Full-Time
Severe Needs Teacher
Sunrise Elementary School
Posted on 11/6/2025
Cherry Creek Schools
5,001-10,000 employees
Public K-12 school district
No salary listed
Colorado, USA
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- Bachelor's degree
- Three (3) years of professional, certified teaching experience
- Colorado Department of Education (CDE) teaching license
- Colorado Special Education Teacher endorsement applicable to position incumbent’s assigned program
- Mandatory biennial Crisis Prevention Intervention training provided by the District
- Use of personal transportation or vehicle not required
- Use of personal cell phone not required
- Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire
- Intermediate communication, organization, and human relations skills
- Ability to align curriculum and assessments with state content standards
- Ability to support programs designed to increase student achievement
- Ability to assume leadership in the development and communication of programs and curriculum
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to actively participate in a Professional Learning Community
- Ability to understand, appreciate, and make accommodations for student diversity
- Ability to serve as a role model and an innovative and creative learner with an insatiable thirst for knowledge that stays on the cutting edge of instructional practice and pedagogy
- Instruct students in large, small, and one-on-one situations.
- Develop, plan, prepare, and implement course content, format, structure, schedule, individualized programs of instruction for students, classroom materials and curriculum, lesson plans, and learning activities.
- Administer, edit, proofread, and grade students’ assignments and assessments.
- Design assessment tasks that allow students to demonstrate understanding in a variety of ways and use the data to give meaningful feedback and modify instruction.
- Create a classroom environment which maximizes instructional opportunity, supervise the behavior and well-being of students in the classroom and all educational settings, and administer discipline when appropriate.
- Monitor student growth and progress, adapt support as needed, and maintain documentation pertinent to academic, social, and emotional progress and needs of students.
- Communicate students’ progress, needs, and eligibility with parents/guardians and other staff as needed.
- Collaborate with teachers, support personnel, administrators, and colleagues to enhance instruction and improve student outcomes.
- Participate in department, team, building, and District meetings and discussions; student and/or family conferences; social, cultural, interscholastic, and extracurricular activities; and professional growth opportunities.
- Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
- Master’s degree
- Three (3) years of special education teaching experience
- Experience working in the public sector
- Experience advising school clubs/co-curricular activities
- Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement
Cherry Creek Schools provides public K–12 education across a district of high achievement. It operates a network of elementary, middle, and high schools, delivering core academics, arts, athletics, and support services to students. The district emphasizes its Vision, Mission, and Values as the guide for culture and decision-making, focusing on creating an engaging, supportive learning environment to help all students succeed. Unlike some districts, Cherry Creek emphasizes strong academic outcomes and a clear, value-driven culture aligned with its goals for student growth, community involvement, and responsible stewardship of resources. The district’s goal is to offer an excellent education for every child in Cherry Creek, preparing them for college, career, and life beyond school.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
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Total Funding
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Headquarters
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Founded
1991
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $5.3 million state funding increase supports 2026-2027 budget stability.
- Voters approved $950 million bond and $9 million MLO in 2024.
- Serves 53,000 students across 108 square miles with inclusive excellence focus.
What critics are saying
- Cuts 51 special education jobs despite 8,000 special needs students growing.
- Violated federal law denying interpreters to 11 deaf students for three months.
- Academic proficiency at 48% English, 43% math; PSAT scores down 20 points since 2019.
What makes Cherry Creek Schools unique
- Cherry Creek Innovation Campus partners with Colorado Village Collaborative on tiny home village.
- Purchased $20.8 million facility at 7194 S. Revere Parkway for food infrastructure expansion.
- Settled DOJ complaint to improve language access for non-English speaking parents.
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Cherry Creek School District cutting 159 jobs, reducing expenses by $23 million amid budget shortfall. The school district broke down preliminary changes that are expected as it works to reduce its budget. ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. - Cherry Creek School District announced Thursday it is cutting 159 jobs and reducing its expenses by $23 million for the 2026-2027 school year budget amid a shortfall. The school district said on its website that the majority of reductions are impacting Central Administration staff in non-student-facing roles and budgets. "Like many school districts across the state, we are facing a significant budget shortfall and are making difficult reductions across the district, with a focus on minimizing impacts to classrooms and student learning," the school district said. The budget changes are preliminary and subject to change, the school district said. The school district released a breakdown of the positions that are being cut: * Central Personnel (36 jobs totaling a $3.7 million reduction) * 21 District Operations positions (i.e. transportation, maintenance) * 12 District Support positions (i.e. fiscal services, IT, communications, HR) * Three Central Office Leadership positions * School Support (123 jobs totaling a $10.3 million reduction) * 51 Special Education positions - $4.2 million * 37 Gifted and Talented positions - $3.7 million * Four Language Supports and Services FTE - $800,000 * 18 Full-time equivalent (FTE) Elementary Administrative Health Liaisons - $850,000 * 13 FTE High School Administrative Support - $760,000 The school district also released a list of Central Non-Personnel Budget items, reducing it by $8.9 million. * $2 million in reduced district property and liability insurance claims and premiums * $850,000 for Education Accelerated contract * $850,000 for professional development (across districtwide budgets) * $840,000 for overtime and extra pay (across districtwide budgets) * $800,000 for Renaissance Education contract * $350,000 for FLGA contract * $332,000 for Learning by Design contract * $300,000 for renegotiated mobile leases * $200,000 for renegotiated wellness platform * $200,000 reduction in communication services * $135,000 for Hanover contracts * $2 million for miscellaneous (supplies, equipment, food, technology, materials, consultants etc.) The school district also said it is pulling back $5 million from administrative departments and $1 million in discretionary budgets at schools from the current 2025-2026 budget. "The District prides itself on running a lean central office, with the majority of our money going to schools," the school district said. It noted that nearly 90% of it's budget goes towards staff salaries and benefits towards staff, and 3.8% is spent on central office staff. The school district said that it is expected to receive $5.3 million increase in funding next year from the state, but that state funding "continues to fall well below increasing costs of delivering a high-quality K12 education."
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