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High-School Resource Instructor

High-School Resource Instructor
Liberty Common School is seeking a full-time special education resource teacher position beginning August 2025. Liberty Common High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a Poudre School District charter school dedicated to Core Knowledge principles, and college-preparatory instruction.
 
LCHS provides excellence and fairness in education by teaching 1) a contextual body of organized knowledge, 2) the skills of learning, and 3) the values of a democratic society. This is done through parental choice, partnership with teachers, and student acceptance of responsibility for his/her academic effort.
 
This full-time special education resource teacher is part of the special education and academic support collaborative team and will report directly to the Academic Support Team (AST) Coordinator.
 
FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Salary Exempt
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Regular, Full-time
WORK HOURS: 35-40 hours per week
COMPENSATION: $45,000.00-$65,000.00 (possibly higher based on background, experience, and/or institutional alignment).
REPORTS TO: AST Coordinator
REVISION DATE: October 2024
 

Teaching Skills:

  • Provide caseload management and direct services for students on IEPs, 504 accommodations, and MTSS plans
  • Assist students with specialized reading or math curriculum to meet goals of Individualized Education Plans
  • Assist small groups and individuals with planning class lessons and reinforcing executive functioning skills
  • Work collaboratively and instruct general education teachers and parents on ways to meet identified student goals

Administrative Duties:

  • Preparing classroom materials, assuring and documenting legal compliance to learning plans, maintaining files
  • Administering AIMSWEB testing, collecting progress-monitoring data, and documenting student achievement
  • Scheduling meetings with parents, scheduling standard testing, and creating class rosters
  • Implementing MTSS and identifying students through STAT team services for general education students
  • Reliability to maintain confidentiality as required by special-education policy and student privacy compliance

Minimum Requirements:

  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree and experience working with children with a variety of learning disabilities.
  • Desire to learn about Liberty’s history and philosophy and to uphold the mission and values of the school.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks, use time efficiently, detail oriented, follow instructions, and work on a team.
  • Proven ability to work in a collaborative team environment with innovation and flexibility.

Preferred Characteristics:

  • Colorado teaching certificate with appropriate endorsements in special education for mild to moderate disabilities
  • Experience with middle school and secondary school resource programs, PBIS or MTSS interventionist training.
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong academic background and proficiency in teaching core knowledge subjects such as math and English
  • Experience with Behavior Intervention Plans and working with middle school and high school students
  • Commitment to character education

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to maneuver uneven surfaces
  • Must be able to carry or transfer up to 20lbs of supplies frequently
  • Must be able to work in occasionally loud environments
  • Must be able to frequently use office technology including computers, copiers, and printers
 

Benefits:

  • Enrollment in Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and employer contributions to your PERA retirement account
  • Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, short-term disability insurance
  • Earned sick leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces (HFWA) Act

At-Will Employment

All employment with Liberty Common School is voluntary and is subject to termination by you or Liberty Common School at-will, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time.  There is no guarantee, in any manner, that Liberty Common School will continue employment for any set period of time.  This applies to all aspects of employment at Liberty Common School including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, placement, discipline, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and access to benefits and training.  
 

EEO Statement

Liberty Common School is an EEO employer.  Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, or other characteristics protected by law.
 
Studies indicate women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform all job descriptions identified in the job-vacancy announcement.  Liberty Common School prioritizes identifying the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less-traditional background.  Liberty Common School may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and lived experiences to meet minimum qualifications.
 
Liberty Common School is located in the City of Fort Collins in Northern Colorado.  Northern Colorado is an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations.  European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements.  Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort.  The expansion included the sugar-beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia.  Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state’s land-grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students.  Along with the university, the city’s major high-tech and manufacturing companies and high performing charter-public schools attract new residents from all over the country and world.  The community’s overall social diversity continues to grow.
 
Liberty Common School is an EEO employer. 
 

Additional Duties

Please note this job description is not a comprehensive list of activities, duties, and responsibilities required for this position.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice from Liberty Common School.
 
For more information about Liberty Common School, visit www.libertycommon.org
 

A complete application includes nothing less than the following items:

  1. Letter of application
  2. Resume
  3. Statement of educational philosophy
  4. Educational Transcript
  5. References with phone numbers (3)
This job posting will remain open until positions are filled.
 

Mail to:

Dr. Robert Robinson
Liberty Common High School
2745 Minnesota Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525
 
Or e-mail to: rrobinson@libertycommon.org
 
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