Special Education Classroom Teacher (Autism Support)

RITI; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

RITI seeks an experienced educator to manage a special education classroom, directing instruction, assessment, data collection, and staff training. The role emphasizes organizational behavior management, IEP-aligned planning, and safe, productive learning environments.

Responsibilities include leading instruction based on data, coordinating program goals, maintaining communication with families, and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures while supporting staff development and

Qualifications

• Experience with and the ability to work with children with autism and their families.
• Supervisory experience and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of special education and applied behavior analysis curriculum and assessments.
• Previous experience with teaching children with autism.
• Teaching skills, analytic skills and experience managing classrooms for students categorized as: pre-listeners, listeners, speakers, speaker-listeners, reader-writers, self-managers and self-editors.

Responsibilities

• Presents Instruction to students based on assessment data and IEP/VAAP/SOLs across the instructional day.
• Assesses progress to inform the IEP and curricular goals.
• Collects and analyzes student and staff data to inform programmatic and training needs.
• Arranges the learning environment to maximize progress, independence, and safety.
• Creates and uses functional, socially significant, and developmentally appropriate materials.
• Conducts preference, educational, adaptive and other necessary assessments in preparation for instructional programming, IEP/IIP meetings, and classroom meetings.
• Provides staff training using observations and individual/group meetings.
• Writes IEP/IIP goals and reports progress toward goals according to schedule.
• Maintains daily home/school communication books.
• Addresses parent and local educational agency concerns with supervisors.
• Follows protocols regarding supply requests and other administrative needs.
• Maintains daily schedule of students to learning areas.
• Ensures planning of daily activities, including individual and group instructional sessions.
• Ensures staff have necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish goals.
• Conducts performance reviews for all staff under supervision; safety issues reviewed and communicated.
• Administers medication and responds to crisis as necessary following training.

Skills

Autism support

Supervisory experience

Interpersonal skills

ABA curriculum knowledge

Teaching skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in special education

ABA certification

Virginia licensure eligible

Job description

RITI seeks an experienced educator to manage a special education classroom, directing instruction, assessment, data collection, and staff training. The role emphasizes organizational behavior management, IEP-aligned planning, and safe, productive learning environments.

Responsibilities include leading instruction based on data, coordinating program goals, maintaining communication with families, and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures while supporting staff development and