Special Education Teacher – Bilingual Spanish – full time

RCM Health Care Services; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401K

Flex Spending

Referral Bonus

Direct Deposit

Job summary

RCM Health Care Services is seeking a bilingual Spanish Special Education Teacher for a full-time, in-person position at a Colorado school. The role focuses on designing and delivering instruction, creating and implementing IEPs, and collaborating with families and general education staff.

Responsibilities include delivering research-based interventions, supervising paraprofessionals, coordinating MTSS-aligned practices, and maintaining compliant IEP processes and progress reports.

Qualifications

• BILINGUAL SPANISH required for classroom instruction and family communication.
• Colorado teaching license or licensure in process with endorsement for SPED Generalist or relevant population.
• BVSD online application submitted as part of selection.
• READ Act Designation required if literacy instruction is provided under READ Act SB 19-199/SB22-004.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver instruction aligned with IEP goals and student learning needs.
• Implement IEP services and behavior plans.
• Direct paraprofessionals/volunteers supporting IEP implementation.
• Provide instruction in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and life/job skills in varied group sizes.
• Accommodate and modify work per student IEP; support students with health/safety needs.
• Develop and monitor IEPs for caseload with compliant timelines.
• Coordinate IEP meetings and document progress and reports.
• Collect data using formal and informal tools to guide eligibility and IEP development.

Skills

BILINGUAL SPANISH

Education

Colorado teaching license or licensure in process

Tools

Infinite Campus

Frontline

Job description

RCM is looking for BILINGUAL SPANISH Special Education Teachers. This is a full time position during this school year, in person at the school location. Interviews conducted now.

Summary

1st grade Special Education Teachers are responsible for designing and delivering effective instruction per students’ individual learning needs, developing and authoring compliant Individual Education Plans, and providing seamless collaboration with general education, families, paraeducators and other special education providers.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized instruction and research based intervention in the areas of academics, behavior, social emotional learning, and executive functioning.
• Implementation of IEP services and behavior plans.
• Manage and direct the work of paraprofessional and/or volunteers who support IEP implementation.
• This may include direct instruction on a variety of subjects including reading, writing, math, science, social studies, social skills and life/job skills, in various group sizes.
• Accommodate, modify and adapt work in alignment with the student’s IEP.
• Provide appropriate support for students with physical, health/medical, or safety needs.
• Develop and implement an IEP for each student on the caseload, monitoring dates for compliance.
• Includes coordinating all IEP meetings including annual, initial evaluations, re-evaluations and additional meetings for students on the caseload and maintaining compliance with IEP implementation.
• Complete progress monitoring and coordinate progress reports for all students on their caseload, including those at report card times and at IEP reviews.
• Collect and analyze data using multiple assessment tools, formal and informal for Initial and Re-evaluations to guide eligibility determinations and IEP development including behavior planning.
• Collaborate with families, general education staff, paraprofessionals, and service providers.
• This includes areas such as accommodations, instruction, grading, least restrictive environment, data collection and assessment and meaningful inclusion.
• Consultation in the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) schoolwide process.
• Direct daily activities of paraeducators to support student needs, including developing daily schedules, providing training to perform job duties, model and provide guidance on instructional practices.
• Create and foster a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment in which all students see themselves represented in the classroom and understand the behavioral expectations; implements procedures and routines that maximize student learning; respond to student misconduct in a respectful manner using restorative practices and safe deescalation techniques; actively seek a variety of perspectives; demonstrate mutual respect for peers and adults in a variety of contexts; and communicate and involve parent/guardians in all aspects of their child’s education.
• Create and support a culture of equity and inclusion that values, accepts, and understands diversity and the impact of culturally responsive practices.
• Understand and identify barriers in classroom instructional practices that contribute to disproportionate outcomes for underrepresented groups of students.
• Develop positive relationships with parents/families; encourage parental involvement in students’ education and ensure effective communication with students and parents; provide proactive, clear and constructive feedback to families about student progress and work collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the lives of their students; and foster two way communication with families.
• Exhibit a growth mindset through participation in high quality professional learning; actively participate in the evaluation process through goal setting, reflection, and development of new strategies and techniques.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• BILINGUAL SPANISH
• Currently hold a Colorado teaching license or have licensure application in process with appropriate endorsement as Special Education Generalist or the equivalent or the appropriate endorsement for the student population (must upload license or in process documentation to application).
• Completed and submitted BVSD on-line application.
• The READ Act SB 19-199 (PDF) and SB22-004 (PDF) requires that all Colorado teachers who provide literacy instruction to students must earn a “READ Act Designation” by meeting specific requirements. If you are hired for a position requiring the READ Act Designation, you will be required to obtain it.

Preferred

• Skills and experience in collaboration and co-teaching with classroom teachers and support professionals.
• Training or experience in serving English Language Learners (ELL) students.
• Technology and software skills and experience-(Infinite Campus and Frontline).

Schedule

School Year – Full Time – Will follow Academic Calendar

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability insurance
• 401K Flex Spending
• Referral Bonus Program
• Weekly Direct Deposit

Compensation

$60-$65/hour – based on experience and location of assignment

About Us

RCM Health Care Services’ mission is to provide opportunities for qualified candidates across medical professions. We deliver timely results and have built a reputation of trust with our clients and candidates. Since 1975, we have been providing staffing solutions to many of the finest healthcare institutions across the nation and careers for thousands of candidates. As professional career opportunity matchmakers, we follow up and follow through to help our clients and candidates to reach their career and life goals.

We proudly hold the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval as well.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Reasonable Accommodation

RCM Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for or perform this role, please contact us and we will engage in an interactive process to support your needs.