K-2 Exceptional Education Teacher 2025-2026 NC East
K-2 Exceptional Education Teacher 2025-2026 NC East
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Job Description
The School
Nashville Classical East opened in July 2013 with one grade Kindergarten. Since then the school has grown to enroll 550 scholars in Grades K8 and become the citys most popular elementary school enrolling families from 26 unique Zip Codes.
In the past five years our school has been
- Named the citys best nonprofit by the Nashville Business Journal
- Named a Tennessee Reward School by the TN Department of Education
- Achieved top 5 growth in the state in both Math and ELA
- Awarded 3 Blue Ribbon Awards for Teaching Excellence: Most in the city!
- Profiled in The Tennessean Newsweek and in Doug Lemovs recent books Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and Reconnect.
The Position
Nashville Classical East seeks Exceptional Education teachers to join our Scholar Supports Team who are committed to working hard having fun and making history. Our team educates a diverse community through a joyful rigorous curriculum and within a structured intentional culture building a foundation of knowledge and habits for high school college and life.
Our teachers:
- Internalize and execute common curricula including unit plans lesson plans and materials.
- Build achievementoriented culture during key moments: morning motivation lunch recess and closing circle.
- Implement schoolwide systems for scholar culture.
- Communicate regularly with families and attend quarterly events in the evenings such as Report Card Conferences Cultural Heritage Nights etc.
- Engage in ongoing professional development including once weekly until 4:30pm.
- Commit to teaching a daily schedule from 7:17am 3:37pm.
- Do whatever it takes to achieve the mission of Nashville Classical.
Additionally our Special Education teachers:
- Support scholars with exceptional needs in grades Kinder8th across the school.
- Provide instruction across subjects via small group pull out lessons and push in support to specific scholars.
- Collaborate with and support general education teachers on curriculum instructional strategies assessments and Individual Education Plans compliance.
- Collaborate with other Special Education/EL staff on curriculum instructional strategies assessments and Individual Education Plans.
- Provide behavior and social emotional support to scholars through interventions.
- Monitor compile analyze and report scholar data through meetings reports and other required compliance.
- Communicate progress to families and engage families through formal meetings and informal phone calls home visits bus rides and notes.
The Qualifications
The ideal candidate possesses:
- Valid Tennessee teaching license with the appropriate Special Education or Interventionist endorsement THIS IS A REQUIREMENT.
- Bachelors degree
- Experience with a Special Education caseload
- Fulltime teaching experience in a school setting
- Experience and demonstrated success teaching in a highperforming school serving a culturally and socioeconomically diverse school community is highly preferred
The Compensation
Nashville Classical pays 5 above our local school district. For teachers base 2425 salaries ranged from $55670 $89877. Teachers can select from three generous medical plans and are eligible for full state retirement benefits. This position will follow a 10month schedule.
We also offer yearly stipends for teacherleader roles extracurricular clubs coaching and additional roles. We offer all employees a Macbook computer all necessary classroom supplies and a $500 discretionary budget for classroom purchases.
As an equal opportunity employer we hire without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
