ESY Special Education Teacher 2025 Temporary NEW

The Special Education Teacher – Extended School Year (ESY) provides instruction for learners who are enrolled in special education programs for summer school while creating an engaging, nurturing, and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional well-being.

A special education teacher provides intervention and support in academics, future-ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world. A special education teacher follows the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) procedures and completes compliant paperwork to support learners with disabilities in the educational setting.

Term: ESY – June 2 – 26, 2025
Schedule: Elementary: Mon-Thurs 7:45-11:15 am | Secondary: 8:25 – 11:55 am

Required Education and/or Experience:

• North Dakota Teaching License with Special Education endorsement.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Education.
• Prior teaching experience is preferred.
• Experience developing and implementing IEPs and positive behavior support plans.
• Experience with positive behavioral supports.
• Master’s Degree in Special Education is preferred.
• Experience working in a special education classroom is preferred.
• Experience working with learners with complex behaviors is preferred.
• Language Skills:
  • Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondences in the English language.
  • Ability to communicate effectively verbally, expressively, and reactively.
• Other Skills and Abilities:
  • Exercise confidentiality, discretion, and good judgment.
  • Adhere to the assigned work schedule by maintaining regular and punctual attendance.

Essential duties and responsibilities: (Other duties may be assigned)

• Collaboration: Builds positive relationships with learners and staff, fostering respect and rapport.
• Communication: Uses strong verbal and written communication to convey lesson objectives, IEPs, assessments, and instructional goals effectively.
• Compassion: Encourages critical thinking, ethical learning, and respectful discussions while promoting a growth mindset.
• Creativity: Develops innovative assessments, teaching techniques, and personalized instruction to support diverse learner needs.
• Critical Thinking: Uses expertise and data to drive meaningful learning, ensuring engagement, self-reflection, and professional growth.
• Reflection: Engages in continuous self-assessment, professional learning, and constructive feedback to improve teaching practices.
• Resilience: Maintains composure in challenging situations and actively seeks solutions.
• Responsibility: Ensures an inclusive, structured learning environment, adheres to educational regulations, attends and participates in faculty meetings, and fosters student success.

Physical demands and Work environment:

• While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.
• The specific vision abilities required for this role include close and peripheral vision.
• The employee may be required to lift to ~30 pounds.
• The employee must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.
• The employee may come in contact with bloodborne pathogens or other bodily fluids on rare occasions.
• The employee will work in an environment that has a quiet to loud noise level.

To Apply: Please complete the application and provide a letter of interest, a resume, and three letters of recommendation. Please also include your transcripts and a copy of your licensure through ESPB, if available.