Special Education Teacher Jobs

Easterseals Arkansas

Location:
United States, Little Rock

Category:
Education

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Job Description:

Teaches early childhood, elementary school, middle school,or high school subjects and functional skills to students with physical or intellectual disabilities.

Job Responsibility:

Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials to meet individual needs of students
Instructs students, using special education strategies and techniques
Uses lessons that incorporate best practices, accommodations, and equipment that best meet individual needs of students
Creates learning materials and bulletin boards that foster motivation and learning
Works with students to increase motivation, provide consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning, and continuous feedback
Confers with parents, administrators, therapists, psychological examiners, and others to develop individual educational program for each student
Incorporates and helps to provide consistency in the implementation of a student's behavior program
Directs and maintains well-organized classroom routines and schedules
Completes required paperwork including evaluations, weekly/monthly data sheets, reports, quarterly evaluations, attendance, lesson plans, classroom schedules
Administers and scores standardized testing to evaluate and/or assess assigned students’ needs
Develops appropriate education objectives and goals for individualized program, treatment, or education plans
Plans and directs classroom duties of teaching assistants (TAs)/paraprofessionals and direct support professionals (DSP) assigned to classroom
Provides feedback for annual evaluation of TAs/ paraprofessionals and DSPs
Coordinates, plans, and completes required paperwork for fieldtrips including reserving and driving vans
Coordinates and plans special activities such as classroom celebrations, guest speakers, and special events
Assists with planning for and carrying out summer programming including material preparation, schedules, field trips, etc.
Assists with feeding and changing of students and other personal care needs
Keeps monthly progress data to show student's progress towards goals and objectives
Communicates with guardians and other staff about student's progress through quarterly reports
Attends team meetings as requested and other meetings held to discuss student needs
Conducts monthly observations for students attending public school as applicable
Arrives before students and is prepared for the instructional day
Dresses appropriately and professionally
Completes annual training hours as required

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year College or university with major in Special Education
Arkansas teaching license required
Certification in special education preferred
Individuals completing an alternate licensure plan will be considered
Three or more years’ experience as a classroom teacher preferred
Valid Arkansas Driver's License
FBI Criminal Check
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format
Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Physical demands: regularly required to stand
walk
use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear
frequently required to reach with hands and arms
stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell
occasionally required to sit and climb or balance
must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance
specific vision abilities required

Nice to have:

Certification in special education
Three or more years’ experience as a classroom teacher

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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