Elementary Special Education Teacher

Elementary Special Education Teacher

Location: Montabella Elementary, Montabella Community Schools

Anticipated Start Date: August 2026

Salary: As per the Master Agreement

Desired Qualifications: Elementary Teaching Certificate Highly Qualified to Teach Special Education (SA, SE, SM or SV)

Performance Responsibilities:

Management Responsibilities:

• Timely attendance for all classes, meetings, assignments, etc.
• Constructive utilization of school time including preparation period.
• Prompt and efficient handling of all administrative requests, i.e., lesson plans, progress reports, discipline forms, purchase orders, etc.
• Maintenance of a positive and constructive classroom atmosphere.
• Keeping supervisor informed of serious problems and/or irregular events.
• Help develop, operate and facilitate behavior plans
• Compliance with all school policies, procedures and articles of the master contract.
• Establish and work toward the fulfillment of professional goals and professional growth goals that compliment school-wide goals and needs.
• This position often includes helping students with bathroom needs.

Social Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain a non-threatening atmosphere for individual students and your classes in total.
• Establish a sense of trust and fairness within your classroom.
• Establish a sense of belonging, unity and spirit of cooperation among your students.
• To as great an extent as is possible, display democratic values in dealing with your students.
• Communicate frequently and effectively with students and parents.
• Display empathy and respect for students as individuals at all times.
• Work in a spirit of cooperation with all school personnel.
• Proceed constructively rather than destructively in the handling of perceived in-school problems.

Instructional Responsibilities:

• Display thorough planning and organization on a semester unit, weekly and daily basis.
• Display a thorough knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subject matter being taught.
• Specify what is to be learned on a daily basis.
• Provide the motivation to learn it.
• Challenge students daily through the provision of materials and information at a suitable rate.
• Display competence in the utilization of a variety of instructional activities.
• Keep students on task and monitor student progress through the elicitation of oral responses and fair and frequent evaluations.
• Diagnose difficulties and provide remediation on an individual basis to as great an extent as possible.
• Provide praise and encouragement for good performance.
• Provide review and practice to maintain learning over long periods of time.

Special Education Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement individualized instruction programs.
• Provide ongoing and periodic evaluations of student's progress and make recommendations concerning curriculum areas to be emphasized and required accommodations.
• Develop and maintain an appropriate relationship with parents and inform them of student's progress.
• Maintain an appropriate record keeping system.
• Participate in extracurricular activities that are a part of the total educational experience for all children.
• Participate in IEP and MET meetings when appropriate.

Method of Application: Interested applicants should apply online.

Contact: Michael Moore, Montabella Elementary Principal

Notice of Nondiscrimination: The Montabella Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, marital status, height, weight, religion, or disability in its programs and activities.