Special Education Teacher - Therapeutic Program (STACK)

Wakefield Public Schools • Wakefield, MA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

This position involves managing a special education caseload within a therapeutic program, focusing on students with significant social/emotional impairments/disabilities. The role requires developing and implementing programming to support students in both inclusion and special education settings, collaborating with general education teachers, and ensuring compliance with IEP mandates. The goal is to foster social-emotional competencies for self-sufficient and independent learning.

Requirements

• K-5 Moderate or Severe Special Needs Certification required
• Experience working with students with significant social/emotional impairments/disabilities.
• Experience/background knowledge of Social Emotional Learning Curriculum and implementation
• Experience creating and implementing programming that supports the needs of students in both inclusion and Special Education settings
• Experience collaborating with general education teachers to create plans that support academic, social, and emotional learning of students on caseload

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of special education caseload of students in program, ensuring implementation of and compliance with all mandates related to IEP process.
• Provide, if necessary, small group instruction of grade level content.
• Develop therapeutic service delivery model in which all students improve social/emotional competencies to become self-sufficient and independent learners.
• Establish and maintain regular two-way communication with parents.
• Manage and direct paraprofessionals to support the needs of students.
• Collaborate with outside agencies to support social emotional team model, as appropriate.
• Support transitions for students from PK therapeutic programming to elementary and into middle school therapeutic programming.
• Perform all such duties as assigned by the Principal and Administration of Special Education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed