Special Education Teacher - Part Time

Overview

Compass Collegiate Academy provides every scholar with the academic foundation and strong habits that inspire and cultivate lifelong learners who lead purposeful, civic lives.

Compass Collegiate Academy strives to create a diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist community. People from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

Compass Collegiate Academy (CCA) is a public charter school that opened in Charleston, South Carolina with grades K-1 in August of 2021. Our school is adding a grade each year thereafter until we are a full Kindergarten through 8th grade school. CCA has intentionally built its school model and structured its budget to ensure that the student body is representative of the student population in North Charleston and the Charleston peninsula, the school’s geographic target area.

CCA is driven by core beliefs including All Means All, Rigorous Curriculum, An Intentional Commitment to Scholar Social and Emotional Growth, High-quality Staff, Personalized Learning through Data-Driven Instruction, and Parental Involvement and Intentional Community.

Parental Involvement and Intentional Community includes daily updates on scholar progress, weekly phone communication, access to workshops and seminars on childhood human development, and a commitment to cultivating a supportive school community among diverse families.

Role Expectations

The Special Education Teacher works closely with the Lead Teachers, the Director of Scholar Achievement and the Executive Director to support CCA scholars who are at-risk for academic underperformance due to emotional, cognitive, and/or physical challenges so that they can succeed in the school’s academic program. The Special Education Teacher holds primary responsibility for managing the school’s special education caseload, monitoring scholar IEPs, and providing academic, emotional, and physical support and interventions for scholars who require additional support to thrive within the school’s inclusion model.

Special Education Teachers will support teachers in all academic subject areas.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Ensure I operate in compliance with special education law and procedures at all times.
• Serve as the case manager for scholars who have IEPs on caseload
• Attend all required charter school sponsor special education training and workshops.
• Participate in the school’s pre-referral and IEP and 504 processes.
• Participate in the development of Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) (and potentially 504 plans) as needed.
• Develop expertise with the school’s literacy program and ways to successfully adapt literacy instruction to all special education scholars.

Within caseload

• Ensure scholar IEP requirements and 504 plan accommodations on caseload are being met.
• Assess and report mastery of IEP goals to parents and other members of the scholar’s support team.
• Maintain all special education records according to privacy and confidentiality requirements.
• Communicate regularly with parents and as required by law to support special education scholar learning needs.
• Participate in and collaborate with school leader or SPED coordinator to lead multi-disciplinary team meetings, including but not limited to annual, eligibility, re-evaluation, and manifestation determination meetings.

Instructional Collaboration and Support

• Provide direct intervention (i.e. instruction) to scholars in accordance with their IEP requirements.
• Assist teachers to adapt weekly lesson plans and instructional for individual scholars that require additional support to experience a high-quality curriculum.
• Assist teachers to utilize effective teaching strategies to support special education scholars in the least restrictive manner.
• Implement scholar behavior supports consistent with special education laws and scholar IEPs to achieve an optimal learning classroom learning environment.

Assessment and Data

• Participate cooperatively in CCA’s assessment system and data platforms to monitor special education scholars’ learning and progression.
• Administer alternative assessments in accordance with CCA’s testing programs and…