SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

Special Education Teacher

The purpose of the Special Education Teacher is to empower students with disabilities in a correctional facility by providing individualized special education services, developing and implementing IEPs, coordinating transition support, delivering specialized instruction, and maintaining professional certification to help students achieve their academic and personal potential.

Job duties include providing special education services and teaching academic subjects to students with disabilities in a correctional facility, developing, implementing, and monitoring Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), conducting transition planning, making referrals, and coordinating with institutional staff and external agencies to ensure seamless support. Specialized instruction, accommodations, and modifications will be delivered, and student progress will be closely monitored.

Benefits include paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits; supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, and Hospitalization insurance; tuition-free college courses; and retirement plans with the Florida Retirement System.

Requirements include a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college/university and possession or eligibility to apply for a Temporary Florida Department of Corrections Educator's Certificate or a temporary State of Florida Educator's Certificate. Successful applicants will be issued a Florida Department of Corrections CTE Temporary Educator's Certificate and must obtain the Department of Corrections Educator's Professional Certificate within five years. This position requires passing the Exceptional Student Education (K12) Subject Area Exam within 12 months of hire.

Location: Crawfordville, FL, US, 32327