Teacher (SAE)

The Summit Center • Amherst, NY

2d • $64,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Summit Center is Western New York’s leading provider of evidence-based services for children and adults with autism and other developmental, social, and behavioral challenges. Our team is dedicated to helping every individual we serve achieve their highest level of independence. Summit Academy Enhanced (SAE) provides intense behavior services to individuals that demonstrate challenging behaviors within a school setting. The school integrates a clinical approach for the functional analysis of targeted behaviors as well as safe and effective procedures to properly evaluate treatment interventions prior to classroom implementation. If you're passionate about making lives better and in search of a good job with dedicated supervisors, great benefits, and a supportive environment become a #DifferenceMaker and join our team.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Special Education required
• NYS Special Education Professional certificate or applicable Students with Disabilities certificate required

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree in Special education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review and implement all educational requirements in each student’s IEP
• Establish and monitor individual curricula, data collection and charting systems
• Implement behavior management procedures developed by the treatment team
• Supervise and manage activities of Behavior Specialists
• Provide a safe, age-appropriate educational environment for students
• Administer appropriate and effective instructional strategies
• Ensure students are generalizing treatment gains into the classroom
• Participate in transitioning and discharging students to less restrictive settings
• Coordinate and collaborate with Support Service Personnel (related)
• Collaborate and effectively communicate with families and external service providers
• Demonstrate professional knowledge of children with developmental disabilities
• For Secondary Classroom Teachers: be knowledgeable of and remain up to date of NYSED requirements including Exit Summaries, Transition Portfolios, Training Plans, Transition in the IEP and Transition Assessments. Must know about various types of adult services to prepare students to become as independent as possible post-graduation.

Benefits

• Fully paid school breaks (up to 8 weeks per year!)
• Up to 12 days of paid time off
• 14–16 paid holidays annually
• Potential for annual raises and profit sharing
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance/Medical opt-out payment (up to $1,000/year)
• 401K with up to 4% employer match
• Life and long-term disability insurance

What This Job Offers

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