2025/2026 Special Education Teacher - Candidate Pool

**Job Description******Essential Functions include, but are not limited to the following:****** Provide instruction to students with special needs and identified learning disabilities in a special education program. * Tutor individual and small groups of students, reinforcing language and reading concepts. * Administer and score individual and group tests. * Schedule IEP meetings, coordinating schedules with parents, general education teacher(s), administrator, and all appropriate special education staff. * Conduct IEP meetings. * Communicate and coordinate special needs evaluation and testing with speech teachers, psychologists, and other service providers. * Communicate with parents regarding individual student progress and conduct. * Maintain progress records and record progress toward IEP goals. * Record progress within the independent study program. * Perform other duties in support of the Special Education Specialist program. * Support other academic programs offered within the independent study program. ****Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:***** Special Education Specialist Certificate or ability to obtain Mild/Moderate Certificate. * Ability to teach students of grades K-12. * Ability to work with children of all ages. * Ability to understand, adopt, and support the independent study program, concepts and their philosophies. * Ability to organize and present ideas effectively in oral and written form. * Ability to make skillful decisions. * Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. * Ability to operate a PC computer, word processor, copier, FAX, and other office machines. ****Education and Experience:***** BA/BS Degree required. * Valid California Teaching Credential in Special Education (Mild/Moderate) required. ****Education and Experience:***** BA/BS Degree required. * Valid California Teaching Credential in Special Education (Mild/Moderate) required. **Salary Range:**$81, 000 - $115, 000**Location:**Sacramento **Company Benefits and Perks:*** We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision, and dental coverage, incentives, and an employer-matched retirement plan. * Staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, China, Cuba, and in-country trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and a farm in Northern California. * We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make OFY and our students successful. We are devoted to creating a team of diverse people and encourage anyone passionate about education and excited about what we do to connect with us! To learn more about our schools, visit us at . #J-18808-Ljbffr OPITONS FOR YOUTH CHARTER SCHL