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Job Title: Teacher – Special Ed

Position Type: Teaching – Special Education / Special Ed Resource / Inclusion

Date Posted: 11/7/2025

Location: G W Carver Middle

Wage/Hour Status: Exempt/Contracted

Reports To: Principal(s)

Pay Grade/Days: Teacher/187

Dept./School: Assigned Campus(es)

Date Revised: June 2017

Serve as Special Education Case Manager to develop and oversee the implementation of a student IEP’s. Collect and analyze multiple sources of data to provide input on student progress regarding the general curriculum. Monitor each student on the caseload for adherence to attendance and disciplinary policies. Maintain compliance with federal, state, and district policies or procedures. Provide specially‑designed instruction, using research‑based methodologies, to assist with student progress on IEP’s.

• Comply with all Special Education Case Manager responsibilities per the Case Manager Handbook, Special Education Department procedures, and campus/District procedures.
• Develop, oversee the implementation of, and progress monitor student IEP’s.
• Report progress to the parent(s)/guardian(s) as outlined in student IEP’s.
• Train general education teacher(s) in effectively implementing student IEP’s prior to the first day of instruction and immediately following each ARD.
• Collaborate with general education teacher(s) to ensure that special education students are receiving the services outlined in their IEP’s and that students are making progress in the general education curriculum.
• Attend all required meetings (ARD, Case Manager, staffing, faculty, PLC, etc.).
• Serve as a liaison between general education and special education, disseminating information from professional development trainings at the campus level.
• Collaborate with students, parents, and other staff to develop IEP’s through the ARD Committee process for each student assigned.
• Plan and use appropriate research‑based instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect the learning needs of students assigned.
• Plan and supervise assignments for teacher paraprofessional(s) and volunteer(s) as required.
• Prepare lessons and lesson plans as required.
• Manage student behavior, including implementation of behavior intervention plans and research‑based behavioral interventions.
• Intervene in crisis situations and physically restrain students, within District approved procedures, as necessary for staff and student safety.
• Establish and maintain appropriate communication and professional relationships with parents, students, colleagues, and community members.
• Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required, including the Special Education Principal’s Notebook.
• Perform other duties related to Special Education as assigned.

• Education/Certification:
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
  • Valid Texas teaching certificate(s) with required special education endorsements for assignments.
• Special Knowledge/
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Knowledge of disability categories and ability to develop specially‑designed instruction to address individualized needs.
  • Expertise in differentiated instructional strategies, including academic and behavioral strategies.
  • Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
  • Ability to analyze data to recommend instructional practices.
  • Ability to manage personnel, when necessary.
  • Superior organizational, time management, communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.
  • Superior problem‑solving skills.
  • Knowledge of the ARD Committee process and IEP goal‑setting and implementation.
• Experience: Approved student teaching/internship.

Supervise assigned teacher paraprofessional(s).

Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom or adaptive equipment. May be required to lift and position students with physical disabilities, control behavior through physical restraint, and assist non‑ambulatory students. Exposure to biological hazards.

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