Special Education Lead Teacher

Job Description

SPECIAL EDUCATION LEAD TEACHER
PILOT PROGRAM
Full-time Position
2025-2026 School Year

In a world starving for Truth, Father Gabriel Richard High School (FGR) strives to deliver academic excellence in an authentically Catholic community. If you Love God, Love Others, Love Learning, Pursue Excellence, and want to use your gifts and talents to form intentional disciples of Jesus Christ, and have the entrepreneurial spirit to develop a pilot program, then we invite you to apply to be our Special Education Lead Teacher position.

Job Description

Overview
• The Lead Teacher is responsible for overseeing and managing the day-to-day operations of all aspects of the Program.
• The Lead Teacher shall be supportive of FGR's mission and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The Lead Teacher agrees to adhere to all school, state, diocesan, and professional standards of conduct and to hold all information related to all FGR students in the strictest of confidence.
Assessment, Testing, Scheduling, and Modifications
• Conducts all initial interviews and evaluation of Program applicants to confirm that the program has the potential to meet students' needs.
• Coordinates with appropriate personnel to ensure all proper testing and evaluation is complete and updated as needed.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining each student's Accommodation Service Plan, schedule of classes, modifications, and resources, both internal and external, in a comprehensive fashion so as to ensure the student and their parents the best experience.
• Works with each program participant's classroom teachers to modify curriculum as needed to meet each student's needs and learning goals.
• Responsible for maintaining all academic records, plans, communication, and materials per state and local requirements.
Teaching Staff Support and Training
• Serves as the primary point of contact and acts as the first resource to all classroom and subject area teachers for each program participant.
• Communicates regularly with each participant's team of teachers and Peer Mentors.
• Has a presence in every inclusive course each semester, ensuring each program participant is active, supported, and making adequate progress toward established learning goals.
• In conjunction with the principal, coordinates annual staff training and professional development in content related to best inclusive teaching and learning practices.
• Encourages colleagues to consider programs and training related to enhanced inclusive and special education curriculum and practices.
• Acts as the teaching staff's primary resource for content, methods, new technologies, and other resources to assist in classrooms.
Peer Mentors
• Oversees all aspects of the Peer Mentoring program including recruitment, initial and on-going training, weekly monitoring and communication, standard setting, and grading/evaluation.
• Ensures appropriate, effective, and goal driven communication between mentor and mentee, including direct observations of interactions, and between mentor and participant parents.
• Steps in to address any conflicts or disputes, reminding mentors that it is their job to assist, coach, and support, not to discipline mentees, complete work on their mentee's behalf, or modify any work beyond what the Lead Teacher and classroom teacher has established.
Direct Instruction
• When classroom instruction utilizing modification and peer support is insufficient to meet the learning needs of a program participant in a particular curricular subject(s) area and/or supplementation or additional direct support is required to meet a student's needs, the Lead Teacher acts as the primary instructor.
Beyond the Classroom
• Whenever applicable and appropriate, the Lead Teacher works to ensure that each participant can be fully included in spiritual, extracurricular, and community service events, programs, and experiences at FGR.
• Develops and executes programming that promotes career, college, and vocational programs for program students.
• Other duties as assigned by the principal.

Team/Committee Membership
• Principal's Council

Necessary Skills and Experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Special Education. Preferred: An M.A. in same or related field.
• Minimum of two years' experience teaching special education at the high school level preferred.
• Passionate about forming intentional disciples of Jesus Christ.

Critical Qualities
• Intentional disciple of Jesus Christ who evidences values, integrity, and ethics consistent with the Catholic faith and Fr. Gabriel Richard High School;
• Professional in demeanor;
• Winsome personality, with a natural ability to connect with people and move them to action;
• Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity;
• Self-starter with tons of initiative and follow through;
• Sustained positive attitude; and
• Highly organized and detail oriented.

To Apply
Email your cover letter, resume, statement of faith* and application to: fgroffice@fgrhs.org.

*The Statement of Faith should include an overview of your faith journey, the name of the church you attend, and your current spiritual disciplines.

FGR Mission
Father Gabriel Richard High School, a Catholic school community, exists to build up the Body of
Christ through the intellectual and spiritual formation of its students. Rooted in the Catholic
intellectual tradition, FGR cultivates in each student a sense of awe in response to the beauty of
truth. Strengthened by the Sacraments, students are equipped to live at the service of others
through academic excellence, intentional discipleship, creativity and sportsmanship.

FGR Core Values
Love God.
". . . love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
- Mk 12:30

Love Others.
"And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
- Mk 12:31

Love Learning.
". . . turning [our] ear to wisdom and applying [our] heart to understanding. . ."
- Prov 2:2

Pursue Excellence.
" . . . whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things."
- Phil 4:8

About the Employer

FGRHS is a comprehensive, co-educational Catholic high school located in Ann Arbor, MI, in the Diocese of Lansing.