High School Special Education Teacher

Deadline: June 10, 2026

District/Organization: Ludington Area School District

Position/Type: Teacher, full time

Salary: Competitive Salary

Position Details

Ludington High School Special Education Teacher

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 high schools 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 Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Education
• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate in Special Education
• SM (Learning Disabilities) or SE (Emotional Impairment) preferred

Application materials must include a letter of interest, transcript(s), copy of teaching certification and three letters of recommendation.

Send application packet via email to Steve Forsberg at [email protected] or via US Postal Service:

Steve Forsberg, LHS Principal
Ludington Area School District
809 E. Tinkham Avenue
Ludington, MI 49431

E-mail: [email protected]