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FulltimeSpecial Educationhigh school teaching position grades 912. The successful candidate(s) will be properly licensed or have the ability to obtain licensure and possess the ability to teach ina high schoollevel Special Education Structured Learning classroom. Position begins August 2025.
Special Education model
The Special Education model in the Hermiston School District focuses on the strengths of the individuals. We have facilitators whose strengths are organization and paperwork the write the IEPs. We have teachers whose strength is teaching and working with students. The teachers attend the IEP meetings and provide input but do not write IEPs. We also have School Psychologists SpeechLanguage Pathologists and Bilingual Secretaries that all fill roles to support the IEP qualification process. Philosophically the Hermiston School District intends to put teachers (Special Education and otherwise) in classrooms to impact students positively.
About the District:
The Hermiston School District is the largest district in eastern Oregon exceeding 5700 students and continues to experience steady enrollment growth. It serves students in grades kindergarten through 12 with a broad range of programs from foundational learning skills to comprehensive vocational programs to an exhaustive array of postsecondary college credit bearing opportunities. The school district includes a 912 senior high school two 68 middle schools five K5 elementary schools and a robust online learning program option for students and families.
Support for the school district has been strong from the community. In 2001 voters approved a $39 million building program which included the remodel of the high school an additional elementary school and various districtwide renovations. The voters also approved a $69.9 million bond in 2008 whichserved to replace Armand Larive Middle School West Park Elementary and Sunset Elementary.
The District employs over 570 full time staff that includes approximately 330 teachers and over 240 classified support and supervisory personnel making it one of the largest employers in the city of Hermiston. A nationallyrecognized community that embraces its diversity the district serves some 28000 residents where onethird of the population is Hispanic.
The school district prides itself on the academic achievement of its students successful athletic programs nationallyrecognized club and activity organizations and its exhaustive list of academic and elective opportunities available to students. The Districts partnership with community organizations has been central to its continued success highlighted by support groups who have provided nearly a half a million dollars to assist students and programs through such venues as the Hermiston Sports Booster Club Hermiston Education Foundation Band Boosters FFA Alumni and the community sponsorship of the student homebuilding program to name a few.
Hermiston School District has a comprehensive Vision 2025 plan which outlines the direction for the District. HSD provides quality professional development for staff in a variety of areas including constructing meaning common formative assessments researchbased literacy strategies and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). These components along with an emphasis on small class sizes cutting edge technology and comprehensive curriculum support make Hermiston school District a great place to work.
About the Community:
The city of Hermiston is a vibrant and growing community ofapproximately 18000 residents located at the crossroads of the Pacific Northwest situated near the intersectionofI84 and I82 just minutes from a ColumbiaRiver port and 30 minutes from the TriCities in Washington. Hermiston and the entire Umatilla County area have excellent potential for growth in commercial industrial agricultural as well as residential development. Hermiston boasts over 100 acres for community use volleyball courts soccer fields baseball diamonds childrens play areas barbeque and picnic areas and more. Located within 10 minutes of downtown Hermiston both Umatilla and Echo have challenging golf courses. The Columbia River offers tournament level fishing as well as many water sports including swimming wind surfing and boating. Other fishing waters include the Umatilla River Cold Springs Reservoir and many ponds. Nearby is Hat Rock State Park and the Blue Mountains are within an hour drive affording a wide variety of fishing hunting and camping activities. In the winter the mountains are home to excellent snow skiing tubing snowmobiling and sledding.
Salary and Benefits: The Hermiston School District offers an extremely competitivesalary and benefits package which includes PERS retirement employerpaid pickup tuition reimbursementand a comprehensive health and benefits package. Salary listed is based upon thesalary schedule193 day contract which includes 3 paid holidays.
Application Requirements:
The applicant must supply the following items online through Recruit & Hire 12/hire/ :
It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure his/her application is complete. Only complete applications will be considered.
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