Elementary Special Education Resource Teacher

Position: Special Education Resource Teacher 
Posting Dates: May 4, 2026 - Until Filled
Reports To: Sheldon Woods Elementary Principal
Beginning: August 2026

Qualifications: 

• Valid Michigan teaching certificate with Special Education endorsement required.
• CPI/CPR certification preferred.
• Knowledge of reading, math, and writing interventions.
• Familiar with strategies, including check-in and check-out, progress monitoring, and data collection.
• Knowledge of positive interventions, supports, and good problem-solving skills.
• Good collaboration/communication skills.
• Experience working with various disabilities.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Provide small group intervention sessions.
• Develop/implement behavioral intervention plans and reinforcement systems.
• Consult with teachers, parents and administrators.
• Coordinate IEP services with team members, including general education teachers, school social worker, speech language pathologist, occupational therapist and physical therapist.
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in-person attendance.