Elementary Special Education Teacher

Reports to: Building Principal in collaboration with the Director of Special Education

Status: Certified Teaching Position

Hours: Full Time

Position Summary

• Provide specially designed instruction to students with disabilities in grades K-5, supporting academic, social, behavioral, and functional growth.
• Serve as the special education case manager for an elementary caseload, coordinating individualized education programs (IEPs), monitoring progress, and maintaining accurate records.
• Partner with families, general and special education staff, and related service providers to support student access, participation, and success across school settings.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and review IEPs that connect student strengths and needs with measurable goals, individualized services, and appropriate supports.
• Plan and deliver specially designed instruction using effective instructional practices, adapting content, methods, and delivery to meet individual student needs.
• Collect and analyze student data to monitor IEP goal progress, adjust instruction, and communicate progress to families.
• Coordinate IEP meetings and case management activities, maintaining accurate documentation and meeting required timelines.
• Collaborate with general education teachers to support access to grade-level curriculum and implement accommodations, modifications, and supplementary aids and services.
• Teach and reinforce social, emotional, behavioral, and functional skills; develop and implement individualized behavior supports with the student's team.
• Maintain regular, meaningful communication with families regarding student strengths, needs, progress, and concerns.
• Provide guidance to paraprofessionals supporting assigned students and coordinate with special education staff and related service providers to promote consistent implementation of IEPs.
• Participate in evaluations, reevaluations, and transitions between grades or programs, contributing instructional data and observations to team decisions.

Qualifications:

Required: Valid Wisconsin DPI teaching license appropriate to assigned instructional duties; strong skills in classroom instruction, positive behavior supports, collaboration, and data-based decision-making.

Preferred: Experience with students who have significant behavioral or emotional needs; special education background; knowledge of MTSS, Tier 2 interventions, FBAs/BIPs, trauma-informed approaches, and crisis prevention/de-escalation.

Position Focus

Skill-building • Student engagement • Data-driven intervention • Collaboration • Successful participation in general education

General Terms of Employment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work. They are not to be construed as an all-inclusive list.

Staff members serve as role models for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings. It is the staff member's legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

Nekoosa School District employees shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District. Employees will be evaluated, at least in part, against their job descriptions. The Board of Education reserves the authority to the District Administrator to assign additional duties and responsibilities as necessary within the scope of the employment position.

The Nekoosa School District

The Nekoosa School District is a Pre-K - 12 public school system located in central Wisconsin, which serves students in the city of Nekoosa and the townships of Armenia, Port Edwards, Rome, and Saratoga. Our district serves 1,250 students within its four buildings. The mission of the Nekoosa School District is to develop students who excel academically, act responsibly, display good character and citizenship, and reason and solve problems rationally. We focus on preparing our students with the skills they will need to succeed in a global community.

Non-Discrimination Policy:

The School District of Nekoosa does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected under State and Federal law including, but not limited to, sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability or handicap in any of its student programs and activities. Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap in employment.