Pre-K Special Education ABL Teacher: Joyful Inclusion Leader

MORGAN; Holyoke (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

HOLYOKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MORGAN in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is seeking a Teacher - Special Education (Pre-K) to design a joyful, language-rich classroom for young children with autism and related neurodiverse disabilities. Starting immediately, you will provide individualized instruction and support across communication, play, and early academics.

As classroom instructional leader, you will collaborate with families, paraeducators, general educators, and service providers to ensure safety,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a joyful, safe, predictable, structured, and developmentally appropriate classroom environment.
• Plan and deliver explicit, individualized, and play-based instruction addressing early academics, functional communication, social‑emotional development, play, self-regulation, motor development, adaptive skills, and independence.
• Differentiate instruction, materials, classroom routines, and the learning environment to address each student’s strengths, interests, developmental level, sensory profile, communication needs, and learning style.
• Implement evidence-based instructional and behavioral practices, including visual supports, task analysis, reinforcement, prompting and fading, naturalistic instruction, discrete-trial instruction when appropriate, and opportunities for students to generalize skills across people and settings.
• Support and honor all forms of student communication, including speech, gestures, visuals, signs, behavior, and augmentative and alternative communication systems.
• Provide repeated opportunities for students to make choices, communicate their needs, engage with peers, participate in classroom routines, and develop greater independence.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution.

Job description

HOLYOKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MORGAN in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is seeking a Teacher - Special Education (Pre-K) to design a joyful, language-rich classroom for young children with autism and related neurodiverse disabilities. Starting immediately, you will provide individualized instruction and support across communication, play, and early academics.

As classroom instructional leader, you will collaborate with families, paraeducators, general educators, and service providers to ensure safety,