Summary:

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in special education required;
• Certified in either intensive special needs (preferred) or moderate special needs;
• Prior experience working with students with intensive/complex special needs;
• Experience preferred in providing systematic, multi-sensory, evidence-based reading instruction;
• Ability to handle multitude of varying and complex issues;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• 2-5 years experience.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Not Limited To):

• Special Education Teachers may provide direct and/or consultation services dependent on student/building needs:
• Training, support, and coordination of teaching assistants and behavior therapists
• Crisis intervention (i.e. verbal and physical de-escalation techniques, including restraint)
• Instructing students in reading, subject content, and functional curriculum
• Consulting to teachers to support implementation of accommodations in the classroom
• Modifying curriculum
• Modeling of instructional strategies to general education staff/students
• Developing behavior intervention plans
• Deliver small group instruction in subject content and functional curriculum;
• Collaborate robustly and professionally with a diverse team of students, families, and staff;
• Develop specialized educational and behavioral programs to meet student’s individual need;.
• Assist or design programs that support students with behavioral, academic and functional daily living skills;
• Model instructional techniques to teaching assistants so that lessons are consistently delivered across all environments;
• Collaborate with related service personnel to create a student-centered approach for meeting therapeutic skills; 
•  Compile and submit MCAS alternate assessments and assist with grade level competency portfolio;
• Complete required paperwork, evaluate students with systematic methods using formal and informal assessments, write evaluations and progress reports;
• Guide adult transition planning for caseload students;
• Chair annual team meetings and coordinate IEP development with team members;
• Consistent and on-time attendance is required for supervision and instruction of the students;

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

• Must be physically able to respond (e.g. push, pull, or carry at least 60 lbs) to students who are physically unsafe and use physical restraints as part of a de-escalation process.
• Must be able to physically respond to students who have bolted from the building.

• Must be able to physically maintain a safe learning environment, including moving furniture in response to a crisis situation.