Special Education Teacher: Inclusive Classrooms & Impact

POWER CENTER ACADEMY MIDDLE - SOUTHEAST; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Gestalt Community Schools in Memphis, TN seeks a Special Education teacher to join its PCAES SE location. The role focuses on creating flexible programs and learning environments for students with disabilities.

You will implement IEP-driven instruction, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and communicate with families. Requires TN teaching license in Special Education and a bachelor’s degree. Experience with inclusive classrooms and project-based learning is preferred.

Qualifications

• Holds a current TN teaching license in Special Education or Interventionist with appropriate endorsement codes (Required)
• Have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Proven track record of academic success as evident in TVAAS, state assessments, and value ad data. (Preferred)
• Hold the belief that all students can learn at high academic levels.
• Uses digital content, technology integration, and project-based learning in a highly proficient manner.
• Have the ability to work in an extended day environment.
• Have the ability to teach in an inclusion environment with a co‑teacher.
• Good communication and written skills required.
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory--and perceptual--motor skills, language, cognition, and memory
• Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi--sensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, as determined by IEPs using positive behavioral support
• Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities using various instructional techniques
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction and projects
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and a conducive learning environment
• Meet with parents to discuss progress and determine priorities for their children’s IEPs
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to develop IEPs
• Maintain accurate student records and prepare reports as required
• Establish clear objectives for lessons and communicate them to students
• Develop plans for communication, monitoring, and follow-up in inclusive settings
• Provide crisis intervention, as needed
• Assist in data collection for appropriate classroom interventions
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Assist in preparation of data for local, state, and federal reports
• Maintain professional competence via staff development
• Responsible for compliance and reporting obligations for scholars and assigned location
• Perform related work as required
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Special Education

Inclusion classroom

Communication skills

Team player

Technology integration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

TN teaching license (Special Education)

Job description

Gestalt Community Schools in Memphis, TN seeks a Special Education teacher to join its PCAES SE location. The role focuses on creating flexible programs and learning environments for students with disabilities.

You will implement IEP-driven instruction, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and communicate with families. Requires TN teaching license in Special Education and a bachelor’s degree. Experience with inclusive classrooms and project-based learning is preferred.