Small Private School Seeks Special Education Teacher - English Focus
Job Description
Job Description
Special Education Teacher or Intern Teacher
Middle School Special Education Mild/Moderate Teacher for 2026/2027 – Full-time
The Springstone School is seeking a Special Education middle school teacher! We are seeking people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission of community building and supporting our students in their development in becoming active community members and lifelong learners. Problem solvers, collaborators, and skilled communicators are welcome to apply! We provide training for our methods during professional development week and weekly staff meetings.
- Create and implement lesson plans in accordance with Common Core standards
- Model and teach communication and conversation skills (pragmatic language)
- Complete documentation for individualized education plans
- Participate in experiential learning activities/ACCESS Program
- Assess and evaluate student achievement
- Facilitate and mediate social interactions both in and outside the classroom
- Willing to be flexible about courses taught (electives)
- Walking up to 8 miles at a time
- Typical Teacher responsibilities such as inputting attendance, grading, writing about student progress, holding parent teacher conferences, attending the occasional evening activity such as "Back to School Night" and our two annual fundraising events.
Company DescriptionThe Springstone School is a nonpublic, independent, private school serving students in grades 6 through 12, with various disabilities, but focused on Autism and Executive Functioning challenges. Although our students have social and organizational challenges, they do not have unsafe or aggressive behaviors. We have small class sizes of 8-10 students per cohort, per grade level. This allows for meaningful connections between teacher and pupils.
Our mission is to help our students develop strategies for use in academic and social settings so they can be part of a community that understands, accepts, and challenges them. We actively go out in the community to teach our students how to navigate BART, use maps, and how to explore the Bay Area safely. Each Wednesday is an ACCESS day for our middle school program, our high school has ACCESS for a full week, six times a year.
Company Description
The Springstone School is a nonpublic, independent, private school serving students in grades 6 through 12, with various disabilities, but focused on Autism and Executive Functioning challenges. Although our students have social and organizational challenges, they do not have unsafe or aggressive behaviors. We have small class sizes of 8-10 students per cohort, per grade level. This allows for meaningful connections between teacher and pupils.\n\nOur mission is to help our students develop strategies for use in academic and social settings so they can be part of a community that understands, accepts, and challenges them. We actively go out in the community to teach our students how to navigate BART, use maps, and how to explore the Bay Area safely. Each Wednesday is an ACCESS day for our middle school program, our high school has ACCESS for a full week, six times a year.