emphasizes data-driven progress monitoring, adaptive instruction, and a commitment to closing opportunity gaps for underserved communities in a charter school setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Valid Texas teaching certificate required, including Special Education certification.
• Experience teaching scholars with significant disabilities and intensive support needs in a school setting preferred.
• Experience working with multilingual learners and scholars from low-income and historically underserved communities preferred.
• Knowledge of special education laws, instructional practices, behavior supports, and IEP implementation required.

Responsibilities

• Plans and delivers specially designed instruction aligned to each scholar’s IEP, present levels of academic and functional performance, and identified needs in academic, functional, behavioral, communication, and adaptive skill areas.
• Develops and implements lessons, activities, materials, and instructional supports that are individualized, engaging, and appropriate for scholars with significant support needs.
• Creates a classroom environment that is structured, safe, predictable, and conducive to learning, while supporting scholars’ physical, social, emotional, and behavioral development.
• Implements accommodations, modifications, behavior supports, personal care supports, health-related procedures within role expectations, and other required services in accordance with each scholar’s IEP and applicable plans.
• Participates in the ARD/IEP process by contributing to the development of present levels, measurable annual goals, service recommendations, behavior supports, progress updates, and transition planning as applicable.

Skills

IEP knowledge

Classroom management

Behavior support

Paraprofessional supervision

Multilingual learners experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Austin Achieve Public Schools is seeking an Elementary Special Education Lifeskills Teacher to provide specialized instruction and supports to scholars with significant needs. You will implement IEPs, collaborate with families and staff, and create a structured, safe classroom promoting growth and independence.

The role emphasizes data-driven progress monitoring, adaptive instruction, and a commitment to closing opportunity gaps for underserved communities in a charter school setting.