Elementary Special Education Teacher for Therapeutic School

Young World Physical Education; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental plan

Life insurance

Long term disability insurance

Retirement savings

Job summary

COMPASS School Boston in Dorchester, MA is seeking an Elementary Special Education Teacher for a therapeutic day-school serving students aged 6-21 with diverse disabilities. The role emphasizes integrating academic and social learning to meet individualized education program goals within a supportive team.

The candidate will collaborate with clinicians, teachers, and staff to provide a structured, goal-driven learning environment, aligning lessons to state standards and maintaining rigorous

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree preferred.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

Responsibilities

• Read, review and internalize assigned student IEPs and sign acknowledgement forms.
• Plan, prepare and align lessons with state standards and IEP goals.
• Award grades following school grading and attendance policy.
• Follow the school-wide behavior system and track behavior points daily.
• Attend IEP meetings, parent-teacher conferences, and pre-meetings as needed.

Education

Bachelor degree

Job description

Elementary Special Education Teacher for Therapeutic School

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Job Details

Job ID: 5856108

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 28, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 31, 2026

Job Description

The COMPASS School is a therapeutic day-school that serves students aged 6-21 with varying disabilities including emotional impairment, behavior disorders, and other disabilities that require special education in an individualized environment.

The Special Education Teacher is part of the instructional team at the COMPASS School. This role will foster a therapeutic approach to instruction by integrating both academic and social learning to exceptional students who have individualized education programs (IEPs) that present with a spectrum of emotional impairments. Teachers are an integral part in supporting students, parents/guardians and the milieu. Teachers are expected to strive daily to develop lessons, plans, and structured activities to meet students’ academic, behavioral, emotional, and social goals. Under the coaching, mentoring, and supervision of the Director of Educational Services teachers ensure that the individualized educational needs of students are monitored and met. Teachers work collaboratively with all disciplines to provide a safe, organized, goal-driven, and productive learning environment.

Instructional integrity:

• Read, review, and internalize assigned student\'s Individualized Education Programs upon (rolling) admission to the School as evidenced by signing IEP acknowledgement forms.
• Plan, prepare and align lessons with state standards and student instructional goals based on Individualized Education Program according to the COMPASS lesson plan format and SAVVAS curriculum.
• Award grades by adhering to the Grading and Attendance policy.
• Follow the school wide behavior system by maintaining, tracking, and reviewing behavior points with students daily.
• Submit lesson plans and unit plans to include social-emotional learning and cooperative learning skill-building activities/exercises.
• Demonstrate the ability to adopt and integrate feedback given for best teaching and data collection practices, as received from professional development, coaching, and supervision to drive student learning and achievement.
• Foster a rigorous learning environment as evidenced by challenging students to reach their full potential.
• Collaborate with a variety of staff (clinicians, teachers, case workers, etc.) to extend lessons to real-world experiences through co-facilitating groups, seminars, workshops, interview panels, etc.
• Establish and visibly post clear objectives and essential questions for each lesson & unit.

Compliance:

• Compile the appropriate data to write all educational assessments in accordance with the COMPASS format and guidelines on or before the due dates.
• Attend IEP meetings, parent-teacher conferences, and pre-meetings for respective students.
• Observe, evaluate and report on student progress (education, behavior, executive functioning, and social development using frequent and varied collection methods.
• Meet all compliance requirements, as required by DESE, and state and federal laws impacting students with disabilities.

Operations & Administration:

• Establish and maintain a clear and consistent classroom management system and class economy for motivating students.
• Prepare materials and maintaining classroom bulletin boards (interactive, student work, and resources).
• Set up and update a classroom library of resources.
• Attend daily duty on time to support the operations of the building (lunch duty, door duty, transitioning students, etc.)
• Recruit and co-lead a student advisory, club or elective outside of the required instructional courses/class for the duration of the school year.
• Complete and submit surveys from professional development & trainings with solution-focused feedback.

COMPASS is a supportive environment with generous benefits including a robust health & dental plan, life insurance, long term disability insurance, significant education tuition payment and retirement savings.

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $60,000 to $70,000 Per Year

Job Categories:

Classroom Teacher > Elementary

Job Requirements

• At least 1 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Bachelor degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Laura Lajewski , Executive Director
• 294 Bowdoin Street
• Dorchester, Massachusetts 02122
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]

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