Position:

• Full time with benefits
• Start Date July 2026
• Application Deadline: May 1st, 2026
• All candidates that make it to the inteview round will be notified

Qualifications:

• Current Tennessee Teaching Certificate
• Required endorsement- Special Education Interventionist K-8 (144) or equivalent of Special Education Modified K-12 (460)
• Additional endorsement preferred but not required- Special Education Comprehensive (461)
• Elementary Teaching experience preferred
• Willingness to receive physical intervention and verbal de-escalation training and serve on the school’s crisis management team as needed

Application Procedure:

• Complete an online application on the Maryville City Schools website https://mcsd.tedk12.com/hire
• E-mail resume and cover letter to Julie Vananda, Assistant Principal, Sam Houston Elementary School julie.vananda@maryville-schools.org

Job description:

Provide instructional, academic, social-emotional, adaptive and/or prevocational support via direct instruction, co-teaching, and/or resource support to students with disabilities in an elementary school. Collaborate with colleagues to provide accommodations, modifications, and interventions within the general education curriculum. Manage a caseload of students with a full range of disabilities including moderate academic delays to significant developmental and/or cognitive delays. Develop lesson plans and teach reading and math and social studies and science as appropriate. This position will work with a continuum of students with low to high academic intervention needs both in the special education and general education classrooms.

Job Expectations:

• Manage a caseload of students with a full range of disabilities.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles and methodology of effective teaching of students with a variety of moderate and comprehensive disabilities.
• Provide high-quality special education services to support students in meeting their IEP goals.
• Serve as a team member in determining and implementing student accommodations, referral, eligibility, placement, and individual education program development.
• Coordinate with general education teachers to ensure students have equal access to inclusion opportunities.
• Ability to develop a classroom schedule and individual student schedules effectively utilizing teaching assistant(s) to meet the IEP services and needs of every student.
• Comply with district, local, state, and federal policies/procedures/regulations regarding special education records, reports, and services.
• Maintain frequent and substantive communication with parents, teachers, related services personnel, and supervisors. This includes making provisions to be available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside of the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Assess students’ needs and develop a compliant and high-quality individualized education program (IEP) for students with disabilities.
• Assess the accomplishments of students through effective data collection and provide progress reports as required.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with team members to develop, coordinate, implement, and evaluate school curriculum and assessments.
• Create and maintain a classroom climate that is conducive to the learning process. This includes establishing a strong positive behavioral support system within the classroom and for each child as needed.
• Initiate and maintain positive relationships with parents through effective communication.
• Supervise and train multiple educational assistants supporting students within the classroom as necessary.
• Dedication to equal access and personal growth for all students.
• Commitment to continuing education and lifelong learning. This includes attendance at all required FHE and MCS professional development as well as self-directed professional development.  
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal or Special Education Director.
• Ability to demonstrate irreproachable loyalty to district, school, staff, and administration.
• FLSA Status: Exempt