Special Education Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are

New Paradigm For Education (NPFE) is a non-profit Charter Management Organization (CMO) composed of educational practitioners, community advocates, and business leaders who have dedicated years of service to children. NPFE serves 2,100 students in Detroit, Michigan. We specialize in maximizing student learning potential through proven education practices and managing all phases of school design, planning, and program implementation.

Why New Paradigm for Education

NPFE is on a mission to ensure that all students in Detroit achieve at the highest levels, supporting educational transformation through increased student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and community support. NPFE’s Mission is to provide a quality education through shared responsibility in a safe supportive environment for all students to meet the needs of a global society. We are committed to excellence and strive to offer a new educational paradigm evident by increased student achievement, fiscal responsibility, and community support.

New Paradigm for Education seeks educators who have a relentless belief that all students, regardless of their race and economic or social circumstances, can perform at high levels, deserve a quality education, have access to high quality instruction and curriculum, and can attain post secondary success. Educators who are driven bv academic achievement, continuous growth, and excel working in a rigorous and supportive environment. We seek culturally responsive educators who have experience working with diverse communities and strong relationship-building skills that they apply to understand their students, families, and communities.

What You’ll Do

NPFE seeks a certified and highly qualified Special Education Teacher who is able to develop and sustain academic focused instruction in the elementary grades, while providing appropriate accommodations and supports. Grounded in strong special education practices and guided by a rigorous and proven curriculum, the teacher will build strong and lasting relationships with students and families, identify and apply best practices in instruction and student achievement, and continuously implement feedback and seek growth.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in special education

• Must have - or be on a path to - a valid Michigan Teaching Certificate with a special education endorsement (i.e Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Impairment, etc.)

• Prior classroom experience working with students with exceptional needs

Duties & Responsibilities

• Teaches children with mild to moderate disabilities and exceptionalities, modifying traditional education curriculum and creating curricular materials as needed to meet each child's needs

• Assists children with a variety of specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, emotional disturbance, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, autism, combined deafness and blindness, traumatic brain injury, etc.

• Helps identify children with special needs

• Uses various teaching methods to promote learning, including intensive individualized instruction, problem-solving assignments, and small-group work

• Ensures students receive appropriate accommodations and set personalized learning goals

• Develops an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for each student and continuously reviews the IEP with parents, administrators, and general education teachers and keep parents informed on child's progress

• Develops transition plans outlining specific steps to prepare students for the next stage in their academic career (middle school, high school, postsecondary study, the workforce, etc.)

• Keeps up-to-date and accurate records of student progress and required documentation

• Helps general educators adapt curriculum materials and teaching techniques to meet the needs of students with disabilities

• Other ancillary duties as assigned or needed

If this sounds like you, apply TODAY to join the NPFE team!