Impactful Special Education Teacher - Elementary & Middle

Sargent Rehabilitation Center Inc; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sargent Rehabilitation Center Inc seeks a Special Education Teacher for Elementary and Middle grades to support students with disabilities in a small-group setting. You will collaborate with therapists, teaching assistants, and job coaches to tailor instruction and ensure access to academics and functional skills, including participation in RI Alternate Assessments and college prep tasks.

Starting immediately, you will design individualized plans, deliver core instruction, and support families.

Qualifications

• RI certification as a Special Educator required.
• Experience with children with social, emotional and behavioral challenges preferred.
• Experience with children with developmental disabilities and autism.
• Familiarity with RI Alternate Assessments and other state assessments.
• Experience collaborating with Teaching Assistants and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, respectful learning environments addressing learning and social/emotional/behavioral needs.
• Deliver core academic instruction aligned with standards across multiple grade levels and offer remediation and extension.
• Design learning opportunities with academic, experiential, or service-based components.
• Collaborate with families, faculty, administrators and outside treatment teams.
• Write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
• Model and implement interventions in collaboration with other teachers.
• Redesign environments to improve student outcomes.
• Address cultural differences in social interactions.
• Use varied instructional techniques to address learning challenges.
• Teach and reinforce prosocial skills and behaviors.
• Support implementation of interventions by educators and staff.
• Collect data for regulatory reports and inform instruction and decisions.
• Maintain student records and confidentiality.
• Guide decisions on evidence-based academic and behavioral practices.

Skills

Special Education collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving with families

Team collaboration with therapists

Behavior support knowledge

Data collection for compliance

Education

RI certification as Special Educator

Tools

RI Alternate Assessments

Job description

Sargent Rehabilitation Center Inc seeks a Special Education Teacher for Elementary and Middle grades to support students with disabilities in a small-group setting. You will collaborate with therapists, teaching assistants, and job coaches to tailor instruction and ensure access to academics and functional skills, including participation in RI Alternate Assessments and college prep tasks.

Starting immediately, you will design individualized plans, deliver core instruction, and support families.