Special Education Teacher - Severe License

Assabet Valley Collaborative • Northborough, MA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

Assabet Valley Collaborative (AVC) is an educational service agency in Metrowest/Central Massachusetts. Our services include school programs, wraparound services, transportation services, professional development, cooperative purchasing and consulting. AVC's REACH Program serves students who have a diverse range of severe cognitive and physical needs. This position is within a classroom for 5-7 students served by a teacher, paraeducators, a nurse, and rotating related services providers (i.e OT, SLP, PT, Music, Vision, etc).

This position includes providing instruction to students who use communication devices, wheelchairs/mobility assistance, positioning and specialized equipment in order to access their education.
Individual and group instruction is provided with a focus on functional academics tied to the state standards.
Life & pre-vocational skills which are embedded and generalized through activities such as inclusion, community-based instruction, music therapy, art, recreation and leisure, as well as social.
Taps into student skills, interests, and independence in order to further develop functional academic, motor, communication, self-help, and social skills.
Develops a comprehensive and accessible schedule that maximizes instructional time through individual, small group, and whole group activities.
Designs, delivers, and adapts curriculum with a team to meet students' needs.
Collaborates to develop, present, and implement team drafted IEPs.
Partnering with the team to implement interventions recommended by related-service providers.
Conduct necessary assessments for 3-year re-evaluations and compiles the assessment results of the related service providers.
Works with team members to establish and implement data systems that inform instruction and progress reports.
Communicates and collaborates with families, sending districts, community service agencies, and in-home service providers as applicable.
Participate in required trainings.
Provides training, instruction, and supervision of paraeducators.
Administered required statewide assessments as applicable and appropriate.
Able to adapt curriculum to meet students' unique needs while keeping it rooted in Massachusetts State Curriculum & Standards.

Requirements

• Serves as a leader and as a learner.
• Flexible, resourceful, and thrives in a fast-paced, non-traditional, collaborative environment.
• Understands educational and human service institutions.
• Demonstrates a learning mindset and ability to receive feedback, self-reflect, and pivot.
• Ability to effectively facilitate the learning of others by pushing their thinking, building their skills, and sparking their self-reflection and curiosity.
• Ability to engage with conflict and core tensions.
• Ability to thrive within a team while also being able to work independently.
• Encourages and fosters passion and enthusiasm for the work of the classroom.
• Adhere to established federal, state, and local laws and regulations (FERPA, HIPPA, and IDEA).
• Experience working in schools, nonprofits, human service organizations.
• Bachelor's Required.
• Licensed or working toward licensure from MA DESE in Moderate or Severe (preferred) Disabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual or multilingual is a plus.
• Masters Degree Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing instruction to students who use communication devices, wheelchairs/mobility assistance, positioning and specialized equipment in order to access their education.
• Individual and group instruction with a focus on functional academics tied to the state standards.
• Teaching life & pre-vocational skills embedded and generalized through activities such as inclusion, community-based instruction, music therapy, art, recreation and leisure, as well as social.
• Tapping into student skills, interests, and independence in order to further develop functional academic, motor, communication, self-help, and social skills.
• Developing a comprehensive and accessible schedule that maximizes instructional time through individual, small group, and whole group activities.
• Designing, delivering, and adapting curriculum with a team to meet students' needs.
• Collaborating to develop, present, and implement team drafted IEPs.
• Partnering with the team to implement interventions recommended by related-service providers.
• Conducting necessary assessments for 3-year re-evaluations and compiling the assessment results of the related service providers.
• Working with team members to establish and implement data systems that inform instruction and progress reports.
• Communicating and collaborating with families, sending districts, community service agencies, and in-home service providers as applicable.
• Participating in required trainings.
• Providing training, instruction, and supervision of paraeducators.
• Administering required statewide assessments as applicable and appropriate.
• Adapting curriculum to meet students' unique needs while keeping it rooted in Massachusetts State Curriculum & Standards.

Benefits

• Compensation competitive within public school educators (salary schedule with steps and lanes).
• School year (185 days) with additional summer hours available at additional compensation.
• 75% health insurance premiums covered by AVC.
• High deductible Health Insurance Plan + Health Savings Account (AVC contributes 50% of deductible into your HSA).
• Participation in MA State Retirement or Teachers Retirement pension systems.
• Voluntary benefits: HealthSavings Account, Life, Short-term, Long-term Insurance and Dental Insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level