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Special Education Cross Categorial Teacher

South Bend Empowerment Zone

South Bend, INFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Location
South Bend, IN
Schedule
Full-time
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Indiana Special Education License

Job overview

The Cross-Categorical Special Education Teacher delivers course content through a differentiated collaborative model, co-teaches with general education teachers, and provides student-specific accommodations. The role includes classroom management and implementing individual behavioral intervention plans. The posting seeks an Indiana special education license in Mild Disabilities/Intervention and Highly Qualified status; it prefers relevant teaching experience, a bachelor’s degree, and experience with IEPs, differentiated instruction, assessment, and collaboration.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Classroom ManagementBehavioral Intervention PlansDifferentiated InstructionFormative AssessmentReading InstructionLesson PlanningClassroom ActivitiesResearch-Based InstructionStudent Data AnalysisInstructional Collaboration

Qualifications

Indiana Special Education LicenseHighly Qualified Status2+ Years Relevant ExperienceBachelor's DegreeTimely IEP CompletionDiverse Student ExperienceNo Probation Assistance Recommendation

Full job description

Job Details

Job ID: 5963739

Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Cross-Categorical Special Education Teacher

POSITION SUMMARY:

This highly qualified teacher will be responsible for delivering specific course content in a differentiated collaborative model. The teacher must be skilled in classroom management and the implementation of individual behavioral intervention plans. Co-teach with general education teacher and make student specific accommodations.

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:

Principal, Special Education Supervisor

Director of Special Education

QUALIFICATIONS: State of Indiana Special Education License in Mild Disabilities/Intervention and must be Highly Qualified.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

  • History of timely and accurate completion of IEPs.

  • Demonstrated effectiveness in providing differentiated instruction to meet the needs of struggling students.

  • Demonstrated effectiveness in using formative assessments to guide reading instruction. Applicant must not have had a recommendation for Probation Assistance on his/her most recent evaluation.

  • Experience dealing with families and students from a diverse range of economic, social and ethnic backgrounds.

  • Teaching experience with developing and implementing lesson plans, classroom activities, and classroom management.

  • Knowledge of research-based instructional strategies, methodology, and materials for students receiving special education services.

  • Experience in analyzing student’s formative and summative data and differentiating classroom instruction based on assessment data and student needs.

  • Experience collaborating with colleagues to improve instructional practices throughout the school.

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Requirements

At least 2 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.

Bachelor degree preferred.

Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

Jennifer Sears, Principal

Marquette Montessori Academy

Email: [email protected]

How this job compares

Set against the 1,127 open Special Education Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$56–70K/yr339 salary ranges
  • US median$48–50/hr226 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 20 open Special Education Teacher jobs in Indiana and 1,127 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Indiana
Experience
Special Education Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (99 postings).
Education
465 of the 1,127 open Special Education Teacher jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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