2026-27 Special Education ABLE Teacher 9-12

Secondary - 2026-27 Special Education ABLE Teacher 9-12

Job Information

• Job Number: 0000763835
• Start Date: Open Date (02012026)
• Closing Date: 05302027
• Pay Grade: TeacherLibrarian

Role and Purpose

Work collaboratively with general education teachers to provide students with disabilities appropriate learning strategies, assistive technology, activities, and experiences to ensure access to grade-level instruction and intervention to foster the educational, social, emotional, and functional success of students with disabilities in specialized programs such as:

• Alternative Curriculum
• Alt Curric
• Individuals with Severe and Profound Disabilities (ISPD)
• Academic and Behavioral Learning Environment (ABLE)
• Social Emotional and Academic Skills (SEAS)

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors degree in a directly related field
• Certification: Valid Texas teacher certificate with required Special Education endorsement or required training for subject and level assigned
• Experience: One year of student teaching or approved internship
• Training: Behavior modification preferred
• Special Knowledge or Skills:
• Ability to work with children with more severe physical, mental, and emotional disabilities
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior using positive behavioral and intervention supports
• Strategies and classroom management
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively integrate assistive technology into the curriculum
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to be patient, flexible, and versatile
• Ability to design and implement structured environments and activities
• Ability to analyze behavioral functions and teach replacement behaviors
• Ability to design and implement communication and work systems

Major Responsibilities and Duties

### Instructional Management

• Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of district curriculum and show written evidence of preparation as required
• Implement an instructional or skill development program for assigned students and show written evidence of preparation as required
• Work collaboratively with administrators, team leaders, and general education teachers to deliver IEP services and supports in the least restrictive environment for individual students
• Collaborate with students, parents, and other staff members to develop and progress monitor Individual Education Plans (IEP) through the Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD) process for each student assigned
• Plan and use a variety of appropriate instructional and learning strategies, techniques, activities, materials, technology, and equipment that reflect an understanding of the learning styles, instructional communication, and social-emotional needs of students
• Use data frequently to monitor student progress towards meeting IEP goals, adjust instructional and intervention services and supports as necessary to ensure students make progress
• Scaffold instruction and accommodations and adapt activities to ensure equal access to grade-level instruction
• Utilize the most effective collaborative teaching techniques and strategies in inclusion and supported classrooms
• Plan, deliver, and progress monitor individual and small group direct instruction for students who require intensive intervention for behavior, academics, developmental skills, communication, etc.

### Organization Climate

• Model core organizational beliefs and values
• Perform duties in an effective and efficient manner for the purpose of supporting and contributing to high student achievement
• Consult with teacher and principal on all general administration items, including personnel policies
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings and special events, and serve on staff committees and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) as required
• Comply with the Professional Code of Ethics and Standard Practices of Texas Educators

### Organizational Improvement

• Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required
• Attend training as required by the job assignment and district campus improvement plan

### Administration and Fiscal

• Operate office equipment, assistive technology devices, classroom audio-visual technology, and use computer to retrieve and send email and use district required software
• Maintain classroom organization and cleanliness
• Comply with all district policies, operating procedures, legal regulatory requirements, and verbal and written directives
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities

### Student Management

• Interact with students professionally, calmly, and intentionally using language for teaching and de-escalation
• Implement individual student behavior intervention plans (BIP) for student academic and social-emotional success
• Regularly assist students with disabilities across all settings according to their needs, including but not limited to:
• Safe transfer to and from wheelchairs
• Lifting
• Positioning
• Use of assistive technology
• Implement systems to safely and effectively transition students
• Provide, supervise, document, and report personal care as stated in the IEP and district requirements while maintaining student dignity and safety

### School-Community Relations

• Establish and maintain open communication by conducting conferences with parents, students, principals, and teachers
• Maintain professional relationships with colleagues, students, parents, and community members
• Ensure that all interactions with students, district personnel, and parents are supportive, courteous, and respectful
• Maintain confidentiality of student information per FERPA requirements

### Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Reasonable accommodations will be made if necessary
• While performing the duties of a classroom teacher, the employee may frequently be required to:
• Stoop
• Reach
• Stand
• Walk
• Lift
• Pull
• Push
• Grasp
• Talk
• Hear
• Use repetitive physical motions
• While performing these duties of the job, the employee may frequently be required to lift and/or move at least 50 pounds of materials or lift children from wheelchairs onto changing tables, etc.
• While performing the duties of the job assignment, the employee may frequently be required to deescalate physical aggression, including the use of safe, non-harmful physical restraint procedures

### Professional Growth and Development

• Participate in hygiene, communication systems, specific teaching methodologies, assistive technology lifts, and transfers, first aid, CPR, TBSI online training, and Mandt System trainings as required by the job assignment to a specialized program
• Seek professional learning to support students with disabilities as specific to role and responsibility
• Participate in professional learning to improve job performance and support growth goals

### Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise students during bus duty, building, playground duty, lunch duty, and co-curricular activities
• Plan assignments and supervise teacher assistants and volunteers

### Miscellaneous

• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor
• Receive necessary vaccinations to prevent the contraction and spread of communicable diseases such as Hepatitis
• Wear appropriate equipment for safe lifts and transfers