Special Education Teacher - Rise School and New Beginnings

Department: Special Education in Institutional Settings Title: SEIS​ ​Special Education Teacher FLSA Status: Exempt Reports to: SEIS Coordinator Salary: SEIS Teacher Scale Purpose:​ The special education teacher provides Special Education services and strategy instruction to students in host agency settings. Essential Functions: ● Develop strategy instructional opportunities and implement a skills-based approach to lesson and mini-unit design, assessing and modifying as designated in student IEPs. ● Set weekly schedule with supervisor to provide special education services and strategy instruction based upon student need, access, and support. ● Implement special education services and strategy instruction opportunities for students in a variety of instructional models. ● Provide differentiated learning opportunities during instruction, integrating students’ IEP goals and objectives, learning style information, accommodations and modifications as appropriate. ● Ensures​ that all school and classroom environments are supportive, culturally responsive, welcoming, respectful, trauma-sensitive, gender- and sexuality-inclusive, reflective of the community and students’ cultures and identities, and well-maintained ● Implements intervention and advising strategies for teachers and students alike. ● Maintain effective, ongoing communication with colleagues and host agency representatives to improve student outcomes. ● Collaborate in the development of IEP planning notes and IEP progress reports ● Develop and implement classroom-based social emotional and transition planning opportunities aligned to student IEP goals, objectives, accommodations, and benchmarks. ● Evaluate student coursework and track progress toward IEP goals ● Participate in and contribute to professional development events, coaching sessions, and other trainings at the program level ● Participate in and contribute to collaborative meetings at the program level, to improve practice and student outcomes ● Collaborate with colleagues to determine current student progress within academic settings, specific to student IEP goals, objectives/benchmarks, and outcomes. ● Collaborate with host agency staff and families to support students, including participating in evening parent-teacher conferences and events to showcase student work ● Assume control of emergency/crisis situations, informing appropriate sources, obtaining assistance as needed, dispatching staff as indicated and filing appropriate documentation of same ● Maintain professional boundaries and standards with students and others, in keeping with CES and SEIS policies ● Maintain, analyze and report data on all essential functions of the position Updated February 26, 2020 ● Use data to promote continuous improvement of job performance and program outcomes ● Administer statewide testing within the educational setting and ensure the level of security and confidentiality as outlined by ESE. Other Duties and Responsibilities: ● Develop and maintain a personal Educator Growth Plan leading to continued licensure ● Maintain an inventory of all classroom equipment and curriculum materials ● Use all SEIS resources according to established policies and procedures ● Assume any additional responsibilities as directed by SEIS Contract Administrator ● Access to reliable transportation to meet the travel demands of the role. ● Exhibits effective time management and organizational skills. ● Able to demonstrate and maintain effective communication with all stakeholders. Required Qualifications​: ● Bachelor's Degree from an accredited College or University ● Massachusetts teacher licensure in Mild-to-Moderate Disabilities 5-12. ● Demonstrated commitment in teaching high risk youth. ● Committed to social justice and equity for students and adults alike. ● Multilingual and/or multicultural candidates desirable. Preferred Qualifications​: ● Masters Degree in Education or related field Physical Demands: ● Must be able to enter, exit, move through and between classrooms and program locations throughout the day. At some locations this will mean moving between floors. ● Must be able to communicate and converse effectively in real time with youth and adults from multiple backgrounds and cultures. ● Must maintain situational awareness, including awareness of student activity and communication in a fast-paced secure institutional setting.. ● Must be able to use traditional and digital instructional technologies. Working Conditions: ● Work is subject to interruption and redirection, and priorities may change during the course of a day due to programming needs. ● Education is primarily conducted in an indoor classroom setting, with occasional programming outdoors, in a gymnasium, greenhouse, or on field trips. ● Classrooms are in a secure residential setting ● Teachers are required to work both independently and collaboratively. ● Limited evening hours are required for family events, and cross-state travel may be required occasionally. ● Reassignment to different sites or programs within two school calendar days in the event that staffing needs change Terms of Employment: ● 185/186 days, Monday through Friday – CES/DYS School calendar. Updated February 26, 2020 ● 8 hours per day with benefits according to CES Personnel Policies with limited evening hours ● Teachers are part of a bargaining unit represented by SEIU 509. ● Position is eligible for state retirement benefits, employer subsidized health, dental, life, and LTD insurances, as well as other paid time off benefits described in the CES employee handbook.

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