Exceptional Education Teacher 2026-2027

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 K-8 and become the citys most popular elementary school enrolling families from 26 unique Zip Codes.

Our new campus Nashville Classical West opened in July 2023 with Kindergarten. Next year it will enroll grades K-3 and will continue to add one grade per year until it enrolls grades K-8. It is the first public charter school designed to open and educate West Nashvilles diverse community.

This role will work at Nashville Classical West.

In the past five years our school has been

• Named the citys best nonprofit by the Nashville Business Journal
• Named a Tennessee Reward School (3x) 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 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 achievement-oriented culture during key moments: morning motivation lunch recess and closing circle.
• Implement school-wide 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 Kinder-8th 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
• Bachelors degree
• Experience with a Special Education caseload
• Full-time teaching experience in a school setting
• Experience and demonstrated success teaching in a high-performing 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 salaries range from $55670 - $98169. Teachers can select from three generous medical plans and are eligible for full state retirement benefits. This position will follow a 10-month schedule.

We also offer yearly stipends for teacher-leader 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.