Special Education Teacher - Adapted Curriculum - Journey Middle School - 2025-26 School Year Only

Albemarle Co; Charlottesville (VA); Vor Ort; USD 52.000 - 78.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville is seeking a Special Education Teacher - Adapted Curriculum for Journey Middle School for the 2025-26 school year. You will implement Virginia's standards and adapt instruction to meet diverse learner needs.

The ideal candidate holds or is eligible for a Virginia teaching certificate with endorsement in School Counseling, and you will collaborate with a team to support students' growth and success.

Qualifikationen

• Virginia teaching certificate with endorsement in School Counseling.

Aufgaben

• Teach standards-based content using Virginia's standards with research-based curricula and adapted activities.
• Assist children with multiple disabilities and other impairments.
• Implements Individualized Education Plans, as written, for students with disabilities.
• Use varied teaching methods to promote learning, including intensive individualized instruction, problem-solving assignments, and small-group work.
• Ensure appropriate accommodations are available in class and when a student needs to access the environment, curriculum and assessments.
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provide individualized and small group instruction.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences to best utilize the available time for instruction.

Ausbildung

Virginia teaching certificate with endorsement in School Counseling

Jobbeschreibung

Special Education Teacher- Adapted Curriculum

Journey Middle School

2025-26 School Year Only

Teach Lead Inspire

Be an educator in Albemarle County Public Schools

Are you looking to work in a school division where students are engaged in authentic, challenging, and relevant learning experiences, becoming lifelong contributors and leaders in our dynamic and diverse society? Then look no further!

In Albemarle County Public Schools, we work together as a team to end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children's success through high-quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student!

We are the first public school division in Virginia, and among the first in the country, to develop and implement an Anti-Racism policy with the expressed purpose of building school communities that share the responsibility to recognize and end racism, eliminate inequitable practices that result in achievement gaps, and support the unique gifts, talents, and interests of every child. In ACPS, "all" really means all.

Who We’re Looking For

Teachers and Specialists are essential to achieving our goals of Thriving Students, affirming and Empowering Communities, and Equitable, Transformative Resources.

Our ideal candidates are:

• Innovative, self-reflective, collaborative, knowledgeable in their content area and instructional practices, and are continually growing and improving
• Passionate about closing equity and achievement gaps
• Prepared to engage with our Culturally Responsive Teaching model in support of our Equity Mission Statement

Why Work in Our Schools

Here are just a few reasons why both new and experienced educators choose to join our team:

• Strong instructional support and mentoring from our building administrators, instructional coaches, learning technology integrators, diversity resource teachers, and equity specialists
• A wide range professional development opportunities, including our New Teacher Academy and many other learning experiences held throughout the year for new and experienced teachers
• Competitive pay and benefits, including health & dental coverage, retirement, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, wellness program, discounts on gym memberships, and more
• The opportunity to work in a close-knit, supportive community where you can continue to grow as a professional

Be sure to check out our website to learn more about our Division and our Schools. You can read the full job description here.

Location

Situated around beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia - which is consistently ranked among America's top university towns and best places to live - Albemarle County is nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah National Park. Just 100 miles south of Washington, DC and 70 miles west of Richmond, it's only a short trip to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic beaches, and New York is an easy Amtrak ride away. Whether it's the great outdoors, a vibrant and diverse arts, food, and culture scene, or small town living with a big city feel, our part of Central Virginia has something for everyone.

Qualifications: Candidates for this position must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching certificate with endorsement in School Counseling. More information can be found on the VDOE website.

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Full Job Description:

General Definition of Work:

The Special Education Teacher - Adapted Curriculum involves working with students with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and various other educational disabilities. The assignment for this teacher may include the Special Education Teacher in a C-BASE (Curriculum Focus Building Appropriate Supports with Evidence), Functional Skills, Community Based Instruction, or Post High programs. The students served by this teacher are typically assessed using the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP).

Essential Functions:

• Teach students content to meet the standards outlined in Virginia's Aligned Standards of Learning and the Virginia Standards of Learning using research-based curriculum, strategies & materials correlated with other approved learning activities and adjusted to suit each student's needs;
• Assist children with multiple disabilities, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, autism, combined deafness and blindness, traumatic brain injury and other health impairments;
• Implements Individualized Education Plans, as written, for student with disabilities;
• Use various teaching methods to promote learning, including intensive individualized instruction, problem-solving assignments, and small-group work;
• Ensure appropriate accommodations are available in class and when a student needs to access the environment, curriculum and assessments;
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provide individualized and small group instruction;
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences to best utilize the available time for instruction;
• Provide