Educational Specialist - Mild/Moderate - Elementary at Poway Unified School District

Poway Unified School District is looking for credentialed (mild/moderate) Special Education teachers. For more information, please contact the Director of Elementary Special Education, Megan Harkins Mobarak at [email protected].

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: All required documents MUST be scanned and attached prior to submitting an application for this position. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 1. Applicants must have an English Language Learners (CLAD credential) in order to be considered for the position. 2. Copy of valid teaching credential (mild/moderate or other valid California credential authorizing teaching in a mild/moderate assignment). 3. Copy of Transcript (Official transcripts are required upon hiring). 4. Current resume. 5. Letter of introduction, addressed to Kelly Burke, Ed.D., Director of Human Resources. 6. Three (3) letters of reference, signed/dated within the past 12 months. Applicants are encouraged to include at least one (1) letter of reference from a supervising or site administrator. Applicants who have never held a full-time position, are encouraged to have a letter of reference from a site administrator where they completed their student teaching. 7. For phone references, be sure to include the reference's most current cell phone number and email address. 8. All applications must be submitted through EDJOIN; no hard copy documents will be accepted. TEACHER INDUCTION: Poway Unified School District offers a teacher induction program to clear the CA preliminary credential to qualified individuals at no cost to the employee.

Applicants must submit all required documents to be considered, including a valid teaching credential. If you are an intern eligible applicant, please do not apply to this posting. Please apply to the 2025-2026 Intern Eligibility Pool posting if you have enrolled at a college or university or public school district Commission-approved intern program. CREDENTIALS REQUIRED: A valid California Education Specialist Instruction Credential - Mild/Moderate or other valid California teaching credential authorizing teaching in a mild/moderate assignment.

Up to 10 years of service credit will be granted resulting in placement up to Step 11

The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is an equal opportunity employer/program and is committed to an active Nondiscrimination Program. PUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived protected characteristics under the law, including but not limited to ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, immigration status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For more information, please contact the Title IX/Equity Compliance Officer, Associate Superintendent of Personnel Support Services, Poway Unified School District, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128-3406, 858-521-2800, extension 2121.