Three Lakes Educational Cooperative is taking applications for a Full-Time Special Education Teacher for Next Step Academy an 18-21 year old program for the 2025-2026 school year. Applicants must have, or be eligible for, a Kansas teaching license in special education. We would be willing to consider applicants who are eligible for a provisional license in special education or applicants who are willing to work towards licensure through the waiver process.

• Serve as case manager in the development and implementation of IEPs for students with disabilities.
• Communicates with other special education teachers, paraprofessionals, general education teachers, and principals regarding the educational needs and program(s) of students with disabilities. 
• Collaborates with the school team in implementing effective specialized teaching strategies for students with disabilities. 
• Maintains records regarding individual student progress toward IEP goals, services, and accommodations/modifications provided, parent contacts, notices, and other documentation as required by the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) regulations or the Director of Special Education.
• Participates in student eligibility evaluations and re-evaluations.
• Complies with district/cooperative safety practices.
• Complies with all district/cooperative rules, regulations, and polices.
• Prepare students for adult living utilizing the adult domains of functional living. 
• Collect and analyze data to ensure progress is being made.
• Complete transition assessments and write transition plans.
• Supervise students in the building and on job-sites.
• Prepare 18-21 year olds to navigate the community. 
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time. 
• Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone
• Ability to travel within the cooperative.
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to height.
• Ability to bend, stoop, sit on floor, climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead.
• Regular attendance and/or physical presence at the job

Salary is based upon placement on the TLEC salary schedule.

Benefits:

Per contract year:

-90% Paid Single Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Insurance Policy

-6 Paid Sick Leave Days

-6 Paid Discretionary Leave Days

-Paid Bereavement Leave

-Longevity Pay

-Optional Section 125 Salary Reduction Plan

-Various 403 b options also available

-Opportunities for Professional Development