1.0 FTE Preschool Special Education Subseparate Classroom Teacher
1.0 FTE Preschool Special Education Subseparate Classroom Teacher
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POSITION TITLE: 1.0 FTE Preschool Special Education Subseparate Classroom Teacher
FLSA: Exempt
REPORTS TO: Building Principal and the Director of Special Education
Terms of Employment: 184 day work year. Benefits and salary in accordance with the LEA Unit A collective bargaining agreement.
August 25 2025 start date. Unit A 25-26 Salary Range
Job Goal: The Preschool Subseparate classroom teacher coordinates and provides children with intensive special needs including autism spectrum disorders and related disabilities instruction in academic social language motor self-help leisure vocational and life skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Teacher will:
Provide systemic individualized instruction in an intensive learning environment with frequent hands-on practice in a variety of settings in a consistent manner using high teacher to student ratios.
Teach critical skills across settings to assist students to generalize academic social communication/language vocational health safety and adaptive life skills in relevant contexts.
Provide instruction in a variety of formats (task analysis discrete trial incidental teaching group instruction) and incorporate other evidence-based curricula that best suit the individual students learning style informed by data.
Coordinate and facilitate communication with the Integrated Preschool Teachers as necessary.
Provide training skill targets and curricula for all components of the preschool curriculum.
Direct classroom support staff while communicating with administrators as needed.
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.
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.
Meets regularly with parents to discuss progress and preview future planning.
The position involves the supervision of a variety of classroom and program support staff including interfacing and planning with various support personnel including but not limited to SLPs OTs PTs BCBAs AAC and AT Specialists School Nurse Teachers of the Vision and Hearing Impaired and Orientation and Mobility.
Performs other related duties as required directed or as the situation dictates.
Requirements:
- Masters degree in special education preferred.
- Experience teaching preschool children preferred.
Masters Degree in Special Education preferred
DESE certification in severe special needs required; DESE certification in moderate special needs and previous experience will also be considered if severe license is pursued within the first year of employment
- Good organizational and communication skills experience in delivering 1:1 and small group instruction curriculum modification ABA training with experience successfully implementing each instructional format is required.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience working with children diagnosed with intensive special needs including ASD as well as leadership experience/skills and experience working in an intensive instructional classroom serving young students required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be willing and able to physically manage students if needed.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; and reach with hands or arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Experience and commitment to working in a racially and culturally diverse teaching and learning community.
Applicants for employment are considered without regard to age disability race religion sexual orientation gender identity marital status national origin or military status.
Employment Type
Full-Time
