Special Educators

Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) has openings for innovative, enthusiastic, and collaborative professionals to join us. The communities of the OSSU share an enthusiastic commitment to place-based learning, sustainability education, whole child and trauma-informed practices, proficiency-based learning, and farm-to-school. Our educators are collaborative, creative, lifelong learners who value rural culture. Our students are connected to nature, each other, and their community. We work together toward a vision of flourishing communities sustained by engaged, compassionate, skilled citizens. We are seeking professionals with demonstrated leadership, organization, and problem-solving expertise who share our passion for an integrated special education service delivery model within a multi-tiered system of support. The ideal candidates will demonstrate experience working with general education teachers to facilitate universally designed lessons, knowledge of special education rules and regulations, and a solid ability to integrate a variety of assessment information to support students. Currently, we have 1 full-time positions available for licensed special education teachers in the role of compliance consulting teachers. The primary responsibilities of these positions are: -Case manages, coordinates, and provides an effective and efficient system of Special Education and Support Services designed to meet the needs of students on IEPs, or students with demonstrated behavior and/or learning problems that require intervention and instruction such as 504 plans or EST plans. -Develop special education/MTSS systems that utilize staff more effectively as a member of the MTSS team. -Mentor/support special educators -Consult with teachers around children with complex learning profiles, provide screening assessments where needed Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) serves school-age children in the towns of Craftsbury, Greensboro, Hardwick, Stannard, Wolcott, and Woodbury. Our schools are a source of pride in our communities. We believe in creating strong student, family, staff, and community partnerships with the goal of providing an education that is relevant and meaningful to each child in our districts. Understanding that our students will be competing on a global level, we aim to offer programs and practices that respect diversity, embrace excellence, promote equity, and encourage lifelong learning. We take our responsibility seriously and appreciate the opportunity to work together to be stronger together in our school communities.