Compassionate SPED Teacher – COMPASS Program

Woodville Elementary School; Wakefield (MA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Wakefield Public Schools Woodville Elementary School in Wakefield, Massachusetts is seeking a Special Education Teacher for the COMPASS program to support students with diverse needs. The role includes managing IEP caseloads and delivering inclusive, therapeutic instruction.

The candidate will collaborate with general education teachers to plan for academic, social, and emotional growth and to ensure smooth transitions between elementary and secondary levels.

Qualifications

• 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 grades 2-4, 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 elementary therapeutic programming and into high school therapeutic programming.
• Perform all such duties as assigned by the Principal and Administration of Special Education.

Skills

Moderate or Severe Special Needs Cert.

Experience with social emotional needs

SEL Curriculum knowledge

Inclusion and SPED programming

Collaboration with general ed teachers

Job description

Wakefield Public Schools Woodville Elementary School in Wakefield, Massachusetts is seeking a Special Education Teacher for the COMPASS program to support students with diverse needs. The role includes managing IEP caseloads and delivering inclusive, therapeutic instruction.

The candidate will collaborate with general education teachers to plan for academic, social, and emotional growth and to ensure smooth transitions between elementary and secondary levels.