Special Education Lead Teacher

POSTING #: 3541

The Sauk Rapids-Rice Public School District No. 47 is seeking an experienced and innovative special education teacher to provide special education leadership and expertise. Preferred candidates will have experience in leadership and a desire to someday serve in an administrative role.

Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools is committed to:
- A culture of high quality and effective instruction
- Partnerships and collaboration
- Student and staff well-being
- High student achievement
- Stewardship of resources
- Equitable education

Primary Responsibilities:
- Serve as the building administrator designee for special education 
- Implement and strengthen behavior programs with research based interventions, while providing support and training for staff and students
- Effectively communicate with parents, staff, students and community members
- Work with administration to assign and monitor caseloads
- Assist with and participate in hiring personnel
- Provide training for and supervision of paraprofessionals
- Plan and facilitate staff training and in-services
- Collaborate effectively with off-campus organizations and agencies
- Assist with select administrative duties 
- Serve on the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) leadership team
- Monitor internal due process procedures
- Manage students in crisis proactively

Outstanding candidates will be:
- Effective communicators
- Thoughtful and deliberate decision-makers
- Creative problem solvers with extraordinary relationship skills
- Innovative and able to promote and implement quality programs
- Motivating and positive with students, staff, and parents
- A life-long learner and positive role model
- Knowledgeable in special education due process

Required Qualifications:
Hold a current Minnesota Teaching License in a special education field

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience as a special education teacher 
- Hold a Minnesota Teaching License with intentions to seek appropriate leadership endorsements in the near future (or enrolled in a current program working toward receiving this endorsement)

Contract:
1.0 FTE, 187-day contract (182 contract days plus 5 extra days) beginning the 2026-2027 school year.

Salary and Benefits:
Salary based on the 2025-2027 Sauk Rapids-Rice Education Associations Master Agreement starting at $52,166 up to $97,326.

Benefits based on full-time employment and may be pro-rated for part-time positions. Benefits may include the following:
- Health, Dental, Vision Wear, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account (with enrollment in an eligible health plan)
- Medical Flexible Spending Account (with eligibility for insurance)
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Post retirement Health Care Savings Plan
- Teachers Retirement Association (TRA)
- 403b Matching Annuity
- Discretionary Personal/Sick Leave (PTO)

Deadline:
Applications accepted online at www.isd47.org/start-your-career until filled.

Note:
Candidates must pass a criminal background check in order to be eligible for employment.