Special Education Teacher

Job Overview:

The_ Compliance Lead & Special Education Teacher_ reports to the Dean of Special Services and is responsible for ensuring Libertas Academy Charter School fully complies with all federal, state, and local laws governing special education services. This position oversees compliance for section 504, IEP’s, documentation, annual meetings, and applicable state regulations. The role works closely with school leadership, service providers, teachers, and families to ensure students with disabilities receive rigorous, standards-aligned instruction and specialized support. This role ensures students meet ambitious academic growth and achievement goals. The teacher develops and implements Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), delivers specialized instruction through push-in and pull-out services, and ensures full compliance with federal and state special education regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities of the Special Services Teacher include but are not limited to:

• Ensure full compliance with IDEA, Section 504, ADA, and state special education regulations.
• Monitor timelines for evaluations, re-evaluations, IEP development, and annual reviews.
• Oversee procedural safeguards, prior written notices, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain accurate and audit-ready special education records.
• Prepare and submit required compliance reports to state agencies and charter authorizers.
• Review IEPs and 504 plans for legal compliance.
• Monitor implementation fidelity of accommodations, modifications, and services.
• Track service delivery minutes and ensure documentation accuracy.
• Support staff in writing legally compliant IEPs and measurable goals.
• Conduct internal compliance audits and file reviews.
• Identify potential compliance risks and develop corrective action plans.
• Lead response efforts for state complaints, due process hearings, and corrective action findings.
• Coordinate preparation for state monitoring visits and audits.
• Maintain compliance tracking systems for timelines and services.
• Analyze special education data to ensure adherence to performance indicators.
• Support child count reporting and other required state submissions.
• Maintain high expectations for students’ academic achievement and conduct
• Reinforce school-wide rules and expectations
• Deliver high-quality, engaging instruction aligned to math standards.
• Plan and execute daily lessons that drive student mastery of rigorous content.
• Develop and administer a variety of formal and informal assessments to measure students’ growth and mastery and to evaluate and refine instruction
• Provide targeted support, scaffolds, and extensions to meet diverse learners’ needs.
• Differentiate support to meet the needs of all learners—including multilingual learners and students with IEPs.
• Identify students who are academically at risk and initiate effective intervention strategies
• Compliance & Data: maintain legal, accurate, and confidential student records; perform data collection on behavior and academic performance.
• IEP Development & Implementation: design, write, and manage IEPs, including setting goals, and tracking progress
• Instruction: Deliver specialized academic instruction in small groups or one-on-one, and adapt general education curriculum for students with disabilities.
• Maintain and enrich subject matter expertise
• Set ambitious content & academic goals for all students.
• Monitor student progress using formative and summative assessments.
• Create a classroom environment that is structured, joyful, inclusive, and grounded in high expectations.
• Equip students with the critical thinking, analytical writing, and evidence-based reasoning skills that form the foundation of college-level learning
• Equip students with the skills question, interpret, and construct arguments
• Collaborate closely with fellow teachers and other staff members
• Participate actively in professional development
• Build strong relationships with students, staff, and families
• Prepare all students for the annual MCAS exam
• Participate in the Teacher Evaluation Process
• High quality teacher preparation; materials printed and aligned to the teacher, IPP completed to excellence (exemplar, pacing, priority questions, misconceptions etc)
• Common Picture - being on time and in correct place for all common picture/hallway post
• IPP (daily)
• Grading (weekly)
• Create/Revise SFMs (weekly)
• Data prework (bi-monthly)
• Planning prework (weekly)
• Unit Unpacking (as needed)
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications; Desired Skills, and Characteristics:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Must have avalid Massachusetts Teaching License in Special Education or Moderate Disabilities take and pass Communications & Literacy, Foundations of Reading, and Content MTEL (Massachusetts Test of Educator Licensure) within 1 year of employment with LACS.
• Must obtain Sheltered English Immersion Endorsement within 1 year of Employment
• Strong commitment to, belief in, and alignment with mission and vision of Libertas Academy
• Strong subject-matter expertise in math
• Demonstrates persistence in overcoming and removing obstacles to goal achievement.
• Demonstrates a drive, commitment and sense of urgency that inspires others to
• achieve results.
• Demonstrated success working with students in traditionally underserved communities
• Strong belief that all students can succeed
• Critical thinker and problem-solver
• Collaborative team player
• Willingness to engage in frequent dialogue and to be self-reflective with regard to teaching practices
• Commitment to analyzing student data to push student achievement forward
• Ability to work with a variety of learning abilities and differentiate for those students with special needs and English Learners
• Successful classroom manager who firmly believes that a structured environment and high behavioral expectations for all students lead to student achievement
• Spanish fluency highly desirable
• All candidates must successfully pass a background check and CORI review

Pay: $51,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $51,000 - $75,000