Wareham Elementary School is seeking a Substantially Separate Special Education Teacher. Our substantially separate programs include a continuum of settings for ASD students, life skills programs, and therapeutic learning environments. You will provide direct special education services, including modified, grade-level curriculum and accommodations to students with special education needs in a small, substantially separate setting, collaborating with paraprofessionals, counseling staff, and related service providers to build a strong community where students of all identities and abilities feel safe, seen, included, and able to reach their goals.
The responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Providing opportunities for individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
- Supporting student learning across the curriculum by monitoring individual student progress and collaborating with a variety of teachers to meet individual student needs.
- Encouraging students to set and maintain high standards of classroom behavior and achievement, which includes working with support staff when needed.
- Creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and age-appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
- Employing a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media
- Collaborating with the school social workers, BCBAs, special educators, and general educators to support students' academic, social/emotional, and behavioral needs across educational settings.
- Supervising and supporting paraprofessionals as they implement instruction, including behavior plans.
- Administering standardized tests in accordance with the district testing program and to determine special education eligibility.
- Communicating appropriately and effectively with parents, staff, and students
- Monitoring caseload students'' IEP services and progress, writing IEP meetings annually, conducting Academic Achievement for reevaluation meetings.
- Performing other duties as assigned by the school Administration
- Developing IEP goals and objectives, attending IEP meetings, student support meetings, and district/school level meetings
Massachusetts DESE certified in moderate disabilities, grades Pre-K-8.