# Special Education Teacher

**Company**: ACCEL Schools
**Location**: Inkster
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

ACCEL Schools is seeking a highly qualified Special Education Teacher at Inkster Preparatory Academy in Inkster, Michigan. The successful candidate will be dedicated to providing a superior education for all students, creating a rigorous and nurturing classroom environment that prioritizes student learning and social-emotional development.

The Special Education Teacher supports the educational and behavioral goals of all students, with a focus on students with an Individualized Education Program. Key responsibilities include:

- Working cooperatively with classroom teachers to interpret student abilities and disabilities, assist in classroom intervention strategies, modify general education curricula, and help students with regular class assignments

- Conducting diagnostic assessments for instruction and functional behavior assessments

- Writing and implementing behavior improvement plans

- Facilitating IEP Meetings and writing IEP goals and objectives

- Relentlessly working to meet goals related to student achievement and culture, as well as state-specific achievement goals

- Utilizing research-based best practices in daily planning and instruction

- Integrating culturally responsive teaching practices into daily lessons and interactions with students, parents, and colleagues

- Serving as an advisor for a designated set of students

- Communicating regularly with families regarding student academic and social-emotional growth

- Participating in the planning and implementation of non-instructional activities such as social events and field trips

The ideal candidate will have:

- A current state license

- Knowledge of State Standards and Common Core Standards

- Experience working in a full-room inclusion type model or Co-Teaching in a Resource Room model

- High level of comfort working in a growth-focused coaching environment

- High-quality written and verbal communication skills

- High proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word and Outlook

- Excellent organization and time management skills

- Ability to work independently and contribute to a team

- Ability to pass federal and state criminal background checks

- Experience working in a multi-cultural setting preferred

ACCEL Schools offers various benefits, including:

- Life benefits: paid time off, retirement contributions, optional basic life and AD&D insurance, voluntary life insurance

- Health benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance program, voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurance

- Career benefits: career advancement opportunities throughout Accel Schools and its network of 4,000+ instructors and education professionals

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## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- Special Education
- IEP Meetings
- Behavior Improvement Plans
- Diagnostic Assessments
- Functional Behavior Assessments

### Nice to have
- Multi-cultural experience

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