ESI TEACHER (Special Education - Resource Room)
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Per PEA Contract
2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR
Job Summary:
The resource program teacher is responsible for working with other educators to coordinate and adapt curriculum and instruction for students with IEPs in the Least Restrictive Environment.
Qualifications:
- A valid Michigan teaching certificate in special education, with the demonstrated ability to co-teach secondary content areas
- NCA/AdvancEd/Cognia accreditation standards met to teach special education
- Federal standards met to be highly qualified in special education
- Experience in successfully working cooperatively with colleagues
- The training and skills to work with a diverse group of high-school students
- Experience working with students with behavior needs
- Experience creating and implementing behavior-support plans IEPs, and curriculum materials based on those IEPs
- CPI trained
Preferences
- Federal standards met to be highly qualified in a secondary content area
Expectations
- Highly skilled in organizational and interpersonal communications, particularly with high-school age students and parents, and in stressful, sometimes conflict-laden situations
- Work effectively with at-risk students
- Employ culturally responsive teaching strategies, restorative practices, and trauma-informed practices to meet the learning needs of a diverse student population
- Work with colleagues to continue to implement, assess and meet our school-improvement goals
- Work with colleagues effectively and cooperatively
- Experience and willingness to lead extracurricular or athletic activities
- Work cooperatively with other colleagues, such as special-education teachers, regular-education teachers and counselors, to serve as part of a team to support all students
