Online Special Education Teacher

Online Special Education Teacher (certification required)

Great Hearts Online - Texas

Great Hearts Online is a public K-11 charter school, offering a tuition-free, rigorous, classical liberal arts curriculum including advanced math and science, robust arts, and foreign language classes.
• Great Hearts is NOT able to hire employees from the following: California, Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Wyoming; International

To apply to this position: please go directly to this URL:

https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=GREATHEARTS&cws=51&rid=2438

Looking to fill the following remote teaching positions:
• Teaching Assistant / Teacher Apprentice - 3rd Grade
• 7th Grade Math Teacher
• 5th Grade ELA Teacher
• Great Hearts is not able to hire employees from the following: California, Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Wyoming; International

Position Summary:
Teachers are the most important daily leaders and shapers of intellectual and ethical culture on our campuses. Every teacher is a role model and must always act and speak as one.
Great Hearts Online faculty will design and develop best-in-class, classical virtual courses and become expert online facilitators of instruction, discourse, and community. This position is fully remote.

The Online Special Education Teacher:
• Provides educational services to students with disabilities in the online environment
• Plans, develops, delivers, and evaluates appropriate individualized educational services, learning programs, and instruction in both self- contained and all other integrated settings in consultation with other school personnel and Online Special Education Coordinator.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university
• Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements or training for subject and level assigned Demonstrate competency in the core academic subject area assigned
• Valid Texas Special Education certification

Special Knowledge/Skills:
• Knowledge of assigned core subject
• Knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and current special education practices and methodologies
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations and policies affecting special education
• Knowledge of educational technology applications

Experience: 2+ years of Special Education teaching

Major Responsibilities and Duties
• Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of district’s curriculum program and show written evidence of preparation as required. Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations/modifications for differences in individual student needs.
• Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment/ technology that reflect understanding the needs of students’ assigned deliver subject matter according to each students Individual Plan (IEP) and guidelines established by Texas Education Agency, board policies, and administrative regulations.
• Ongoing communication and collaboration with campus Special Education Coordinators, teachers, staff, and administration regarding student planning, scheduling, and student progress.
• Work cooperatively with general education teachers to modify and/or accommodate curricula, as needed for special education students according to guidelines established in the Individualized Education Plan.
• Maintain records for data collection and progress monitoring for all assigned students.
• Assist parents with understanding and supporting educational objectives, learning expectations and behavioral standards in the online learning environment
• Participate in any Professional Development activities, as requested by the headmaster ..
• Comply with state, district, and school regulations and policies for classroom teachers..
• Attend and participate in meetings for Special Educations services and supports, as appropriate
• Maintain a current knowledge of special education best practices and trends.

Qualities & Values

Passionately Committed

With humility and curiosity, we seek to know more about our core purpose; seek to share (with each other and with others externally as an advocate); seek to live the mission ourselves with relentless pursuit and intrinsic motivation; seek to understand our work and how it serves the mission…which should result in getting the right stuff done with measurable results because we love actualization – not just the theory

Servant’s Heart

The foundational element of having a servant’s heart is the acknowledgement of inherent dignity in their fellow human. Someone with a servant’s heart believes that their work is to promote the development of those around them and make it possible for others to be successful in serving the mission of the organization.

Team Player

We believe our mission can only be accomplished through collaboration and receive true joy in being a part of something greater than ourselves; Each of us is one part of a whole, each with different roles, expertise and responsibilities; working together in synchronicity

Compensation

Great Hearts offers a very competitive benefits package and overall compensation will be commensurate with talent, experience and education.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

To apply to this position: please go directly to this URL:

https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=GREATHEARTS&cws=51&rid=2438

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote

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