26-27 Elementary Special Education Teacher (ESE)

Here's what you need to know

• We're looking for teachers for the 2025-2026 school year!
• Our elementary school is seeking awe-inspiring teachers to guide our students as they climb the mountain to college and beyond.
• Our teachers are dynamic leaders both in and outside of their classroom.
• They love students, working with families and the community they serve.

Special Education/ ESE Teacher

KIPP

• Miami is looking for a motivated Special Education/ ESE teacher who is SPED certified and has a track record of molding future leaders in our communities.
• You are passionate about education and understand the importance of building strong relationships in generating student achievement.
• You are dedicated to going above and beyond to ensure our students succeed.

Here's what you'll be doing

Joining our schools as a teacher comes with a lot of growth opportunities, but with great power comes great responsibility. Your role as a Special Education Teacher will involve a number of responsibilities which will include but are not limited to:

• Teach in an inclusive class, sharing all responsibilities with a general education teacher.
• Provides resource small group support as needed.
• Provides an alternative or parallel teaching to a group of students and provides 1:1 teaching, as needed.
• Employs multi-sensory teaching strategies and specialized instruction as needed based on student's specific disabilities.
• Implements all modifications and accommodations for the classroom and in testing.
• Create IEPs in collaboration with Child Response Team to ensure services are being delivered at a high level and are in compliance.
• Uses student IEPs, evaluations, and present levels of performance to ensure services are being delivered at a high level.
• Collaborate with student support team to conduct annual IEP meetings
• Use data to responsively teach to mastery of academic skills.
• Tracks student performance and progress and is responsible for continual improvement in student growth objectives.
• Administers and tracks weekly assessment data to both monitor progress towards grade level goals as well as IEP goals.
• Create action plans to improve performance when students are not on track to meet goals.
• Consistently and clearly communicates progress to all shared stakeholders
• Participate in school, departmental and parent meetings.
• Participate in school events, activities and programs both during and outside of regular class instruction hours.

Must Haves

• A belief in every student's limitless potential
• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required(Official transcripts showing degree conferred are required prior to the starting date of employment)
• Appropriate state teaching certification completed and issued or in process of being completed, where applicable.
• Content/Subject matter expertise
• A minimum of two years of teaching experience, with demonstrated interest in working with students from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds
• A track record of success in the classroom
• A collaborative attitude towards teaching and learning
• A belief that all students deserve a world class education which can be achieved through education reform

Nice to Haves:.

• A record of exceptional student achievement and results at a high-performing charter network/charter management organization.

Additional Information: Compensation & Benefits

KIPP

Miami offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, competitive 403(B) plan, and a school laptop.

KIPP

• Miami offers competitive salaries to newly hired lead teachers.
• Salaries are based on prior experience and in accordance with certification requirements.
• KIPP Miami offers a competitive salary starting at $53,450 for teacher positions with additional opportunities for earning up to $4,000 annually in performance-based pay.

KIPP

New Jersey | KIPP Miami is an equal opportunity employer