At A Step Up Academy (ASUA), we believe that every child deserves access to meaningful, engaging, and individualized education and that happens through strong, intentional collaboration. We are seeking an Elementary General Education Teacher who is passionate about inclusive practices and excited to work side-by-side with a Special Education Teacher in a dynamic co-teaching model. This role is more than delivering curriculum. It is about unlocking potential, building confidence, and creating learning experiences that meet students where they are while moving them forward. If you are driven by purpose, value teamwork, and are committed to making a lasting impact on students’ academic and personal growth, this is an opportunity to be part of something truly meaningful.
Job Description: Elementary Teacher
Reports To: Education Director/Head of Schools
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Takes Direction From: Executive Team, Strategic Leadership Team
Calendar: Academic Calendar
Job Summary: The Elementary Teacher will work in a co-teaching model alongside a Special Education Teacher to support students with Autism in a highly structured, managed, and organized educational setting. This includes in-person and virtual settings. The General Education Teacher will deliver standards-aligned core instruction in collaboration with the Special Education Teacher, ensuring access to the general education curriculum through differentiation, modification, and inclusive practices. Teachers will utilize curriculum options designed to meet the needs of each individual student while maximizing small group instruction, inclusion opportunities, and engagement. Students will be taught using research-based educational programming aligned to Pennsylvania state and alternative standards with the goal of preparing students for maximum success.
Certifications and Qualifications:
Pennsylvania Certification in area of specialization (Public or Private School)
Current (dated within a year) Act 34, 114, and 151 clearances
Essential Duties:
- Teacher will be responsible, in collaboration with the Special Education Teacher, for providing direct instruction to students and modifications to student assignments, supplemental materials to support students with academic assignments, overseeing and facilitating daily schedules, implementing and ensuring fidelity with positive behavior support plans, one-to-one instructional support, and collaborating with various professionals on behalf of each student to ensure academic success, including management of support staff within the classroom. Specific duties Include, but are not limited to:
- Responsible for planning and delivering standards-aligned instruction for all students in the classroom (building or virtual) in accordance with ASUA’s curriculum and student IEP goals, with a specific focus on differentiated instruction designed to meet the individual needs of each student in all content areas.
- Collaborate daily with the Special Education Teacher to co-plan, co-instruct, and co-assess student learning, ensuring access to grade-level curriculum while supporting individualized learning needs.
- Implement inclusive instructional practices that support access, participation, and progress in the curriculum.
- Support the integration of IEP goals, SDIs, and accommodations into instruction.
- Supervise teacher assistant and/or instructional assistants and/or RBTs in the building or virtually by providing direction on programming and data collection for all students.
- Communicate in a timely and professional manner with parents though written, electronic, or telephone methods.
- Implement Positive Behavior Support Plans for students under direction of the Behavior Director.
- Provide direct instruction to students in whole group, one-to-one and small group settings
- Assist with completion of Trimester Progress Reports (3 times per year)
- Ensure data is collected on all behavior and academic goals.
- Provide adaptive/self-help skill instruction for students according to their individual needs/IEP goals or SDI, instruction
- Collaborate with related service providers (speech, OT, PT, Vision, behavior, etc) to ensure generalization of skills and implementation/use of assistive technology.
- Travel between campuses as needed and directed.
- Duties can be performed in the building, community, or in other off-campus locations.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
- To read and abide by the Employee Handbook including updates and changes.
- To attend all mandatory meetings, including those that fall outside of regularly scheduled school hours and as described in the Employee Handbook.
- This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Teacher will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Head of Schools or other appropriate administrator.
Competencies Required:
- Strong understanding, planning, implementation, and assessment of elementary general education instruction aligned to state standards.
- Ability to engage students through a variety of instructional strategies, including co-teaching models.
- Competence in differentiating instruction to meet diverse learning needs within an inclusive classroom setting.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Special Education Teachers and multidisciplinary teams.
- A firm understanding of inclusive practices and supporting students with disabilities in the education setting.
- Ability to engage students through a variety of instructional strategies.
- Competence in assessing student progress towards IEP goals and objectives
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to follow established policies and procedures.
- Able to work independently and effectively with other team members.
- Good team player and very reliable in working without close supervision.
Physical Requirements:
Sitting, standing, lifting and carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, climbing stairs, kneeling, and moving light furniture may be required. Adequate vision and hearing ability for monitoring children’s verbal and non-verbal responses. Ability to provide a quality behavioral and speech/language model for students and staff.
Safety and Health:
Knowledge of universal hygiene precautions.
Equipment/Material Handled:
Teachers shall be assigned a variety of curriculum, evaluation, and consulting materials which are to be appropriately stored and accounted for. All media resources and borrowed material are to be judiciously used, and are to be maintained in a reasonably unsoiled and non- damaged fashion. Must know how to properly operate or be willing to learn to operate all multimedia equipment including current technology.
A Step Up Academy reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.
Pay: From $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
