Special Educator

Overview:

The Special Educator will work closely with teachers and administration to build, maintain, and oversee a positive, supportive school intervention and special education program. The Special Educator will be laser focused on ensuring all Scholars are reaching their individualized goals and significantly progressing to college and career readiness.

This work will be intellectually and professionally exhausting. This work will push you to become an amazing educator. By joining our team, you become part of something that is worthy, desperately needed, and surely possible for hundreds of students in Indianapolis.

Circle City Prep a single-site K-8 charter school that is deeply committed to supporting all students to live up to their power and potential through a rigorous college prep education. Circle City Prep is built on research and best practices of high performing charter schools nationwide and is uniquely focused on educating students on the Far Eastside of Indianapolis. For the last four years, Circle City Prep has been the highest performing public school in our community with a 400+ student body, 90%+ low-income and 30%+ multilingual students.

As a Special Educator, you will:

• Create and execute engaging lessons that support all special needs Scholars such that they consistently meet and exceed their IEP goals.
• Coordinate with teachers and other special education team members in serving students with special needs.
• Execute Title I, MTSS, and IEP supports, from modifications to accommodations, from push-in to pull-out interventions.
• Lead move-in conference, annual IEP meetings, and evaluation conferences.
• Complete and send home quarterly progress monitoring documentation.
• Build strong relationships with parents, students and colleagues, driving investment in school culture and academics through consistent, clear communication.
• Implement interventions for students in order to increase learning time and lead to mastery of grade-level content.

Additional duties:

• Lead a safe, joyful lunch/recess.
• Provide coverage in classrooms as needed (part or full days).
• Participate in regular practice-based professional development and real-time coaching.
• Participate in annual two-week Summer Experience (all staff) and three-days of New Hire Onboarding (new staff only).
• Attend and participate in events outside of normal school hours (ex. family nights, student performances, field trips, family conferences, Back-to-School Nights, etc.).
• Provide appropriate supervision of students during class, breaks, meals, enrichment, arrival/dismissal, and transitions to maintain an optimal work environment and to ensure students’ safety and well-being.
• Commit to teach an extended daily schedule: 7:10am – 4:15pm
• Other duties as assigned.

As a Special Educator, you must:

• Bachelor’s degree is required;
  Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of one-year special education teaching experience in an urban public school, preferred.
• Be a person who meets challenges with optimism and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Valid Indiana State certification or proof of reciprocal licensure in a different state is required. Applicants in Indiana State-approved alternative certification programs must provide proof of enrollment.
• Pass a criminal background check, as required by law.