Moderate-Severe Special Education Teacher 2025-2026

Kanz; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 64,800 - 79,200; Full time

Job summary

A public charter school network in Boston seeks a Moderate-Severe Special Education Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. In this role, you will provide tailored instruction to students with significant special needs, focusing on both their academic growth and personal development. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and teaching license, possess a strong understanding of special education laws, and be committed to fostering diversity in the classroom. Competitive salary package starting at $72k, with an additional stipend for high-need areas.

Qualifications

• Earned degree in special education and/or teaching license required.
• Experience in leading a classroom with students and paraprofessionals.
• Ability to foster diversity and anti-racism in teaching practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual and group instruction to students with special needs.
• Design individualized curriculum and write education plans.
• Implement behavior support plans and act as IEP team chair.
• Collaborate with paraprofessionals and specialists.

Skills

Knowledge of special education laws

Experience with ABA

Working with children with autism

Collaboration with others

Commitment to anti-racist practices

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in special education

Job description

Moderate-Severe Special Education Teacher 2025-2026

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Brooke Charter Schools is a network of five public charter schools, serving grades K‑12 in Mattapan, Roslindale, and East Boston. At Brooke, we coach and invest in our teachers so that they can help our students achieve at the highest levels and graduate from college. We believe academic achievement empowers our students to live choice‑filled lives and enhances their ability to contribute to creating a just world. In a culture of achievement, educators support students in recognizing and building on their identities as sources of strength even as they work to grow and achieve in new ways.

Responsibilities

As a special education teacher in this role, you deliver individual and group instruction to students with moderate to severe special needs in a substantially separate classroom, and build strong relationships with students in order to push them to be their best selves both academically and personally. You design individualized curriculum, write education plans, collect and evaluate data. In this role, you also implement comprehensive behavior support plans, serve as the IEP team chair for a small caseload, and coordinate related services. You collaborate with others to ensure each student is receiving the support they need, including training to paraprofessionals and consulting regularly with specialists or personnel involved in a child's program.

Hours for this role are 7:15 am – 4:20 pm daily.

Salaries are competitive with local districts, starting at $72k. Commensurate with experience. Moderate‑severe special education teachers will also earn an additional $7,700 stipend for teaching a high‑need area.

Qualifications

• You’ve earned a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in special education and/or hold a special education teaching license
• You have a working knowledge of federal and state special education laws
• You have experience with ABA and working with children with autism and developmental delays
• As a classroom leader, you believe that great teaching closes the achievement gap and have an unwavering belief in your students’ capabilities
• You are committed to leading a classroom with students and paraprofessionals
• You are professional, warm, and collaborative with students, families, and colleagues
• You are committed to fostering diversity by cultivating anti‑racist practices and removing bias, empowering students with the resources they need to create choice‑filled lives for themselves and their futures. Read more about how we are working on this at Brookehere.
• You are able to start July of 2025

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.