Teacher

DESE Licensure in Moderate to Severe preferred.

Starting at $52648.38 Additional Compensation for licensure and years of teaching experience up to $65213.38

$1000 Bonus

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8-4 Exempt role

If you have your bachelors degree and love working with youth you could be a part of an exceptional team of teachers aides clinicians speech and language pathologists and occupational therapists. Youll be working to meet the needs of students in grades K-12 and beyond as they work toward diplomas and learn vocational transitional and social-emotional skills. Our students have typically experienced multiple academic failures most often resulting from a wide variety of social emotional and behavioral challenges.

Our beautiful location brings together students who live on campus with students who are living at home in the local communities. Though most of our students come from MA we have students and staff who came from many other states and several countries. We are shaped by growing Servant Leadership and Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging initiatives.

While Occupational Therapy Speech and Language Services Clinical Support and Vocational Training form important parts of our program the Special Education Teacher is the foundation that weaves these services together into a unified whole presenting and differentiating the Massachusetts State Frameworks in Math English Science and Social Studies as you build on student strengths and successes in our self-contained classrooms.

The Devereux School is licensed by the Department of Education and Secondary Education Accredited by The New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of The Massachusetts Association of 776-Approved Schools. Our curriculum is aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and coordinated through a collaborative working relationship with referring school districts. Flexibility in academic programming and creativity to meet students needs are two of the strengths of our organization.

Requirements:

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Valid Drivers License
• Bachelors degree in Psychology Social Work Education or other related field required
• Massachusettss DESE Certification or in process for DESE Certification in moderate disabilities required
• At least 1 year of experience with children or adolescents with Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support Strategies preferred

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE