Website Blooming Prairie Public Schools #756
Blooming Prairie Public Schools is accepting applications for a full-time intermediate/high school special education teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. This position provides an opportunity to work with students from 5th to 12th grade with various disabilities.
ISD #756 is a small rural school district in SE Minnesota. We serve approximately 900 students PreK-12. We have seen a gradual increase in the student population over the past several years and recently completed a building project. We added additional classroom spaces to accommodate our growth, including an auditorium, gym space, flex spaces, and art classrooms, renovating our Ag/Industrial Tech spaces and completing several long-term facility maintenance projects.
Requirements
The successful candidate must hold a bachelor's degree in education with a focus on a special education specialty area(s) and/or Academic and Behavior Specialist (ABS) and a Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) issued special education teaching license. The candidate must also have strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with administration, staff, and families.
Responsibilities include:
1. Conducting comprehensive special education evaluations, interpreting results, and working with the team to determine if students meet initial entrance or continuing criteria under any Minnesota state disability category.
2. Developing and implementing annual Individual Education Program (IEP) plans for students to include present levels of educational performance, special education needs, instructional goals and objectives, and the special education and related services required to meet those goals.
3. Provide research-based specialized instruction to address the instructional goals and objectives within each student’s IEP plan.
4. Serves as the primary contact for the parent(s), classroom teacher, and other support staff.
5. Effectively and appropriately work with parents, students, staff, and other educational professionals regarding the student and district's instructional needs, concerns, or challenges.
6. Maintain, document, and update due process records per federal and state laws, rules, and/or regulations.
7. Provides direction and supervision of paraprofessionals as directed.
8. Provides consultation to classroom teachers regarding classroom adaptations, instructional modifications, adaptive equipment, behavior modification plans, and other similar instructional interventions to meet the needs of students with IEPs.
9. Enhance skills via continuing education and professional development activities.
Compensation: $46,527-$80,579 annual salary, determined by licensure and experience
Application deadline: Until Filled
District Application Guidelines
Official Job Posting, Application Form, and request for accommodations available at: https://www.blossoms.k12.mn.us/page/2818
Please send a Letter of Interest, resume/credentials, and three letters of recommendation to: [email protected]
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