Founding Elementary Special Education Teacher; ESE

Overview

About KIPP Miami

KIPP Miami is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle and high school students. KIPP has a 25-year track record of preparing students for success in college and life. Founded in 2018, KIPP Miami operates two nonprofit charter schools in Greater Miami’s Urban Core community. Currently, KIPP Miami educates students in grades K-4 at KIPP Royalty Academy and 5-8 students at KIPP Courage Academy, and is opening three new schools for the  school year.

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Special Education/ ESE Teacher

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.

• Teach in an inclusive class, sharing all responsibilities with a general education teacher.
• Provide resource small group support as needed.
• Provide alternate or parallel teaching to a group of students and provide 1:1 teaching, as needed.
• Employ multi-sensory teaching strategies and specialized instruction as needed based on student’s specific disabilities.
• Implement all modifications and accommodations for the classroom and in testing.
• Create IEPs in collaboration with Child Response Team to ensure services are being delivered at a high level and are in compliance.
• Use 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.
• Track student performance and progress and be responsible for continual improvement in student growth objectives.
• Administer and track weekly assessment data to 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

Physical Requirements

• 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…