Autistic and Emotional Special Education Teacher (K-2)

Environmental Charter School; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a passionate team at an innovative charter school dedicated to fostering student success through eco-literacy and real-world learning. This role offers the opportunity to create and implement a dynamic curriculum while building strong relationships with students and staff. With a focus on collaboration and professional development, you will thrive in a supportive environment that values teacher agency and creativity. Be part of a community that empowers educators to make a meaningful impact on the lives of students and the broader community. If you're ready to inspire the next generation of engaged citizens, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Professional Development Days

Planning Days

Preference in Child Lottery

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a relevant degree and Pennsylvania certification.
• Experience in curriculum development and classroom management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement engaging lesson plans aligned with the curriculum.
• Foster a collaborative and supportive learning environment for students.

Skills

Curriculum Development

Classroom Management

Collaboration

Eco-literacy

Critical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education

Pennsylvania Teaching Certification

Tools

Educational Software

Assessment Tools

Job description

The Environmental Charter School’s faculty and staff are passionate, talented, and uncompromising with a mission to make sure all students succeed at a high level. Every aspect of our organization and program is designed and continually refined to ensure that goal and each department focuses on its connection to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The ECS working environment is highly collaborative, reflective, and progressive.

As a Charter School, ECS has the autonomy to develop its pedagogy, and our faculty and staff not only play a role in its implementation but also its creation. Staff have the ability to take ownership of their classrooms and create their own lesson plans. ECS empowers teachers to guide mission aligned curriculum and pedagogy decisions, fostering teacher agency.

Employee Benefits

While it is not guaranteed that your child will be accepted at ECS, employees are given preference in the lottery. Applications are due on Jan. 31 to be considered for the lottery. All applications received after Jan. 31 are added to the post-lottery waiting list.

ECS offers Life Insurance and Short-and-Long Term Disability Insurance.

ECS’s Paid Time Off (PTO) is based on an employee’s number of years with the organization:

1. All ten (10) month full-time employees are entitled to seven to ten (7-10) days of paid time off (PTO) (prorated according to the employee’s hire date) in any school year.
2. All twelve (12) month full-time employees are entitled to fifteen to eighteen (15-18) days of paid time off (PTO) (prorated according to the employee’s hire date) in any school year.
3. A maximum of 20 days total (10-month employees), and 24 days total (12-month employees) may be carried into each employee’s PTO bank for the upcoming year.

Professional Development

Faculty receive 3 half-day professional development days during the school year through ECS’s associate directors of curriculum and professional development. In addition to these half days, full-time employees are granted 2 paid professional development leave days and part-time/temporary employees are eligible for 1 paid professional development leave day per year.

Planning Days

ECS provides its faculty with a minimum of two planning days each quarter as well as up to 4 floating days a year. In addition to full-day planning time, staff also leverage various half-day planning throughout the school year. If summer planning is required, teachers are compensated at a workshop rate for each summer planning day.

Hear from Current Staff Members

Learn more about the staff, students, and culture at the Environmental Charter School through the lens of our current staff members. Discover what you can expect from joining the ECS team and why our staff loves being a part of the ECS family.

Through an innovative, eco-literacy-based curriculum, ECS grows active, engaged, empathetic citizens who are problem seekers, critical thinkers, and purposeful agents of change. We are rooted in our community, growing in impact, and graduating students who have bloomed into drivers of thoughtful change in the world.

ECS combines academic rigor with a multi-disciplinary, “out-the-door” learning approach rooted in real-world problems. Students get outside, study places and spaces in the City of Pittsburgh, and connect content to the community.

A place for ALL students.

ECS serves the whole child - keeping them healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. There are two educators in most classrooms.

Strong Relationships

ECS teachers and staff are caring, engaged, and innovative, and they model the behavior we expect from our students. They are activists, leaders, and compassionate members of our community. Students “loop” with our teachers to build connection and consistency.

Learn more about our job opportunities, application requirements, and benefits by clicking through the information below.

Application Requirements:

1. Resume
2. Copy of a current PA certification (Only if Applicable for the Position)
3. Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 33)
4. Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Clearance (Act 34)
5. FBI Criminal Background Check
6. Commonwealth of PA Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release (Act 168)