Position Type:
Elementary Teaching/Special Education
Date Posted:
7/30/2026
Location:
Ritchie Elementary School
County:
Ohio County Schools
Job Posting #: 69791
DATE POSTED: July 30, 2026
DEADLINE DATE FOR APPLICATION: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Countywide Special Education Multi-Categorical Teacher with an Endorsement in Autism - Anticipated
- Initial Assignment Ritchie Elementary School
TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: 2026-2027 School Year
SALARY: Per Ohio County Schools Salary Schedule Based Upon Degree and Years of Experience
BENEFITS:
Optical Insurance Social Security
Dental Insurance Worker's Compensation
Medical Insurance Retirement
Life Insurance Unemployment Compensation
Liability Insurance Tax Shelter Annuity Program
Paid Sick Leave Sick Leave Bank
Paid Personal Leave Outside School Environment Days with pay 6
INTERESTED APPLICANTS MUST:
Apply online at https://www.applitrack.com/wvde/onlineapp/
Applicants not completing the application online will not be considered for the position. If you have any questions on application process, please contact Human Resources at 304-243-0321.
Equal employment opportunity will be granted to all persons, regardless of race, religion, color, sex or national origin, and no discrimination based upon such factors will be made in salary, promotion, demotion, transfer, or termination of any employee.
- It is a policy of the Ohio County Board of Education not to discriminate on the basis of sex in employment as required by Title IX of the 1972 education amendments.
- It is a policy of Ohio County to provide equal opportunity for the disabled per federal regulation 504.
TITLE: Countywide Multi-Categorical Teacher with an Endorsement in Autism
REPORTS TO: Principal
JOB GOAL: To provide instruction and assistance to students with and without disabilities who have social/emotional learning needs to enable them to progress developmentally through the approved programs of study. To develop and implementing Individual Education Plans to eligible students (IEP). To teach students according to county and state policy, mission, core beliefs, academic goals, and target areas. To assist students in gaining social/emotional skills.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Possess a valid West Virginia Teaching Certificate with Certification in Multi-Categorical K-5 with an Endorsement in Autism or eligibility for permit and agrees to fulfill certification requirements.
- Possess a valid WV Teaching Certificate in any content area K-AD.
- Completion of a successful background check.
- Demonstrated ability to provide differentiated instruction and intervention to students exhibiting a wide range of abilities and behaviors.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Exhibits the physical attributes to passively restrain both male and female students who display aggressive and violent behavior over an extended period of time
- Knowledge/experience of how to interpret and apply test data, including Alternate Performance Task Assessment
- Knowledge/experience in providing computer assisted instruction to exceptional students
- Knowledge/experience in providing established procedures for medically fragile students
- Knowledge/experience developing and implementing IEP's and MEP's
- Knowledge/experience in the appropriate identification and placement for exceptional students
- Training and experience in a variety of strategies including PECS, TEACCH, Discrete Trial Teaching, Social Stories, Applied Behavior Analysis, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Co-teaching, Crisis Prevention Intervention.
- Any additional combination of training or experience which would lead to successful employment as a Special Education Teacher.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:
- Collaborate with or without mental health provides, classroom teachers, parents, and other specialist to address the social/emotional learning of all students
- Adhere to all federal, state, and district laws and policies.
- Promote and adhere to the district mission, core beliefs, academic goals, and target areas.
- Demonstrate a deep and extensive knowledge of the subject matter.
- Design standards-driven instruction using state-approved curricula.
- Use a balanced assessment approach to guide student learning.
- Understand and respond to the unique characteristics of learners.
- Establish and maintain a safe and appropriate learning environment.
- Establish and maintain a learner-centered culture.
- Utilize a variety of research-based instructional strategies.
- Motivate and engage students in learning, problem solving and collaboration.
- Adjust instruction based on a variety of assessments and student responses.
- Facilitate a de-escalation space for students in crisis.
- Provide check-ins and monitor students participating in classes throughout the day.
- Guide and monitor individualized supports and schedules for all students participating in the social/emotional learning classroom.
- Engage in professional development for self-renewal that guides continuous examination and improvement of professional practice.
- Engage in collaborative learning opportunities for self-renewal with colleagues.
- Participate in school-wide collaborative efforts to support the success of all students.
- Work with parents, guardians, families, and community entities to support student learning and well-being.
- Promote practices and policies that improve school environment and student learning.
- Provide measurable progress of student learning of state-approved curricula.
- Demonstrate professional conduct as defined in law, policy and procedure at the state, district, and school level.
- Provides a program which may include behavior management, emotional/social skills, academic instruction, career education, leisure skills and daily living/survival skills (which may include toileting and related lifting)
- Assures that instruction is programmed in sequence and systematically presented
- Utilizes a varied multidisciplinary approach when providing direct instruction and/or integrating with other instructional areas of study
- Provides direct instruction which encourages students to generalize and maintain skills and attitudes in appropriate life situations
- Selects learning outcomes with consideration given to the following:
a. present skills of the students
b. age appropriateness
c. social acceptability of the skill
d. the functionality of the skill
- Conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBA) to determine what motivates and maintains a challenging/interfering behavior of an individual with disabilities
- Develops, monitors, and modifies a behavior plan for students with disabilities
- Establishes a classroom atmosphere that is caring and safe
- Encourages individual social and academic growth
- Establishes a classroom structure which provides a learning environment which is well-planned, highly structured, consistent in expectations and consequences, and success oriented
- Facilitates parental involvement in the management plans for individual students
- Develops and implements an individualized educational plan (IEP) for each student that is learning and goal oriented with defined expectancies
- Administers, scores and interprets the appropriate assessment instruments, including observations, as part of the multidisciplinary evaluation team (MDET)
- Consults with parents on a regular basis regarding any progress and program review/revision to ensure least restrictive environment
- Collaborates with consultants and therapists to implement the goals and objectives for related services
- Maintains complete and accurate records while documenting information appropriately
- Works with staff, organizations, agencies and the community to promote and develop an understanding of the program
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Term of Employment: 200 days
Salary per Ohio County Schools Salary Schedule
