Special Education Teacher/Teaching Associate

* Dynamic Interdisciplinary Team *Competitive Wages * Life Changing Impact *

If you’re passionate about making a lasting impact in the lives of children with special needs, this role at LifeScape offers the opportunity to lead with purpose every single day. As a Special Education Teacher, you’ll guide and inspire students toward greater independence while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. You’ll have the chance to shape individualized learning experiences, build meaningful connections with students and families, and see firsthand the progress and confidence your teaching brings. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to empower students to live their best lives.

In addition to working directly with students, you’ll serve as a leader within the classroom, coaching and mentoring staff while partnering with an interdisciplinary team of professionals and community partners. You’ll be supported in using evidence-based practices, innovative strategies, and individualized approaches that ensure every child’s needs are met. With opportunities for professional growth, the reward of meaningful relationships, and the fulfillment of knowing your work truly matters, this position is the perfect fit for an educator who is motivated, compassionate, and ready to make a difference.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Manage and supervise the daily activities of an assigned classroom
• Develops, implements, and evaluates programming in the classroom as a member of the interdisciplinary team
• Leads classroom activities in an instructional atmosphere through implementation and training
• Prepares and maintains classroom materials for the implementation of educational programming
• Conducts, evaluates, and maintains records and assessments
• Writes and maintains the implementation of educational programs/protocols for student IEPs
• Develops and implements weekly lesson plans
• Monitors and reviews student data for instructional and assessment purposes
• Maintains and documents all relevant educational and behavioral data
  
  Supervise and coach direct reports
• Provides clinical and professional oversight
• Monitors and evaluates performance. Conducts performance reviews
• Addresses staff problems and recommend disciplinary actions
• Monitors and staffs work schedules. Approves schedule exceptions

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Must be certified in Special Education with South Dakota teaching certification or temporary certification.  Prior teaching experience in Special Education is preferred.

Why Work for Us?  

We Are Driven by Our Mission

Empowering people to live their best life.

We Have a Vision for Our Future

LifeScape will be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their life span. Through collaborative partnerships, LifeScape will become a destination for research, and the development, implementation, and training of technology-based solutions to improve the lives of people we support.

We Lead with Shared Values

Integrity - Compassion - Respect - Safety and Wellbeing - Fiscal Responsibility - Excellence - Accountability

Note: Job postings are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. 

LifeScape is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.  

 LifeScape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program