Teacher – Early Childhood Special Education

Position Type:

Teaching: Special Education/Teacher-Erly Child Sp Ed

Date Posted:

10/4/2024

Location:

Cherry Drive Elementary School

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled

SALARY INFORMATION: SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE

STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40

FTE: 1.0

MONTHS PER YEAR: 9

JOB CODE: 1791EC

POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT – PERMANENT/REGULAR

LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district’s mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

SUMMARY: A teacher will perform effective teaching methods to ensure student success and promote an exemplary educational program which fosters achievement for all students. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities
• Create positive educational climate for students to learn in.
• Meet course and school-wide student performance goals.
• Participate in ongoing training sessions.
• Create lesson plans and modify accordingly throughout the year.
• Grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed.
• Read and stay abreast of current topics in education.
• Utilize various curriculum resources and technologies to enhance student learning.
• Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans.
• Utilize District curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities. – Prepare and distribute parent communications.
• Observe and evaluate student’s performance.
• Manage student behavior in the classroom creating appropriate behavior strategies.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Must be a minimum of 18 years old. 

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement for the position, or be able to obtain, or be in process with, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.

Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.

Internal Candidates Only:

13.2.5 Voluntary transfers that occur fifteen working days before the start of the school year and until the end of the school year shall happen once the position being vacated has been filled, for a duration of nomore than four weeks. This four week time period could be adjusted in consultation with the educator, current and receiving supervisor and with approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer and theAssociation President.

SALARY INFORMATION (FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES):

All salary placement on our Certified Salary schedule is dependent on the employees’ education and/or work experience.

Special programs teachers of students with significant support needs, structured learning services or affective needs, audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech language pathologists shall receive experience credit for each full year of previous experience and are not limited to ten (10) years as described in Appendix A, Item 3.

Additionally, one (1) step for each full year, as described in this Appendix, of service in the district as a contracted certified, classified, in-building substitute, and/or administrative employee for educators beginning a new certified contract or returning to a certified contract. 

For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our Certified Master Agreement that can be found on our district website.

BENEFITS INFORMATION: 

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).

To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.

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