Home-based Special Education Instructor

2025-26 School Year Only
Part-time/Temporary

Pay rate: $30.00 - 45.00/hour

8 hours/week

Seeking a part-time instructor to work with a homebound middle school student, approximately 8 hours/week.

Be an educator in Albemarle County Public Schools

Are you looking to work in a school division where students are engaged in authentic, challenging, and relevant learning experiences, becoming lifelong contributors and leaders in our dynamic and diverse society? Then look no further!

In Albemarle County Public Schools, we work together as a team to end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children's success through high-quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds. We will know every student!

We are the first public school division in Virginia, and among the first in the country, to develop and implement an Anti-Racism policy with the expressed purpose of building school communities that share the responsibility to recognize and end racism, eliminate inequitable practices that result in achievement gaps, and support the unique gifts, talents, and interests of every child. In ACPS, "all" really means all.

General Definition of Work:

The Homebased Special Education Teacher - Adapted Curriculum involves working with students with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and various other educational disabilities. The assignment for this teacher will be to provide homebased instruction based on an adapted curriculum, in a mutually agreed upon location, on a part-time schedule.

Schedule:

Currently seeking teacher(s) for the following student needs:

1. 4 hours/week & 1 hour/week planning: High school student with Multiple Disabilities- Targeting foundational communication, daily living, and engagement skills
2. 6 hours/week & 2 hours/week planning: Elementary school student with Autism- Targeting foundational communication, play, engagement, and self-care skills

Essential Functions:

• Teach students content to meet the standards outlined in Virginia's Essentialized Standards of Learning and the Virginia Standards of Learning using research-based curriculum, strategies & materials correlated with other approved learning activities and adjusted to suit each student's needs;
• Assist children with multiple disabilities, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments, autism, combined deafness and blindness, traumatic brain injury and other health impairments;
• Implement Individualized Education Plans, as written, for student with disabilities;
• Use various teaching methods to promote learning, including intensive individualized instruction and problem-solving assignments;
• Ensure appropriate accommodations are available in the learning environment and when a student needs to access the environment, curriculum and assessments;
• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provide individualized instruction based on the student's IEP;
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences to best utilize the available time for instruction;
• Provide culturally responsive instruction to students who are linguistically diverse;
• Establish a caring, loving, and warm yet structured atmosphere for our most complex and at-risk students;
• Modify regular and aligned education curriculum to meet the individual children's needs;
• Provide and maintain a safe and supportive learning environment;
• Establish and maintain standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere and develop an individualized behavioral plan when needed;
• Provide an effective program of instruction;
• Model professional standards when dealing with students, parents, peers, and community;
• Utilize strong oral and written communication skills with students, parents, and staff;
• Utilize effective problem solving, organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with pupils, parents, school staff
• Evaluate pupils' academic and social growth, and prepare progress reports;
• Communicate with parents through conferences, telephone calls, e-mails, student planners, school web site, and other means, to discuss the pupils' progress;
• Maintain and uphold school and county policies and procedures;
• Establish / design, implement and monitor personalized goals for each child;
• Assure confidentiality of all students' information;
• Understand and adhere to all laws, Special Education policies and procedures and District policies, and procedures;
• Maintain professional competence through staff development education activities provided by the school district and self-selected professional growth activities;
• Knowledge and use of materials and resources in accordance with the adopted curriculum and consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided;
• Assist in the selection of books, equipment, and other instructional materials;
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relations with others;
• Perform related duties as assigned by the administration in accordance with the school/system policies and practices.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

This professional must possess a strong understanding of the instructional needs of children with significant educational disabilities, as well as a strong understanding of the special education process, and strong organizational skills. The teacher in this role must be a team player, energetic, enthusiastic, patient, and willing to work collaboratively with students ages 2 - 22. Experience teaching students with intellectual disabilities and physical impairments is preferred. Possess a belief that all students can learn and are best served when they are included with their peers to the greatest extent possible. Possess an understanding of the state curriculum standards as they apply to students with intellectual disabilities. Knowledgeable in research-based programs. Demonstrate knowledge in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), implementing positive behavior plans, and data collection. Possess an understanding of IDEA, and associated timelines. Possess an understanding of the requirements of the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program.

Education and Experience:

Candidates should possess a current Virginia Special Education endorsement. Other candidates may be considered.

Physical Conditions and Nature of Work Contacts:

Daily personal and close contact with students to provide learning environment support and instruction is required. Regular contact with other staff members and parents is required. Occasional contact with medical professionals may be required. Frequent contact with parents by phone and in person is necessary. While performing the duties of this job, the teacher is regularly required to speak and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, bend at the knees and / or hips, kneel, or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. The teacher must be able to respond to the unique educational needs of students with disabilities in a stressful setting. This job may emphasize intervention with and management of aggressive and self-abusive students, angry students, emotional students, students with infectious diseases, and personal physical abuse.

The Application Process

Are you ready to join the ACPS Team and engage our learners in becoming lifelong contributors and leaders in our dynamic and diverse society? If so, then follow these steps to apply:

STEP 1: Click Apply for this Position at the top right of this page. This will add your application to the candidate pool for this position.

STEP 2: You will receive an email invitation to complete a short online assessment to help us learn more about your strengths as an educator. Instructions will be included in the email. If you've already taken this assessment within the past three years, you do not need to complete it again.

STEP 3: Continue to check our Jobs page frequently as new positions are added throughout the spring and summer. You need to apply for each specific position that you are interested in. Jobs are listed chronologically by posting date, but you can search by categories or by keywords like "teacher" or "counselor", and you can also sign up for weekly email alerts.

STEP 4: Our school principals and assistant principals will review your application and will contact you directly if they would like to schedule an interview. Time frames vary depending on the position and time of year.

Questions? Email HR@k12albemarle.org

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