Teacher, Special Education, Elementary; Strat I or II school ye

Overview

Teacher, Special Education, Elementary (Strat I or II), $10,000 Hiring Bonus! 2026-27 school year, Indianola, IA

Job Description

Join Our Elementary Special Education Team in Indianola! Open for 2026-27 school year.

We’re hiring passionate educators who want to make a difference in the lives of young learners and we’re proud to offer competitive pay and strong professional support. Indianola CSD maintains excellent compensation standards because we believe in fair wages and investing in our people.

Located just south of Des Moines, Indianola offers a welcoming, small-town community with big opportunities for connection and growth.

Why Indianola CSD?

A supportive team environment with multiple special education teachers in each building. A comprehensive mentoring program designed to help new teachers thrive, with ongoing collaboration and guidance from experienced colleagues. Access to instructional coaches who provide individualized support and resources to strengthen your teaching practice. A district committed to innovation, inclusion, and student success, living our vision of “Proud Traditions .

. Unlimited Possibilities.”

A caring community that values education and celebrates the success of both students and staff.

Ready to start your next chapter in a district that values you as much as your students? APPLY NOW!

Position Title: Teacher, Special Education

Department: Special Education

Reports To: Special Education Director, Principal

Provides specially designed instruction, makes appropriate accommodations and modifications and ensures that special education services are reasonably calculated to provide educational benefits to entitled students and are implemented with integrity.

Essential duties must be performed on site. Other duties may be assigned.

• Reports to work as scheduled on a regular and reliable basis.
• Provides entitled students with specially designed instruction aimed at achieving the goals outlined in their IEPs.
• Instructs individuals and groups in targeted skill areas daily.
• Plans curriculum, lessons, and special education programs and teaching methods daily as needed.
• Collaborates with general education teachers to adapt the content, methodology and delivery of instruction to the unique needs of disabled students.
• Assists in the development of instructional strategies that complement the efforts of general education teachers for inclusionary settings.
• Ensures that entitled children have access to the general education programs and curriculum and are taught alongside non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
• Diagnoses and assesses student strengths and needs.
• Coordinates the development and implementation of IEPs.
• Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media, consistent with the location and student needs.
• Adheres to procedural rules and safeguards to ensure the appropriate identification, evaluation, placement, and provision of special education services.
• Engages in regular and frequent data collection, evaluation of student progress and modification of instruction based on student outcomes.
• Prepares grade reports, educational records, IEP forms, classroom observation records, and other forms as required.
• Communicates with parents regarding their child’s progress on a regular basis.
• Attends meetings with students, staff, parents and other community support members to evaluate student needs and progress.
• Maintains physical environment of the classroom daily.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities daily.
• Collaborates with peers in Professional Learning Communities to identify required knowledge, skills and outcomes, analyze evidence of student learning, develop timely and systematic interventions for struggling learners and provide enrichment and extension activities for proficient students.
• Works as a team member on building level committees and collegial activities within the building and District.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy and administrative regulations.
• Meets core expectations for…