Special Education Teacher, Inclusion - Junior High

Fayette County Public Schools; Somerville (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Fayette County Public Schools is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated special education teacher to serve grades 6-8. The successful candidate will join a professional organization dedicated to student success and will perform duties customary to a special education teacher, including lesson planning aligned to state standards and IEP goals.

The role requires an active Tennessee teaching license with the proper endorsement for the applicable grades, collaboration with faculty and administrators,

Qualifications

• Active TN teaching license with the proper endorsement for the grades (special education).
• Experience and ability to develop and manage IEPs and lead IEP meetings.

Responsibilities

• Prepare lessons toward mastery of state standards and IEP goals.
• Differentiate instruction and provide interventions.
• Collaborate with faculty, parents, and stakeholders.
• Monitor students and develop/manage IEPs.
• Hold IEP meetings and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Develop and administer assessments.

Skills

Special education

Grade 6-8

IEP process

Collaboration

Education

TN teaching license

Endorsement: SPED

Job description

Fayette County Public Schools is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher to join our school system. The successful candidate will join a professional organization dedicated to student success. They will be expected to perform duties customary to a special education teacher serving grades 6-8. Those duties include preparing lessons toward mastery of the state standards and the IEP's, collaborating with other faculty, small group instruction, differentiating instruction and providing interventions, working with administrators and coaches to improve performance, monitoring students, developing and managing IEP's, holding IEP meetings, and collaborating and communicating with parents and other stakeholders. Developing and administering assessments is also required.

An active TN teaching license with the proper endorsement is required for the applicable grades.

Attendance is an essential function of the job.