Special Education Elementary Teacher

Capstone Education Group
Special Education Teacher Elementary School

Model:
Currently serving 1,400 students in prekindergarten-8th grade as part of Tennessee’s Achievement School
District (ASD) and Tennessee Public Charter School Commission (the Commission), CEG equips all students
with the Wisdom and Knowledge necessary to succeed in college and to become leaders in their community.
With more than a decade of charter school experience in Memphis, CEG provides a distinctive, quality public
education to low-income families in Memphis’ Binghampton, Frayser, Parkway Village and surrounding
communities. CEG’s structure, perspective, methods, and systems are based on successful urban schools
around the country and includes:
• Intense focus on the core subjects: reading and math
• More time learning created by an extended school day
• Standards-based lesson plans, curriculum, and assessments
• Intentional character and leadership development
• Early dismissal on Fridays for planning and professional development
• Full behavior teams, counselors, a nurse and three academic coaches to support classroom teachers
• Opportunities for educators to have leadership roles in which they can lead and serve as grade chairs
and master teachers
Results from TN Ready Assessments:
• Lester Prep earned a TVAAS 5, the highest score the state gives to a school, for a record 3 years in a
row
• Cornerstone Prep Denver received a TVAAS 5 for three of the past four years
• Cornerstone Prep Denver earned the highest overall proficiency rate in the entire district, making it the
highest performing school in the ASD and setting the ASD record for highest overall rate of proficiency
in math ever recorded
• Lester Prep tied the ASD record for the highest middle school math score ever in the district
• CEG had the highest performing school in the district for the fourth consecutive year
• Since 2012, CEG has successfully launched two elementary schools and one middle school, has
launched a 4th school in the fall of 2022, has set ASD records for math achievement and 3 consecutive
years of TVAAS 5 growth, has earned priority school exit status by turning around the lowest
performing school in the state, and has scored in the 90th percentile in growth for 3 years in a row on a
nationally recognized test.

Mission:
Capstone Education Group equips all students with the Wisdom and Knowledge necessary to succeed in
college and to become leaders in their community.
Job Expectations:
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and other professionals to
develop individual educational plans designed to promote students’ educational, physical, and social
development
• Work in general education classrooms throughout the school day for students who need additional
support
• Utilize pull-out sessions as needed to provide extra, focused instruction
• Participate in the school’s intervention block
• Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of
skills, language, cognition, and memory
• Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of
instructional techniques and technologies
• Observe and evaluate students’ performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
• Create and maintain baseline measures and ensure all assessments conducted
• Follow up with providers to confirm that IEP attendance, reports, and services are being completed
• Be available for Special Education families on an as-needed basis
• Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as
required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations
• Test students as necessary during state testing and prepare, administer, and grade interim tests and
assignments to evaluate students’ progress

Qualifications:
• Active Tennessee teaching licensure in SPED
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Belief that there is not a more urgent task than to provide an outstanding education to students from
urban backgrounds
• An unwavering conviction that all students can achieve at high levels
• Commitment to do whatever it takes to prepare all students for college success
• Track record of producing dramatic, demonstrable student achievement gains
• Entrepreneurial spirit, passion and energy
• Ability to work well in a team of high-performers
• Goal-driven, self-reflective and analytical problem solver
• Willingness to be a team player and at times take on duties above and beyond those listed
• Organized and detail oriented
• Ability to have firm, loving, honest conversations with students and parents
• Belief in the need for consistent rewards, consequences and behavior systems across all classes and
grades
Capstone Education Group: • Capstone Education Group leads four charter schools: Cornerstone Prep Denver Campus (prek-5),
Cornerstone Prep Lester Campus (prek-5), Cornerstone Prep School in Parkway Village (k), and
Lester Prep (6-8).
• Capstone Education Group’s Vision: CEG equips all students with the Wisdom and Knowledge
necessary to succeed in college and to become leaders in their community.
• Visit www.capstoneeducationgroup.org for more information on Capstone Education Group and the
schools.