2026-27 EDUCATION SPECIALIST AND SPED COORDINATOR

Job Summary

JOB SUMMARY

The primary role and responsibility of an Education Specialist Teacher is to provide services to special education students with appropriate learning activities and experiences that will enable them to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth. The Special Education teacher will develop instructional materials through accommodated and modified curriculum and adjusted lesson plans. The Special Education teacher will conduct work in self-contained, push in, team, departmental or itinerant capacity as necessary. Special education teachers and paraprofessionals who are authorized to handle crisis situations and physically restrain students will complete specialized training in behavioral interventions, such as Crisis Prevention Institute, prior to placement in the classroom.

JOB DUTIES
Work in conjunction with students, parents and other members of staff to develop IEPs where students gain meaningful educational benefit

Team teach and plan with general education teachers to support the instructional program for students with IEP’s

Manage caseloads of students assigned by holding IEP meetings and presenting present levels to IEP teams

Design, write and use instructional, therapeutic or skill development programs for assigned students and ensure written IEP is available for review

Ensure student needs and learning styles are met through creation and implementation of appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials and equipment

Collaborate with classroom teacher on student IEP to ensure all accommodations and modifications are being implemented and help special education students in regular class when appropriate

provide instructional support to all students on their caseload based on the Services documented in the IEP

Design instructional activities by using data from student learning style assessments

Ensure IEP guidelines are adhered to (accommodations,