Special Education Teacher

Job Description

Pathways In Education is a small non-profit charter school in Phoenix dedicated to serving the local community and supporting at-risk and underserved students. Pathways considers the unique needs of every student, allowing access to small group classes, guided independent study, online courses, and experiential learning, to address each student's individual strengths and needs. Are you an educator that wants to make an impact in students’ lives? Do you believe that every student should have the opportunity for success? If so, Pathways is the place for you! PIE is looking for educators that are warm, outgoing, authentic, passionate and inspiring. PIE places great emphasis on the student-teacher relationship, a critical component to the development of students’ personal, emotional, and academic well-being. Pathways In Education is looking for a Special Education Teacher with an AZ credential for Special Education 9-12 to work at their Phoenix location and is currently offering a $5k Signing Bonus! The Teacher will have the following responsibilities: Provide instruction to students with special needs and identified learning disabilities in a Special Education teacher program. Tutor individual and small groups of students, reinforcing language and reading concepts. Administer and score individual and group tests. Schedule IEP meetings, coordinating schedules with parents, general education teacher(s), administrator, and all appropriate special education staff. Conduct IEP meetings. Communicate and coordinate special needs evaluation and testing with speech teachers, counselors, and other service providers. Communicate with parents regarding individual student progress and conduct. Maintain progress records and record progress toward IEP goals. Record progress within the independent study program. Perform other duties in support of the Special Education teacher program. Support other academic programs offered within the independent study program.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required: Special Education teacher license. Ability to teach students of grades 6-12. Ability to work with student of all ages. Ability to understand, adopt, and support the independent study program, concepts and their philosophies. Ability to organize and present ideas effectively in oral and written form. Ability to make skillful decisions. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Ability to operate a PC computer, word processor, copier, FAX, and other office machines. Education and Experience: Minimum BA degree or equivalent. AZ Special Education Credential Required. We are currently offering a $5k signing bonus for this position! We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision and dental coverage, incentives and an employer-matched 403(b) plan. PIE provides our staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, Cuba and China as well as U.S. based trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and a farm in Northern California. We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make PIE and our students successful. To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.az.pathways in education.org. Pathways In Education embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Here is what our students have to look forward to: http://az.pathwaysineducation.org/orientation-video/ PIE is a non-profit organization that partners with public schools to provide dropout recovery and prevention programs, including: schools (located in LA, TN, and IL); college tours; and experiential programs that help students learn teamwork, resiliency, leadership, self-confidence, and communication. Pathways’ schools utilize a blended learning model, combining independent study and small group instruction, focusing on academic recovery, experiential learning, and life and job skills development. With a focus on one-on-one mentorship, PIE teachers and advisors are able to show struggling students the potential that they have not been able to see in themselves. PIE’s experiential programs promote not only social and personal growth, but community involvement, environmentalism, and STEAM learning, and are proven to increase high school graduation rates among attendees. Blackbird Farm and Rocky Mountain Pathways Ranch both fall under the PIE umbrella. Click here to view our company's website.