Special Education Teacher — Severe Needs

Cherry Creek Schools; Aurora, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Creek Schools in Colorado seeks a Severe Needs Teacher to develop coursework for students with affective and severe needs, delivering instruction across autism classrooms, BD, SED, ILC, transition programming, and more at the school level.

The role emphasizes collaboration with colleagues, data-driven instruction, and involvement in professional learning communities, with responsibilities from planning to assessment and family communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Three (3) years of professional, certified teaching experience.
• Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license is required.
• Colorado Special Education Teacher endorsement applicable to position incumbent’s assigned program.
• Mandatory biennial Crisis Prevention Intervention training provided by the District.
• Use of personal transportation or vehicle not required.
• Use of personal cell phone not required.
• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.
• Intermediate communication, organization, and human relations skills.
• Ability to align curriculum and assessments with state content standards.
• Ability to support programs designed to increase student achievement.
• Ability to assume leadership in the development and communication of programs and curriculum.
• Ability and desire to work as a team member.
• Ability to actively participate in a Professional Learning Community.
• Ability to understand, appreciate, and make accommodations for student diversity.
• Ability to serve as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge that stays on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy

Responsibilities

• Instruct students in large, small, and one-on-one situations.
• Develop, plan, prepare, and implement course content, format, structure, schedule, individualized programs of instruction for students, classroom materials and curriculum, lesson plans, and learning activities.
• Administer, edit, proofread, and grade students’ assignments and assessments.
• Design assessment tasks that allow students to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways and use the data to give meaningful feedback and modify instruction.
• Create a classroom environment which maximizes instructional opportunity, supervise the behavior and well-being of students in the classroom and all educational settings, and administer discipline when appropriate.
• Monitor student growth and progress, adapt support as needed, and maintain documentation pertinent to academic, social, and emotional progress and needs of students.
• Collaborate with teachers, support personnel, administrators, and colleagues to enhance instruction and improve student outcomes.
• Participate in department, team, building, and District meetings and discussions; student and/or family conferences; social, cultural, interscholastic, and extracurricular activities; and professional growth opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Team collaboration

Leadership

Adaptability

Diversity awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license

Colorado Special Education Teacher endorsement

Crisis Prevention Intervention training

Master's degree

Job description

Cherry Creek Schools in Colorado seeks a Severe Needs Teacher to develop coursework for students with affective and severe needs, delivering instruction across autism classrooms, BD, SED, ILC, transition programming, and more at the school level.

The role emphasizes collaboration with colleagues, data-driven instruction, and involvement in professional learning communities, with responsibilities from planning to assessment and family communication.