Special Education Teacher – Secondary

Sargent Rehabilitation Center Inc; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sargent Rehabilitation Center in Warwick, RI seeks a qualified Special Education Teacher for secondary grades. You will support students with disabilities in small groups, collaborating with therapists, teaching assistants, and job coaches to tailor instruction and ensure access to academics and social skills.

You will design and deliver instruction aligned to standards, develop IEPs, and participate in assessments while fostering family engagement and positive behavior supports within a

Qualifications

• Rhode Island certification as a Special Educator required.
• Three years of experience as a special education teacher preferred.
• Experience with children with social, emotional and behavioral challenges.
• Experience with developmental disabilities and autism.
• Experience with RI Alternate Assessments and other state assessments.
• Experience collaborating with Teaching Assistants.
• Knowledge of positive behavior support systems.
• Evidence of family engagement with students.
• Knowledge of state and federal special education eligibility criteria.
• Knowledge of special education laws and IEP processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills and collaboration with staff, admins, and parents.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, respectful, effective learning environment for students' learning and social-emotional/behavioral needs.
• Deliver core academic instruction aligned to standards with remediation and extension as needed.
• Design learning opportunities with academic, experiential, or service components.
• Collaborate with families, faculty, administrators and outside treatment teams.
• Write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
• Model and implement interventions with other teachers.
• Redesign learning environments to support success.
• Be culturally sensitive in social interactions.
• Use varied instructional techniques to address learning challenges.
• Teach and reinforce prosocial skills and behaviors.
• Support adult users in implementing interventions and coaching staff.
• Collect and analyze data for regulatory reports to inform decisions.
• Maintain student records and confidentiality.
• Support evidence-based practices for improving outcomes for all students.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director.

Skills

Special ed experience

Behavior challenges

Team collaboration

RI Assessments

IEP knowledge

Family engagement

Positive behavior support

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Education

Rhode Island certification as a Special Educator

Job description

Special Education Teacher - Secondary

Sargent Center Sargent Rehabilitation Center - Warwick , Rhode Island Open in Google Maps

Job Details

Job ID: 5896949

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 21, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

The Special education teacher is directly under the supervision of the Director of Sargent Center School and Special Education. He/she supports students with disabilities within a small group setting, providing specialized instruction. The students are also supported within their enrichment classes such as martial arts, theater, PE, recess. The Special Education teacher works collaboratively with the therapists, teaching assistants, and job coaches, to modify work to the student’s appropriate level, and ensure student access to academics, peers, and functional skills. The Special Education teacher facilitates the RI Alternate Assessment for students as well as PSAT’s, SAT’s and or RICAS.

Minimum Qualifications

• Rhode Island certification as a Special Educator at the level assigned
• Three years of experience as a special education teacher at the level assigned preferred
• Successful direct experience with children exhibiting social, emotional and behavioral challenges
• Successful experience working with children with developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities and autism
• Successful experience and training in RI Alternate Assessments, and other state assessments
• Successful experience working with a team including Teaching Assistants
• Understanding of critical practices and systems of positive behavior support
• Evidence of successful engagement with families
• Knowledge of state and federal special education eligibility criteria
• Knowledge of special education laws and regulations and willingness to implement the special education process
• Knowledge of Individualized Education Programs
• Strong interpersonal skills
• The ability to work with educators, administrators, and parents to problem-solve challenging issues

Duties and Responsibilities

1. 1.Provide a learning environment that is safe, respectful and effective for meeting students’ learning and social/emotional/behavioral challenges;
2. 2.Provide core academic instruction in compliance with Common Core/Essential Elements standards at multi grade levels and offer remediation as well as extension;
3. 3.Design learning opportunities that have an academic, experiential and/or service based component;
4. 4.Work collaboratively and supportively with families, faculty and administrators and outside treatment teams;
5. 5.Write Individualized Education Programs;
6. 6.Model and implement interventions in collaboration with other teachers;
7. 7.Redesign environments to increase the likelihood of success;
8. 8.Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences in social interaction patterns and styles;
9. 9.Use multiple instructional techniques such as role playing, modeling, and direct feedback to address learning challenges;
10. 10.Enhance students’ personal and social success by teaching social skills;
11. 11.Support adults in the integration of interventions to improve outcomes and coach adults in the implementation of identified interventions;
12. 12.Collect data for regulatory compliance reports; analyze data to inform instruction and support school and district decision making.
13. 13.Maintain student records and protect their confidentiality;
14. 14.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;
15. 15.Teach and encourage prosocial skills and behaviors;
16. 16.Maintain certification around desocialization strategies and physical management
17. 17.Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the Director of Sargent Center School and Special Education.

Position Type: Full-time

Job Categories

Special Education > Autism

Special Education > Learning Disabled

Special Education > Mild/Moderate Disabilities

Special Education > Multiple Disabilities

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Josephine Dutra
• 800 Quaker Lane
• Warwick , Rhode Island 02818
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]

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