Special Education Teacher

Company Description

School Mission

Compass Collegiate Academy provides every scholar with the academic foundation and strong habits that inspire and cultivate lifelong learners who lead purposeful, civic lives.

Compass Collegiate Academy strives to create a diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist community. People from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

School Overview

Compass Collegiate Academy (CCA) is a public charter school that opened in Charleston, South Carolina with grades K-1 in August of 2021. Our school is adding a grade each year thereafter until we are a full Kindergarten through 8th grade school. CCA has intentionally built its school model and budget to ensure that the student body is representative of the student population in North Charleston and the Charleston peninsula, the school’s geographic target area.

CCA is driven by core beliefs:

• All Means All - The school operates with a non-negotiable belief in the potential of every child, and every adult will act as if every scholar can achieve at high levels irrespective of background.
• Rigorous Curriculum - The curriculum is designed to help scholars develop foundational knowledge and advanced literacy skills in the early grades to prepare for higher-order analysis and critical thinking later.
• Social and Emotional Growth - The school focuses on helping scholars understand their identities and communities and build relationships across lines of difference, developing character strengths such as kindness, determination, curiosity, gratitude and integrity.
• High-quality Staff - The school will have a robust hiring and development model to ensure a high-quality teaching and learning environment for scholars, with ongoing growth for both adults and students.
• Personalized Learning through Data-Driven Instruction - A cycle of assessment, analysis, and action to identify needs and differentiate instruction.
• Parental Involvement and Intentional Community - Families are partners in growth and development, with updates on scholar progress, regular communication with teachers, and access to workshops and events. The school will cultivate a supportive community among diverse families.

Role Expectations

The Special Education Teacher works closely with the Lead Teachers, the Dean of Academics and the Executive Director to support CCA scholars who are at risk for academic underperformance due to emotional, cognitive, and/or physical challenges so that they can succeed in the school’s academic program. The Special Education Teacher holds primary responsibility for managing the school’s special education caseload, monitoring scholar IEPs, and providing academic, emotional, and physical support and interventions for scholars who require additional support to thrive within the school’s inclusion model.

Special Education Teachers will support teachers in all academic subject areas.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Special Education Program

• Ensure operation in compliance with special education law and procedures at all times.
• Serve as the case manager for scholars who have IEPs on caseload.
• Attend all required charter school sponsor special education training and workshops.
• Participate in the school’s pre-referral and IEP and 504 processes.
• Participate in the development of Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) (and potentially 504 plans) as needed.
• Develop expertise with the school’s literacy program and adapt literacy instruction for all special education scholars.

Within caseload:

• Ensure scholar IEP requirements and 504 plan accommodations on caseload are being met.
• Assess and report mastery of IEP goals to parents and other members of the scholar’s support team.
• Maintain all special education records according to privacy and confidentiality requirements.
• Communicate regularly with parents and as required by law to support special education scholar learning needs.
• Participate in and collaborate with school leader or SPED coordinator to lead multi-disciplinary team meetings, including annual, eligibility, re-evaluation, and manifestation determination meetings.

Instructional Collaboration and Support

• Provide direct intervention…