2024-2025: Middle School Special Education Teacher (Grades 5th-8th)

Bricolage Academy is searching for a Special Education Teacher.

BRICOLAGE ACADEMY OVERVIEW

Instructional Model

At Bricolage Academy, the Special Education Teacher is responsible for providing common-core-aligned instruction based on Individualized Education Plans that is culturally relevant and contains SMART measures of success. Special Education teachers support in Wit and Wisdom, EL, and Illustrative Math curriculums.

DUTIES

Specifically, the Special Education Teacher is responsible for:

• schedule and hold IEP meetings according to Due Process procedures

• write SMART IEP goals and objectives that meet the individual needs students with exceptionalities

• maintain compliant IEP folders including writing progress reports and filing

• monitor progress of students with weekly/daily data collection

• student outcomes. We use multiple measures to assess student learning and preparedness and it is the responsibility of the teacher to prepare students for success

• creating a classroom culture where students:

  • share in its ownership

  • treat each other with empathy and act with integrity

  • learn how to be responsibly autonomous

• delivering engaging, rigorous, and effective instruction that includes:

  • Math instruction built upon the Bridges in Math curriculum which prioritizes conceptual understanding and number sense over algorithmic procedures

  • Phonics instruction built upon the American Reading Company curriculum which prioritizes actionable data that tells the teacher where a student is, why, and the sequence of skills/behaviors she needs to learn next to accelerate her reading growth.

  • ELA instruction through Units of Study and Wit and Wisdom

• differentiating and modifying instruction to meet the needs of each individual student

• integrating technology, innovation, and design thinking into instruction

• being an active member of the school community including assuming before, during, and after school duty posts, advising/mentoring small groups of students and attending school activities and events

• developing relationships with colleagues, students and their families

Some other things you should know about us:

Bricolage is a diverse community, but we are committed to being an anti-racist one. This means devoting time to understand what racism is, exploring how it manifests, and taking actions to dismantle it. Also, Bricolage's diversity is not itself an end. Rather, we believe our diversity is a means to amplifying empathy, advancing equity and facilitating creativity and innovation.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Strong belief in Bricolage Academy’s mission, vision and core values

• Strong belief in and commitment to diverse, equitable, and inclusive educational access and equitable outcomes

• Strong belief in and commitment to the city of New Orleans

• Bachelor’s degree

• Demonstrated success raising student achievement

• Louisiana Special Education teaching certificate or working towards it

• At least 3 years of teaching experience

• At least 1 year of special education teaching experience

Preferred

• K-8 Grade teaching experience

• Familiarity with Bulletin 1508, 1706, 1903

• Familiarity with Louisiana’s Handbook for Rights of Children with Disabilities

• Familiarity with rules and regulations regarding Special Education Law

• Familiarity with Individualized Education Plans

• Familiarity with accommodations and modifications

• Familiarity with/experience using Bridges in Mathematics or a similar math curriculum that prioritizes conceptual understanding and number sense over algorithmic procedures

• Familiarity with Wit and Wisdom or Units of Study

• Familiarity with/experience with Phonics and Guided Reading

• Familiarity with/experience using Personalized Learning

• Success as a teacher with a predominantly middle to high income student population and success as a classroom teacher with a predominantly low income population

• Familiarity with/experience using one or more of the following: Responsive Classroom, Love & Logic, Restorative Practices

• Familiarity with/experience using culturally responsive teaching strategies

People of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Bricolage Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.