Special Education Floating Substitute Teacher
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Job Description
Special education floating substitute teacher delivering IEP-focused online instruction for Highpoint Virtual Academy of Michigan. Managing accommodations, documentation, student progress, and family collaboration.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver specific course content in an online environment
- Provide instruction, support, and guidance focused on students’ individual IEP needs
- Ensure special education and related services are provided as determined by the IEP team
- Communicate with parents and related service staff regarding appropriate student therapies
- Develop compliant IEPs, progress reports, and required special education documentation
- Facilitate and lead collaborative special education meetings, including annual IEP meetings
- Use assistive technology, supplemental curriculum, and accessible text to provide accommodations and modifications
- Modify Stride K12 lessons and assessments according to IEPs
- Ensure student inclusion and success in the general education classroom
- Collect data and work samples to monitor progress toward IEP goals
- Document parent contacts and student interventions
- Analyze student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment
- Provide synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences
- Maintain the grade book and make placement and promotion decisions
- Prepare students for high-stakes standardized tests
- Establish positive rapport with families and communicate with students and learning coaches/parents
- Support learning coaches/parents with curricular, instructional, and basic virtual-classroom troubleshooting issues
- Collaborate with teachers and administrators to improve student outcomes
Requirements:
- Michigan Teaching Certification required
- Special Education endorsement required
- For out-of-state residents, Michigan teaching certification required
- Bachelor's degree
- Active state teaching license
- Ability to clear required background check
- Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week
- Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during the workday
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
- Ability to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Benefits:
- Performance bonus eligibility
- Health benefits
- Retirement contributions
- Paid time off
- Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
- Virtual work environment
- Face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or school-required travel




