Classroom Teacher
Classroom Teacher
School: Wardlaw School of the Atlanta Speech School
Available Position: Teacher
Description:
Classroom Teacher/Wardlaw Program
Start Date: July 2026
The Atlanta Speech School provides an unmatched opportunity to learn from both peers and experts in the field, and to contribute to the School’s growing body of knowledge. Beyond seeking proficiency, we work to construct a Deep Reading Brain for each child at the School and, through our Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, every child beyond the school. Deep reading requires learning to make connections between what we read to what we think, feel, and do. Through deep reading, children develop empathy, hone critical thinking, and go on to make the greatest possible difference in the lives of others.
· We believe in connection over compliance. Rather than silencing children, we teach them to listen - and to think, to question, and to solve.
· Our staff works together to know and serve each child from within an intentional learning ecosystem that is as joyful as it is rigorous.
· Our practices are grounded in structured literacy and built on the sciences of healthy brain development, language acquisition, and the construction of the Deep Reading Brain.  This work is intentionally centered around critical thinking, empathy, problem solving and the development of executive functions.
We are committed to providing a community through which all our students, families, and staff show up safely as themselves and for each other. As stewards of this environment, it is our responsibility to ensure safety extends to every person, inclusive of all races /ethnicities, religions, genders, family structures, sexual orientations, and any other aspect of their identity.
The School has never turned away a child in need of services based on their family’s financial circumstances.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION:
· A master’s degree or commensurate experience in learning disabilities, reading, speech-language pathology, or special education from an accredited university.
· Training in at least one multi-sensory reading method.
· An ability to develop, plan, and implement curriculum using a variety of resources.
· Experience with elementary-aged students.
· Three exceptional references.
SALARY: Salary is commensurate with experience and credentials.
TO APPLY: Please submit all of the following documents to ensure that your information is considered: cover letter, resume, and written submission: Please describe how your particular skills, talents, and/or expertise could be beneficial to the Wardlaw Program. (Please limit response to 500 words).
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE POSITION:
§ Design and implement a plan of instruction for a class of nine or ten children, each with the diagnosis of mild to moderate dyslexia or language-based learning disability. Instructional goals are derived from students’ psycho-educational evaluations and diagnostic teaching.
§ Complete two written reports per school year and lead three parent-teacher conferences.
§ Support each student in your class as needed to secure other services provided by the school or by referral to outside sources.
§ Work within our Integrated Intervention Model™ to establish and implement appropriate language goals for each student within the class setting.
§ Engage parents as partners.
§ The position is full-time, on campus (5 days per week 7:45-2:45)
BENEFITS:
Salary is commensurate with experience and credentials. This 190-day, full-time school position offers a generous benefit package including health/dental/life/vision and long-term disability insurance; the School subsidizes health insurance premiums of staff and families. Other benefits include Flexible Spending Account; 403(b) Plan; cost reduction of some Atlanta Speech School services; complimentary meals during work hours; and accrued sick leave.
Atlanta Speech School
Founded over 85 years ago, the Atlanta Speech School has evolved into four school divisions, four clinical programs, Rollins Center for Language & Literacy professional development program and Rollins’ free online Cox Campus. Across all our programs we are driven to ensure that each child can find their voice. The School has never turned away a child in need of our specialized services based on their family’s financial circumstances.
We are the educational equivalent of a teaching hospital. With our vision of literacy and justice for all, we lead equity-based change by extending our work beyond our campus. What occurs in the classroom for each child at the Atlanta Speech School is made available to every teacher by way of our free online professional learning platform, Cox Campus. Cox Campus’ membership is composed of more than 270,000 educators, leaders, healthcare professionals and parents representing all fifty states and 100 countries. 
The School, across all its programs, including the Wardlaw School, attracts a staff of the most gifted and committed teaching professionals who apply the research of the nation’s leading experts on early healthy brain development, language acquisition and Deep Reading Brain.
TO APPLY:
Please submit the following documents to ensure that your information is considered:
· cover letter
· resume
· written submission
o Describe how a child with whom you worked changed your professional life
OR
o Describe what motivates you to teach. Email: hr@atlantaspeechschool.org
Subject line: Wardlaw Classroom Teacher
Contact name: Iris Goodson
Contact email address: hr@atlantaspeechschool.org