Job Description

Job Location: Colorado Springs, CO - Colorado Springs, CO 80909-8090
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: High School
Salary Range: $22.50 - $22.50 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None
Job Category: EducationAre you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people? Join our team at Griffith Centers as a Special Education Teacher - Long-term Substitute and help transform lives!
What We Offer:
- Starting base pay of $22.50/hr
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualified employer
- Employee Assistance Program - available to employee and family members
- Bi-weekly pay; 26 pay periods in a calendar year
- Professional development, tuition assistance and training/certifications
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the identification and programming for students with disabilities, including the preparation of the IEP, 504, or ILP.
- Plan instruction and curriculum consistent with individual IEP testing scores and accommodations.
- Provide lessons based on Colorado State Safety Net Standards.
- Apply principles of teaching/learning to enhance student achievement, including experiential methods.
- Utilize teaching methods that are appropriate for meeting the goals and objectives outlined in the IEP.
- Uses evaluation of student outcomes to guide instruction and to monitor the effectiveness of instruction provided through the IEP, CDE standards, and COGNIA objectives.
- Completes and submits monthly progress notes, midterm grades, and session grades by the due date. Reports on IEP, 504 or ILP goals on a quarterly basis.
- Maintains up-to-date Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training and assists with physical management as necessary.
- Supports a positive behavior support system.
Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with major or minor in a subject (Math/Science, etc.) or degree in Education (preferred) or proven enrollment and progress in a four-year degree program specifically centered around Special Education and Education.
- Special Education Generalist license or hold (or be eligible to hold) a Colorado Teaching License in the necessary endorsement area(s) or eligibility to obtain a Temporary Educator Eligibility licensure, a Substitute Teacher’s License in the necessary endorsement area.
- Minimum of two years’ related experience preferred.
- Previous experience working with IEP, 504 or ILPs preferred.
- Ability to maintain healthy emotional and physical boundaries in personal and professional relationships
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment while managing multiple priorities.
- Ability to work with sensitivity to the cultural and/or socioeconomic diversity of the agency’s clients and staff.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and trust.
- Must pass a background check, drug screening, and physical exam.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
Why Griffith Centers?
- Community Impact: Be part of a team that is dedicated to serving the local community and making a difference in the lives of children and families.
- Values-Driven Culture! Embody our core values: service oriented, psychological and physical safety, ethical, passionate, and collaborative and see how they can transform lives.
- Exciting Challenges: Thrive in a fast-paced, community setting that creates dynamic, vibrant, and diverse activities and interactions, and every day presents new opportunities for growth and learning.
Griffith Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of disability or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact at hr@griffithcenters.org.
As a federal contractor Griffith Centers maintains a policy of a drug-free workplace. Candidates for employment must pass a drug screen, and all employees are subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident testing.
Except as may be required by state law, employment with Griffith Centers is at-will, meaning that either you or Griffith Centers may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice, subject only to applicable law. All employees may be subject to an initial evaluation period of approximately 90 days; however, this initial evaluation does not guarantee any term of employment, and the employer may exercise the right to end their work relationship with the company for any reason. Completion of the introductory period does not alter the at-will nature of employment.
Accepting applications through 3/23.2026