Special Education Teacher

Special Education Teacher

William M Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School

Wm M. Davies, Jr. Career and Technical High School - Lincoln, Rhode Island

Special Education - Lincoln, Rhode Island

This job is also posted in Rhode Island State DOE Consortium Job Board

Job Details

Job ID:5704086

Application Deadline:Posted until filled

Posted:Yesterday

Starting Date:Aug 19, 2026

Job Description

Davies Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, Rhode Island is a state school that prepares students with a technical skill set and training they can carry to future careers. Over 90% of graduates leave Davies with industry certification, with students choosing from across nine different career areas: Automotive Careers, Electrical, Machine Technology, Pre-Engineering, Cybersecurity, Biomanufacturing Technology, Education , Health Careers, Hospitality Careers, Graphics & Interactive Media. By providing hands-on training and career preparation, we not only help our students discover new passions, we help ensure each Davies graduate has the academic background and technical skills needed for future success.

As a State of Rhode Island employee, you would be offered an array of benefits including benefits (medical, dental & vision), life insurance, personal time, sick time, deferred compensation, legal coverage, on-site Pre-school with a discount, etc...

Davies is now hiring a Special Education Teacher for School Year 2026-2027!

*This is a grant funded opportunity

Qualifications:

RI Teacher Certification: Special Education Secondary Level

Three years of successful teaching experience at the secondary level is preferred

Demonstrated experience working effectively with students, parents, and staff

Knowledge of High School reform, Secondary Graduation requirements and current educational practices

Such alternatives to the above qualifications may be appropriate and acceptable

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide classroom instruction to IEP students that bridges their access to the general education curriculum.

Be a collaborative partner in a co-taught classroom model with general education teachers to plan, instruct, and share classroom duties for all students in co-taught classes

Promote the establishment of a productive environment for students to facilitate diversity, awareness and sensitivity

Maintain student records-grades, attendance and perform measures that assess and improve student learning

Use evaluation and RTI data to develop individual learning goals for each student

Collaborate with academic departments in addition to the student support department to ensure students are accessing all curriculum needs

Manage a caseload of students with IEPs by ensuring proper placement, coordinating and distributing information about goals, aids and accommodating identified in IEPs

Take a lead role in facilitating IEP meetings for students on the caseload

Initiate necessary documents for IEP meeting scheduling and write comprehensive IEPs for students identified through IDEA based on collected data

Provide guidance and support to technical teachers to meet the needs of individuals students according to their IEP

Complete timely quarterly reporting communication on IEP goal progress

Provide information on achievement and behavior to the IEP Team and parents on an ongoing basis

Adhere to guidelines for Davies Policy/Procedures as well as all RI State standards and deadlines, some are noted in the

Personnel Rules & Regulations

Perform other duties as assigned

Skills & Understanding Required

Communicates and collaborates effectively with students, families and colleagues

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, sit, and talk or hear. Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision and distance vision. Daily use of small and large motor skills applicable to the daily operation of a computer. Regularly interacts with students, the public, and with other workers. Regularly and essential to this position, the individual must meet deadlines with other time constraints.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work environment consists of classrooms, ramps, the ability to move throughout the facility; sometimes to other buildings. The noise level in this environment may be loud, depending upon the activity level during the day and the location.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree, minimum requirement

Position Type:Full-time