# Middle School Education Specialist (Special Education Teacher Mild/Moderate)

**Company**: High Tech High
**Location**: Chula Vista, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Contract Certificated
**Salary**: USD 67,525.48-120,342.2 per-year-salary
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

We are seeking an Education Specialist (Special Education Teacher Mild/Moderate) to support students with disabilities in a general education setting at High Tech Middle Chula Vista.

The ideal candidate will provide assessment services, develop and implement Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), and collaborate with classroom teachers and parents/guardians to support student progress.

Responsibilities:

- Provide individualized instruction and support to students with special needs

- Support general education teachers in developing goals and objectives, planning, and implementation strategies

- Provide accommodations for students with individual needs

- Identify and support students' social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs

- Implement Project-based Learning techniques and strategies

- Facilitate and design effective group work amongst students

- Foster student growth through semi-annual Student-led Conferences (SLC) and Presentations of Learning (POL)

- Scaffold instructional activities to facilitate engaging and appropriate learning opportunities

- Create relevant and authentic learning experiences

- Provide opportunities for student engagement through 'Voice and Choice'

- Implement backward design to align all lessons, activities, and assessments

- Design formal and informal assessments to measure student progress

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree

- Valid California Education Specialist Teaching Credential or Out-of-state teaching license

- Basic Skills (CBEST)

- California or Out-of-State/Country Credential

- 1+ year working with students as a Teacher, Intern, or Academic Coach preferred

- English Learner Authorization, or CLAD, preferred

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (elective)

- AFLAC supplemental insurance (elective)

- Section 125 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) (elective)

- California State Teacher Retirement Plan (CalSTRS) (mandatory)

- 403(b) Plan and group life insurance (elective)

- No-cost after-care for K-8 HTH students of staff members

- No-cost Teacher Induction for certificated staff

## Skills

### Required
- Special Education
- IEP development
- Project-based Learning
- Classroom management

### Nice to have
- English Learner Authorization
- CLAD
- Teaching experience

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