Applications will be accepted from Monday, November 17, 2025 12:00 AM to Wednesday, May 20, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time).
Resource Teacher (Bridges Program)
Job Description
Applicants will work with elementary students with autism and complex learning needs. This is a specialized program that has a high teacher/parent to student ratio.
Duties include demonstrating ability to work with a variety of districts, departments, teachers, parents, and children, and to plan, direct, implement, and evaluate successful learning environments.
Job requirements: High school diploma, teaching certificate (or local substitute certification), effective communication skills, proficient computer skills, and ability to work with a team in a fast‑paced work environment.
JOB CLASSIFICATION:
Certificated
QUALIFICATIONS:
Educational Level: Bachelor’s Degree or higher
Certification or Licensure: Nebraska Special Education Teaching Certificate or State Licensure
Experience Desired: Experience working with students who have disabilities
Employee Characteristics: Cooperation, Attention to Detail, Integrity, Concern for Others, Self‑Control, Stress Tolerance, Initiative, Confidentiality
DEPARTMENT:
Special Education
REPORTS TO:
Special Education Director
Required Responsibilities and Job Tasks
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and competencies.
- Must have people skills including the ability to build relationships, establish trust and credibility and tailor assistance to individual students’ needs.
- Be creative and have adaptive thinking to match teaching objectives, learning strategies, and instructional plans with students’ abilities and learning modalities.
- Deliver instruction utilizing appropriate resources, equipment, materials, technology and instructional strategies.
- Provide a positive role model of appropriate and respectful interactions with students and staff.
- React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned.
- Manage student behavior.
- Collect, analyze, and interpret data and utilize it to modify instruction, content and to report progress to parents and school districts.
- Maintain confidentiality of information concerning staff, students, and parents within all districts served.
- Adhere to all ESU 7 policies, rules, regulations, and supervisory directives.
- Other duties as assigned.
Technology Expectations
- Basic computer skills
- Word processing (Microsoft Office)
- Google Drive
- Email applications
- Able to post on ESU 7 Social Media resources
- Messages
- Accountability software
- ESU 7 Online Resources
- Electronic and print copyright
- Student Record System (SRS)
- Augmentative Communication Devices
- ALIO – Accounting and HR system
Required Skills and Abilities
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Essential Functions
The essential functions of this position include: (1) regular, dependable attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified technology expectations, skills, and abilities and to perform the identified work activities; and, (3) the ability to perform the following identified physical requirements.
Physical Requirements
Never 0% Occasional 1-32% Frequent 33-66% Constant 67+%
Standing x
Walking x
Reaching/Pushing/Pulling x
Manual Dexterity Activities x x
Driving x
Lifting 50 Pounds x
Carrying 20 Feet x
Working Conditions
- Inside offices and throughout the ESU 7 campus and district buildings.
Learning Academy Teacher Addendum
This is an addendum to the Special Education Teacher Job Description specific to this position. The Resource/Special Education Teacher Job Description also applies to this position except to the extent the information set forth in this addendum is directly contrary to the Resource/Special Education Teacher Job Description.
Additional Performance Responsibilities and Job Tasks
- Knowledge and implementation of Rule 51
- Development of life skills
- Development of job skills
- Set up community experiences
- Supervision of paraprofessionals
- Use promethean board
- Troubleshoot equipment issues (treadmill, bike, tv, dvd, wii)
- Use video creation
It is the policy of ESU 7 to not discriminate on the basis of sex, handicap or disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran status, or national or ethnic origin in its educational programs, admission policies, employment policies or other administered programs. Persons requiring accommodations to apply and/or be considered for positions are asked to make their request to the Chief Administrator.
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