Inspiring 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 is seeking a Special Education Teacher in Warwick, Rhode Island to support students with disabilities in a small-group setting and provide specialized instruction. You will collaborate with therapists, teaching assistants and job coaches to adapt work to each student’s level and ensure access to academics and functional skills.

The role involves carrying out IEPs, coordinating with families, and facilitating state assessments while delivering core instruction

Qualifications

• Rhode Island certification as a Special Educator.
• Three years of experience in special education preferred.
• Experience with children with social, emotional and behavioral challenges.
• Experience with RI Alternate Assessments and other state assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide a learning environment that is safe, respectful and effective for meeting students’ learning and social/emotional/behavioral challenges.
• Provide core academic instruction in compliance with Common Core/Essential Elements standards at multi grade levels and offer remediation as well as extension.
• Design learning opportunities that have an academic, experiential and/or service based component.
• Work collaboratively and supportively with families, faculty and administrators and outside treatment teams.
• Write Individualized Education Programs.
• Model and implement interventions in collaboration with other teachers.
• Redesign environments to increase the likelihood of success.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences in social interaction patterns and styles.
• Use multiple instructional techniques such as role playing, modeling, and direct feedback to address learning challenges.
• Enhance students’ personal and social success by teaching social skills.
• Support adults in the integration of interventions to improve outcomes and coach adults in the implementation of identified interventions.
• Collect data for regulatory compliance reports; analyze data to inform instruction and support school and district decision making.
• Maintain student records and protect their confidentiality.
• Support decision making framework that guides the selection, integration and implementation of the best evidence based academic and behavioral practices for improving outcomes for all students.
• Teach and encourage prosocial skills and behaviors.
• Maintain certification around desocialization strategies and physical management
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the Director of Sargent Center School and Special Education.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving with families andスタッフ

Education

Rhode Island certification as Special Educator

Three years of experience as Special Educator (preferred)

Experience with students with social, emotional and behavioral challenges

Job description

Sargent Rehabilitation Center is seeking a Special Education Teacher in Warwick, Rhode Island to support students with disabilities in a small-group setting and provide specialized instruction. You will collaborate with therapists, teaching assistants and job coaches to adapt work to each student’s level and ensure access to academics and functional skills.

The role involves carrying out IEPs, coordinating with families, and facilitating state assessments while delivering core instruction