Teacher 2025-2026 school year

Title:Teacher Reports to: Program Principal

Location: Middle School

SEEM Collaborative is seeking a compassionate highly motivated and skilled Special Education Teacher to join our Middle School team. This teacher will lead a classroom designed for students in grades 68 with social/emotional disabilities who require support in social skills socialemotional learning (SEL) and functional academics. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of students with complex learning profiles and emotional regulation challenges.

QualificationsRequired:

• Bachelors degree in Special Education or a related field.
• Massachusetts DESE licensure in Moderate or Severe Disabilities (512 or All Levels).
• Experience working with students with intellectual disabilities and/or socialemotional needs.
• Strong classroom management and behavioral intervention skills.
• Ability to adapt instruction to meet the diverse learning needs of students.

Preferred:

• Masters degree in Special Education Psychology or a related discipline.
• Familiarity with traumainformed practices and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS).
• Experience with functional life skills
• Training or familiarity with Safety Care Therapeutic Interventions
• Experience working in collaborative team settings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver individualized developmentally appropriate instruction aligned with IEP goals and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
• Provide explicit instruction in social skills selfregulation coping strategies and functional communication.
• Implement evidencebased SEL programs (e.g. Zones of Regulation Social Thinking Second Step) adapted to meet students cognitive levels.
• Develop and maintain a structured predictable and supportive classroom environment.
• Collaborate with school psychologists social workers speech and language pathologists and behavior specialists to provide coordinated services.
• Integrate academic behavioral and emotional supports into daily instruction using a traumainformed approach.
• Utilize assistive technology visual supports and other tools to enhance access to the curriculum.
• Collect and analyze student data to inform instruction progress monitoring and IEP development.
• Communicate regularly with families caregivers and outside service providers to ensure consistency across settings.
• Participate in IEP meetings team meetings and professional development sessions.
• Support students in communitybased learning vocational exploration or lifeskills activities as appropriate.
• Must be able to lift pull or push approximately 40 lbs and have the ability to move quickly from standing to floor and floor to standing.

Employment is contingent upon the ability to provide a positive SAFIS fingerprint and Cori screening.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SEEM Collaborative is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Compensation & Benefits:

SEEM Collaborative offers a competitive salary and benefits package including:

• Health dental and life insurance
• Retirement plan options
• Professional development opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Supportive and missiondriven work environment