Itinerant Special Education Teacher

Overview

School Year Teaching Opening:
Itinerant Special Education Teacher. Position:
This is an Itinerant Special Education position, meaning you will be overseeing a caseload and working with general education teachers to meet student goals at multiple sites. Experience in elementary levels is beneficial. This position requires flexibility in working in classrooms, as well as working one-on-one with students.

• Position Type:
  Student Support Services
• Date Posted: 1/26/2026
• Location:
  
  Chignik Lagoon School
• Date Available:
  
  08/20/2026
• Closing Date: 02/04/2026
• District:
  Lake & Peninsula Borough School District
• Posting Document:  Itinerant Special Education Teacher

• Reports to:
  
  Itinerant Principal and SPED Director
• Provide instruction that meets students' individual needs, abilities and interests as determined by tests, records and observations
• Be part of a team that plans a program of instruction for students with disabilities using a variety of methodologies including direct instruction, co-teaching, and consultative models
• Assume duties such as testing, IEP writing, collecting and interpreting data, maintaining case files and records
• Effectively provide program direction to paraprofessionals
• Create individual student and paraprofessional schedules
• Work with students that experience cognitive disabilities and behavioral challenges
• Develop students' academic, social, adaptive, and pre-vocational skills
• Plan, prepare and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active, standards-based learning
• Assess student progress and proficiency and adjust instruction accordingly
• Use relevant technology to support and differentiate online instruction
• Manage student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures
• Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students and use information to adjust teaching strategies; provide appropriate feedback on work
• Maintain accurate and complete records of students' progress and development using Power School
• Participate in district professional development
• Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress, needs and concerns
• Able to create strong partnerships with parents and guardians to improve student learning
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
• Ability to travel in small aircraft to provide SPED services at itinerant sites

• Possess teaching certificate with a Special Education endorsement
• Familiar with a Standard-Based System
• Knowledge and experience with RTI/MTSS preferable
• Experience in a cross-cultural setting is highly desirable
• Strong interpersonal skills including collegiality and collaboration
• Positive, enthusiastic, energetic and optimistic. Committed to Excellence!
• The ability to implement the District's mission, vision, and instructional goals
• Meet professional teacher requirements of school, district and State

• SALARY:
  Accepting all teaching experience, both in and out of Alaska, for initial placement. Starting at $51,772 (BA+0yrs) to $87,272 (BA72/MA36+13yrs).
• BENEFITS:
  Open communities and welcoming students; $1,600 relocation reimbursement, Subsidized Housing;
  Premium Health Insurance Plan;
  Personal and Sick Leave; $6,000 Service Incentive after three-years continuous service;
  Travel Benefits including flights to/from your Village;
  Subsidized M.Ed. program in Culturally Responsive Education with option of reimbursement upon successful completion.

LPSD operates under a "Subsistence Calendar" in which students receive 150 days of instruction. New teacher contracts are 174 days, one of the shortest in the nation. Teachers start in late August, and are done in early May!

FOR CONSIDERATION:
Please go to  to apply for this position. Email Bill Cornell, Director of Personnel at  with questions you have.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, handicapping condition, or national origin.