Founding Middle School Special Education Teacher ESE

Overview

Here’s what you need to know: Our schools are seeking awe-inspiring teachers to guide our students as they climb the mountain to college and beyond. Our teachers are dynamic leaders both in and outside of their classroom. They love students, working with families and the community they serve.

KIPP Miami is looking for a motivated Special Education/ ESE teacher who is SPED certified and has a track record of molding future leaders in our communities. You are passionate about education and understand the importance of building strong relationships in generating student achievement. You are dedicated to going above and beyond to ensure our students succeed.

Joining our schools as a teacher comes with a lot of growth opportunities, but with great power comes great responsibility. Your role as a Special Education Teacher will involve a number of responsibilities which will include but are not limited to:

• Teach in an inclusive class, sharing all responsibilities with a general education teacher
• Provides resource small group support as needed
• Provides an alternative or parallel teaching to a group of students and provides 1:1 teaching, as needed
• Employs multisensory teaching strategies and specialized instruction as needed based on student’s specific disabilities
• Implements all modifications and accommodations for the classroom and in testing
• Create IEPs in collaboration with the Child Response Team to ensure services are being delivered at a high level and are in compliance.
• Uses student IEPs, evaluations, and present levels of performance to ensure services are being delivered at a high level.
• Collaborate with student support team to conduct annual IEP meetings
• Use data to responsively teach to mastery of academic skills
• Tracks student performance and progress and is responsible for continual improvement in student growth objectives
• Administers and tracks weekly assessment data to both monitor progress towards grade level goals as well as IEP goals
• Create action plans to improve performance when students are not on track to meet goals
• Consistently and clearly communicates progress to all shared stakeholders
• Participate in school, departmental, and parent meetings
• Participate in school events, activities, and programs both during and outside of regular class instruction hours.

Must Haves:

• A belief in every student’s limitless potential
• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university required (Official transcripts showing degree conferred are required prior to the starting date of employment)
• Appropriate state teaching certification (Florida ESE) completed and issued or in process of being completed, where applicable.
• Content/Subject matter expertise
• A minimum of two years of teaching experience, with demonstrated interest in working with students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds
• A track record of success in the classroom
• A collaborative attitude towards teaching and learning

The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at computer or working at desk and significant fine finger dexterity.
• Often required to stand and sit.
• Walk frequently and climb stairs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Commitment to KIPP Miami’s mission, vision and goals
• Passion for working with children and school personnel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to engage and work closely with a wide range of staff members and external partners
• Strong organization skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Flexibility and willingness to learn
• Growth Mindset
• Commitment to do whatever it takes to ensure our students have what they need to be successful
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
• Data base management and reporting
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with a team on collaborative projects
• Ability to use the computer to input student data.
• Ab…