Special Education Teacher

Ludington Area School District

Special Education Teacher - Secondary Level

This full-time teaching position will include duties as a resource room teacher and will focus on the instruction for students identified as needing special education support.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve as case manager for a caseload of students receiving special education services.

●Conduct IEP meetings and complete IEP paperwork in accordance with Michigan special education and IDEA rules.

● Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate learning for students using the Michigan standards and the district-approved curriculum to drive instructional decisions.

● Collaborate with teachers within the structure of a Professional Learning Community to enhance curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

● Use relevant technology, including the development of learning modules in the Canvas Learning Management System, to support and differentiate instruction and engage students in the learning process.

● Establish a classroom structure that values positive relationships and supports the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports system.

● Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress and needs.

● Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.

Additional Qualifications: Qualified candidate should skillfully demonstrate the following competencies:

● The strong desire and ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students.

● The skill and willingness to leverage the ASCD Whole Child model to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed.

● The ability to collaboratively create and execute clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning.

● The ability to integrate 21st Century competencies such as technology literacy, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem solving, goal setting, ethical citizenship, and personal accountability in curriculum.

● The capacity to create a system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a tiered intervention system.

● The capacity to align curriculum, instruction and assessments while responding to individual needs of students.

Required Professional Qualifications:

● Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Education

● Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate in Special Education with appropriate endorsements for the grade levels served.

○ SM (Learning Disabilities) or SE (Emotional Impairment) preferred

Apply in writing with the following application materials: a letter of interest, resume, transcripts, certification and three letters of recommendation. Submit application materials as one (1) PDF to:

jobs@ lasd.net or mail materials to Ludington Area School District, 809 E Tinkham Avenue, Ludington MI 49431,

Attention: JOBS.