Special Education Teacher: Collaborative IEP & Case Manager

Sankofa Montessori; Forest Park (GA); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

TRS retirement plan

403(b) retirement plan

Health benefits

Dedicated planning time

Professional development and coaching

Technology/resources for instruction

Résumé du poste

Sankofa Montessori in Forest Park, Georgia seeks a dedicated Special Education Teacher for the 2026–2027 school year. You will provide high-quality, individualized instruction and services aligned with students' IEPs across classrooms, co-teaching, and small-group formats.

Collaborate with general education teachers, families, and service providers to ensure compliance with IDEA/IEP requirements while maintaining accurate records and communicating effectively about student progress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college.
• Valid or eligible Georgia educator certification in Special Education.
• Knowledge of IDEA, IEP development and implementation, progress monitoring, accommodations and modifications, and special education compliance.
• Ability to provide specially designed instruction to students with a range of learning needs.
• Strong instructional and classroom management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teachers, families, school leaders, and related service providers.
• Commitment to inclusive education and high expectations for students with disabilities.
• Successful completion of required background checks.

Responsabilités

• Provide direct special education services in accordance with students' IEPs, including co-taught, small-group, and individualized instruction.
• Ensure IEP services, accommodations, modifications, goals, and service minutes are implemented with fidelity.
• Develop, review, and maintain high-quality, compliant IEPs.
• Serve as case manager for assigned students and maintain accurate and timely special education records.
• Monitor student progress toward annual IEP goals and consistently collect and analyze progress-monitoring data.
• Use student data to adjust instruction, interventions, accommodations, and supports.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to plan and deliver differentiated and specially designed instruction.
• Support students' access to grade-level standards and the general education curriculum.
• Participate in eligibility, reevaluation, annual review, amendment, manifestation determination, and other required special education meetings.
• Support referral, evaluation, reevaluation, and eligibility processes.
• Coordinate with speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, behavior specialists, psychologists, and other providers.
• Maintain proactive communication with families regarding student progress, services, needs, and upcoming meetings.
• Ensure teachers understand students' accommodations, modifications, goals, behavior supports, and instructional needs.
• Support positive student behavior and social-emotional development using proactive, restorative, and individualized approaches.
• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with FERPA, IDEA, and applicable requirements.
• Meet all required timelines for IEPs, evaluations, progress reports, documentation, and other special education responsibilities.
• Participate in professional learning, collaborative planning, data meetings, and staff meetings.
• Demonstrate Sankofa's core values of Love, Joy, Ownership, Purpose, and Reflection.

Connaissances

Classroom management

Communication skills

Collaboration

Compliance knowledge

Formation

Georgia SPED certification

Bachelor's degree

Description du poste

Sankofa Montessori in Forest Park, Georgia seeks a dedicated Special Education Teacher for the 2026–2027 school year. You will provide high-quality, individualized instruction and services aligned with students' IEPs across classrooms, co-teaching, and small-group formats.

Collaborate with general education teachers, families, and service providers to ensure compliance with IDEA/IEP requirements while maintaining accurate records and communicating effectively about student progress.