Job Details

Job Title: Learning Disabilities Teacher
Location: Thompson Middle School, Saginaw Public Schools
Position Type: Certified/Licensed – Learning Disabilities
Date Available: 2025–26 School Year
Closing Date: Until Filled

General Summary:
Saginaw Public Schools teachers are responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. Saginaw Public Schools teachers are committed and focused on rapid school turnaround.

District-Wide Performance Standards:
The School District of the City of Saginaw, in partnership with parents, students, businesses, and the community, is committed to ensuring the highest level of academic achievement and career planning for all students, the highest-performing organizational structure at all levels, and a safe and effective learning environment for all students.

A Saginaw Public Schools Turnaround teacher skillfully demonstrates:

• The capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to individual student needs

• The willingness to seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches, or administrators for instructional support

• The desire and ability to work in a multi-cultural, urban setting and develop rapport with students, staff, parents, and the community

• Prioritization of student-learning needs over customs and routine

• Commitment to increasing student learning through innovation

• The ability to collect and analyze data to inform instruction

• The skill to implement a tiered system of instruction

• A strong ability to foster meaningful, caring relationships with students

• The ability to build and thrive in a collaborative and accountable professional environment

• Active engagement in the PLC process including:

  • Participating in instructional conversations

  • Collaboratively developing lesson plans

  • Coordinating instruction across grade levels

  • Implementing new instructional ideas

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Knowledge of content and pedagogy in assigned area

2. Familiarity with educational technology

3. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

4. Strong written and verbal communication

5. Decision-making and organizational skills

6. Stress management and adaptability

7. Initiative and attention to detail

8. Accurate record-keeping

9. Effective instructional strategies

10. Ability to collaborate with staff and families

11. Capability to work independently and quickly learn new tasks

12. Cultural competence and rapport-building in an urban environment

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Coordinate scheduling and parent notification for IEP, MET, and Manifestation Determination meetings

2. Maintain accurate B-worksheets, attendance, and special education records

3. Advise building principal on student disabilities and discipline impact

4. Maintain up-to-date binder of IEPs and discipline documentation

5. Provide regular progress reports to parents on IEP goals

6. Develop IEPs with appropriate goals and objectives

7. Lead and facilitate IEP meetings

8. Plan and implement instructional services for assigned students

9. Deliver direct instruction as outlined in IEPs

10. Support general education staff with accommodations and student needs

11. Offer supplemental instruction aligned to general education curriculum

12. Maintain service schedules including frequency and duration of support

13. Assist with course scheduling for special education students

14. Collaborate with MET team for accurate evaluations and placements

15. Align instruction with district strategic goals

16. Maintain regular communication with staff, administration, and families

17. Stay current on legislation and practices in special education

18. Notify special education office of students joining via address changes

19. Submit all required documents to the records office within 10 days of meetings

20. Perform other duties as assigned

Education and/or Experience:

1. Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited institution

2. Meets state, district, and school professional teaching requirements

3. Holds single subject credential or certification if applicable

4. Possesses required endorsements for the subject/area

5. Relevant teaching experience

Salary: Based on education and experience

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Saginaw Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender/sex, age, disability, height, weight, marital status, or lack of English language speaking skills in its programs.