J1 Visa Teacher- Special Education
Listed on 2025-11-30
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Education / Teaching
Academic, Special Needs / Learning Disabilities
J1 Visa Teacher
- Special Education
Position Overview: Compass Rose Public Schools is seeking a J-1 Special Education International Teacher to join our team in San Antonio, Texas, starting on January 1st, 2026. We are seeking educators with experience in Resource and/or Behavior Units at the secondary (middle or high school) level who can confidently support students with significant physical, verbal, and emotional behaviors at this level.
The ideal candidate takes strong initiative to create a structured and consistent environment where all students can learn, teaches core content aligned to IEPs, and maintains strong collaboration with staff and families, always seeking to equal parts build relationships with students and uphold high behavioral expectations. The teacher must be skilled in safely managing and de‑escalating behavioral outbursts, including using safe restraints, using evidence‑based strategies to support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral development.
Applicants must hold a Special Education certification in their home country, have the financial means to live and travel to the US independently (i.e. airfare, down payment for Apartment Rental, and First and Last Month's rent in Texas), and meet all J-1 Cultural Exchange Program requirements. Please note this is not an H‑1 visa, but a professional and cultural exchange opportunity to join our Public School Mission to provide world‑class public education to all students in Texas while also learning skills and experiences that you can bring back to your home community.
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required
- Hold an active Special Education K‑12 and core content certificate
- Minimum 1-2 years teaching experience
- Can pass a criminal background check
- Teacher Leader Opportunities, including AP-in-Training Cohort. Leader Residency Program, Grade Team Lead, Social Media Manager, District Content Lead etc.
- Training on multiple EdTech platforms including Canva, NWEA, I-Ready, Bullseye, Bibliotech, Google Classroom, Promethon Technologies, Flipgrid, Fronline, Branching Minds
- Training on curriculum, including Eureka K‑5 Math, Carnegie Learning, IXL DeAlba, SummitK
12 (Science), Amplify, Odell, Lowman, Studies Weekly, TCI, SAVVAS, Creative Curriculum (PK
- Teaching Strategies), Amplify - mClass - Teacher‑led campus Projects and Initiatives that vary by campus. Some examples include but are not limited to:
Community Garden, Orchestra Club, Anime Club, Youth Adult Leadership Programming, High School Work Study Teaching Assistant Program, Jazz Team, Multicultural Club, Flag Football, Creative Writing Club, First Down Fan Club, Video Game Club, After school Athletics through Sky Hawks Sports Academy, etc.
Redefine what’s possible in public education. It is your primary responsibility to prepare all students with the academic and social skills necessary to persist and engage productively in their communities. However, learning does not stop in the classroom. At Compass Rose, we engage with the community regularly, asking families what they want to see from their graduates, listening to them and taking their wishes seriously, and we use the information we learn to shape our schools.
Our goal is to always align our program with the desires of our community. To this end, you teach:
- A set of college‑bound academic, culturally relevant skills that prepares students to be successful in college and the competitive world beyond.
- A set of social/emotional skills related to how we treat one another, work as a team, and coach ourselves to work through the challenges we face.
Planning
- Directs, monitors, and mentors teacher fellows working with students who have disabilities.
- Performs a variety of assessments and observations to determine the areas in which the student may need extra or modified educational services.
- Assessment areas may include academic performance, behavior, social development, or physical health.
- Identifies students' needs and develops related lessons and teaching plans.
- Develops an integrated plan for the education of each child by collaborating…
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