High School Special Education Teacher

Tulsa Honor Academy Teacher

At Tulsa Honor Academy (THA), we are on a mission to equip all scholars with the academic skills, content knowledge, and ethical character required for college graduation and life success.

We believe ALL scholars, regardless of race, background, income or ability, can achieve at high levels. We work relentlessly to ensure 100% of scholars are on a path to go to and graduate from a college of their choice, beginning in the fifth grade.

Opening our doors in 2015 with 92 fifth grade scholars, THA will grow to serve over 1,400 scholars in grades 5-12 across our three schools in the 2026-2027 academic year.

Our work is grounded in our five core values:

• Equity at Our Core
• Committed to Community
• Pursuit of Excellence
• Real Change Now
• We Choose Courage

When you join the THA Familia, you are joining a team with an unwavering commitment to ensuring scholars in our community have access to a high-quality, college preparatory education. One that is focused on developing successful college graduates who will become well-rounded, engaged individuals who will transform their communities.

Candidates must share our unshakeable belief that all scholars can achieve when given the opportunity. Sound like you?

You are a firm believer that all scholars can go to and graduate from college

You demonstrate determination and know that the work is hard, but worth it

You display humility through consistent self-reflection, problem solving and implementation of feedback

You believe in team first and know that success is not defined by individuals, but by the team itself

You demonstrate a commitment to structure knowing that school-wide systems are critical elements of our scholars' success

You are a proactive communicator who does so clearly and concisely with scholars, families and staff

You are nerdy about ensuring scholars have access to rigorous academic instruction, including deep and complex content

You desire to be in the trenches with us and our kids and can engage and motivate diverse stakeholders

You are goal-oriented and set meaningful, ambitious goals and achieve success despite potential obstacles or setbacks

You are always hungry for more and have a deep desire to be an expert in your field

You display grit when the work is hard and utilize ingenuity, resourcefulness and tenacity to tackle complex problems in order to achieve our mission

Teachers are entrusted with advancing the mission of Tulsa Honor Academy through the execution of a standards-aligned curriculum and continuous improvement of their instructional practices based on feedback and support.

Core Commitments

• Develop a palpably positive classroom and school climate with frequent and authentic instances of shared smiling, laughter and enthusiasm where joy is deeply rooted in achievement, the content, and team/individual successes
• Believe that scholar actions and mindsets stem from teacher actions and mindsets
• Develop a strong skill foundation
• Ensure all scholars complete the cognitive work during the lesson, such as reading, writing, discussion, analysis, meaning-making, computation, and problem-solving
• Display that you value risk-taking, especially when the work is challenging. Expect all scholars to attempt all work, take academic risks, and learn from their mistakes
• Sweat the small stuff
• Believe that scholars want and need to be held to a higher standard and that scholars are capable of making good choices
• Teach and enforce school-wide systems, rules and consequences, disciplinary codes, and rewards at all times
• Value parents as our partners
• Model what we expect because we know adults drive culture
• Believe in a all hands on deck mentality
• Gain energy from the feedback cycle, not lose it
• Use feedback to make productive changes in performance
• Ensure our community is an inclusive and safe place
• Execute rigorous instructional materials
• Support teammates, families and scholars
• Do whatever it takes to ensure our scholars go to and graduate from college

Core Responsibilities

• Classroom Culture: A Teacher ensures scholars are full participants in a structured, productive and safe learning environment. Teachers do this through participation, internalization of class/school culture systems, consistent routines, engaging in meaningful work, celebration of character values and a belief that one can be both warm and strict.
• Ambitious Content: A Teacher ensures that scholars work with content that will best develop their understanding of ideas and skills essential to the course. Teachers do this by backwards planning, clearly communicating objectives, executing rigorous course materials, assisting scholars in making meaningful connections and frequently utilizing formal and informal data to ensure mastery.
• Ownership and Engagement: A Teacher must ensure scholars are deeply engaged in the work. THA knows scholars are deeply engaged when they synthesize diverse information/perspectives/view points, consistently complete the cognitive work during the lesson, build upon peers' thinking, receive feedback from teacher and peers, take academic risks and provide meaningful oral or written evidence to support their thinking.
• Demonstration of Learning: A Teacher ensures that scholars are able to demonstrate their learning, including the mastery of rigorous course goals. To do this, teachers must know the status of each scholars' progress towards an objective, scholars must display deep understanding through use of formal and informal assessments, scholars must monitor their own progress, and teachers must ensure scholars are on track to achieve or surpass rigorous course learning goals.
• Commitment to Excellence: A Teacher at THA must display a commitment to their team and improving their craft. Teachers do this through collaborative relationships, remaining engaged, demonstrating ownership for shared culture, remaining solutions-oriented and embodying THA's commitment to continual improvement. Teachers receive regular observations and coaching from an Assistant Principal of Instruction or Principal.

The Role

• Reports to and is held accountable by the school's Principal.
• Provides minutes of service according to scholars' IEPs and ensures scholars achieve the goals set forth in their IEPs.
• Consults with teachers and site leaders to ensure scholars receive appropriate accommodation.
• Accurately archives scholars' Special Education documentation and collects forms required for meeting.
• Crafts instructionally appropriate IEPs.
• Participates in or leads the MEEGS, REDS, and IEP meetings for their scholars.
• Completes compliance tasks as assigned by the Special Education Manager.
• Follows THA's Academic Calendar.
• Full-time, exempt.