Long Term Substitute Classroom Teacher

Stoneham, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

SEEM Collaborative is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Long-Term Substitute Teacher to join our Special Education Collaborative High School community. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting diverse learners with a wide range of strengths and needs in an inclusive student-centered environment. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with special educators related service providers and families to deliver engaging individualized instruction while fostering academic growth independence and social-emotional development. If you are committed to equity teamwork and empowering students to reach their full potential we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred.

- Licensed by Massachusetts Department of Education (DESE) in Moderate Disabilities (5-12) or Severe Disabilities (All Levels) preferred.

- Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement preferred.

- At least one year of classroom teaching experience preferred.

Candidate Responsibilities - The candidate must:

- Strive to create and maintain a positive therapeutic learning environment where students feel safe comfortable andableto learn. This includes implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) including tiered levels of evidence-based strategies and practices that ensure students can successfully achieve social behavioral and academic benchmarks.

- Have a general knowledge of student disability profiles related to the social emotional behavioral developmental and/or intellectual domains as well as ABA-based methodologies for interventions and supports.

- Be comfortable using a variety of instructional formats (i.e. 1:1 delivery dyads small groups whole classroom etc) that are driven by a students Individualized Education Program (IEP) and are used to present lessons activities and units that vary daily weekly and/or monthly.

- Be comfortable providing formative and summative feedback as well as employing quantitative and qualitative measures to monitor student learning.

- Modify content that is aligned to the Massachusetts Frameworks and Common Core Standardsas well asthe needs of individual students based on their IEPs. Curricular instructional domains are consistent to the Massachusetts High School (9-12) Scope such as English Language Arts Mathematics Science and Social Studies as well as Life/Pre-Vocational Skills and Activities of Daily Living.

- Implement and recommend appropriate accommodations and modifications that are directed through the IEP to support the diverse learning needs of students.

- Document and assemble MCAS Alternative Assessment Portfolios or help students through MCAS On-Demand (computer-based) Assessments with accommodations at routine times in the school year.

- Administer informal and formal assessments to monitor student achievement which includes mandated three-year reevaluations where students are deemed re-eligible for specialized instruction support and services.

- Delegate and supervise classroom responsibilities and duties to instructional/teaching aides and provide feedback and guidance to those aides when necessary through routine classroom management and consultations with a variety of school staff.

- Practice the team approach as well as provide consistent communication in order to work with outside parentsand guardians outside school district administrators and related support staff to best serve each student.

- Routinely document notes and events and collect varied in order to inform team members of student progress both formally (i.e. trimester progress notes annual IEP etc) and informally (i.e. parent-communication log email etc) means.

- Be open to continually improving their own practices through professional development self-planned training and learning opportunities reflection consultations and/or participation in school-based or organizational communities of practice.

- Carryout any other assigned duties for example: the supervision of student(s) at breakfast lunch in outdoor and/or community spaces and at routine times during the day; support students self-care hygiene and personal care such as in-person support with toileting; organizational tasks;and any other dutiesas assigned by the Principal orExecutiveDirector.

- Employment is contingent upon passing a 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.

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