Strides Classroom Elementary Special Education Teacher - 2025/2026
Strides Classroom Elementary Special Education Teacher - 2025/2026
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Strides Classroom Elementary Special Education Teacher - 2025/2026
Job Goal:The Strides teacher coordinates and provides programming for children with intellectual and related disabilities including instruction in academic social language motor self-regulation leisure and life skills.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide individualized instruction in an intensive learning environment with frequent practice in a variety of settings in a consistent manner using 1:1 1:2 or 1:3 ratio.
- Teach critical skills across settings to assist students to generalize academic social communication/language (including support and use of AAC devices) health safety and adaptive life skills in relevant contexts.
- This includes but is not limited to academic social/emotional behavioral and activities of daily living (including toileting and diapering when necessary)
- Collect and apply data to create specially designed plans and guide instruction
- Coordinate and facilitate communication with the general educator as work for the students in the general education setting.
- Design and implement programs using pull-out/inclusion for students eligible to receive Special Education services.
- Provide instruction in a variety of formats and incorporate other evidence-based curricula that best meets the individual students learning style informed by regular data collection.
- Develop individual schedules for students across grade levels when needed.
- Coordinate and collaborate with classroom support staff while communicating with administrators as needed.
- Oversee instructional assistants assigned to your Program
- Create their schedules to support students
- Train instructional assistants on student plans and programs
- Collaborate with instructional assistants to develop activities and lessons around targeted skills
- Meet weekly with support staff to review student data and programs curriculum and student behavioral issues.
- Participate in district-provided safety and de-escalation training. Utilize skills and strategies as needed and in accordance with behavior management plans.
- Oversee implementation of the IEP for students on caseload.
- Conduct formal assessments in accordance with reevaluation cycles or when deemed data on student goals and objectives.
- Use data to contribute to the development of the IEP for students on caseload and conduct necessary and assigned assessments to provide data for IEP development.
- Performs other related duties as required directed or as the situation dictates.
Requirements:
- Masters degree in special education preferred.
- DESE certification in severe special needs required.
- Good organizational and communication skills experience in delivering 1:1 and small group instruction.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience working with children diagnosed with intellectual disabilities as well as skills and experience working in an intensive instructional classroom serving students with intellectual disabilities required.
Compensation:
In accordance with the Burlington Educators Association Unit A contract
Start Date:
August 2025
The Burlington Public Schools prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator for students Lisa Chen or Title IX Coordinator for staff Joanne Faust.
The notice of nondiscrimination is located at:
Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and school environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin sex gender sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or pregnancy status age genetic information ethnic background ancestry disability homelessness immigration status or any category protected by state or federal law. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
Employment Type
Full-Time
