Special Education Teacher

Join us! Going strong since 1974, CASE is an educational collaborative agency made up of 11 regional and municipal districts affording member and non-member school districts the opportunity to augment local services by planning, developing and implementing programs for students with special needs.

CASE welcomes newly-licensed teachers and offers a strong mentoring program and professional development reimbursement.

PENSION JOB!

ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER FOR LOAN FORGIVENESS!

HEALTH INSURANCE ON DAY ONE!

The Learning for Life (LFL) Program is a specialized program that addresses the many different cognitive, physical, medical, communication, and social needs of students. Students in LFL have multiple disabilities including complex learning and medical needs. The curriculum helps build independence and includes functional academics and daily living skills.

Performance Responsibilities:

- Participate in Team reevaluation and annual review meetings for students on caseload and write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

- Complete and coordinate data informed progress reports from service providers for all students, according to the schedule set by the Collaborative, and special education regulations.

- Develop and implement schedules for students’ services in accordance with their IEPs’ service delivery; coordinate schedules with specialists.

- Select appropriate instructional programs and methodologies, plan, and implement instruction that matches students’ IEP goals and objectives.

- Develop and implement curriculum aligned with Frameworks and Common Core Standards.

- Provide differential instruction and interventions in the classroom.

- Implement appropriate behavior management techniques and/or behavior support plans.

- Develop and implement classroom and curricular accommodations and modifications.

- Assess and maintain data on progress of all students on caseload and differentiate student goals and instruction accordingly.

- Assisting with complex feeding procedures, toileting / diapering and physical transfers

- With training utilize adaptive equipment, such as standers, gait trainers, walkers and communication devices and other individualized equipment.

- Develop portfolio/s for MCAS alternate assessment, as outlined in student/s’ IEP s.

- Determine student educational needs based on appropriate assessments, write reports and present at annual and reevaluation Team reevaluation meetings.

- Develop teaching assistants’ schedules in accordance with students’ IEP service delivery grids and needs.

- Provide supervision of assigned special education teaching assistants.

- Provide evaluative feedback and input regarding teaching assistants, including completion of biannual evaluation forms, to Program Administrator.

- Collaborate with students’ special education Team to address transition-related issues and skills and to implement transition services according to the Transition Planning Form (TPF).

- When appropriate, integrate MA Career/Vocational Technical Education Frameworks into content across the curriculum.

- Consult with parents/guardians, general education teachers, therapists, school nurses, consultants, and teaching assistants regarding planning and students’ program needs.

- Participate in Colebrook School Open House for parents/guardians, staff meetings, and professional development opportunities, as appropriate.

- Given training by a Registered Nurse and/or training videos, the teacher will use an EpiPen and/or Vagal Nerve Stimulator with the student for whom they were prescribed.

- Attend Collaborative-wide and specific program staff meetings, as scheduled by the Program Administrator and/or Executive Director.

- Perform other related tasks or duties at the discretion of the Program Administrator and/or Executive Director.

Competitive benefits Include (based on contract and position) - Unit A Contract with salary chart can be found on CASE web site here:

UnitA

- Compensation competitive with public school employee sector

- Participation in MA state pension system (MTRS)

- Voluntary benefits: health insurance on day one, dental insurance, long-term disability, life insurance

- CASE covers 65% health insurance premiums and 50% cost of basic life insurance

- 15 sick days, 3 personal days, religious holidays, and professional leave and bereavement days

- Mileage reimbursement for travel between schools, in-house PDP programs, tuition and workshop reimbursement, mentoring stipends

- Longevity pay, Early Retirement Incentive, Sick Leave Bank

- 457(b) and 403(b) Retirement Plans

- Eligible employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

CASE welcomes newly-licensed teachers and offers a strong mentoring program and professional development reimbursement.

PENSION JOB!

ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER FOR LOAN FORGIVENESS!

HEALTH INSURANCE ON DAY ONE!

The Learning for Life (LFL) Program is a specialized program that addresses the many different cognitive, physical, medical, communication, and social needs of students. Students in LFL have multiple disabilities including complex learning and medical needs. The curriculum helps build independence and includes functional academics and daily living skills.

Performance Responsibilities:

- Participate in Team reevaluation and annual review meetings for students on caseload and write Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

- Complete and coordinate data informed progress reports from service providers for all students, according to the schedule set by the Collaborative, and special education regulations.

- Develop and implement schedules for students’ services in accordance with their IEPs’ service delivery; coordinate schedules with specialists.

- Select appropriate instructional programs and methodologies, plan, and implement instruction that matches students’ IEP goals and objectives.

- Develop and implement curriculum aligned with Frameworks and Common Core Standards.

- Provide differential instruction and interventions in the classroom.

- Implement appropriate behavior management techniques and/or behavior support plans.

- Develop and implement classroom and curricular accommodations and modifications.

- Assess and maintain data on progress of all students on caseload and differentiate student goals and instruction accordingly.

- Assisting with complex feeding procedures, toileting / diapering and physical transfers

- With training utilize adaptive equipment, such as standers, gait trainers, walkers and communication devices and other individualized equipment.

- Develop portfolio/s for MCAS alternate assessment, as outlined in student/s’ IEP s.

- Determine student educational needs based on appropriate assessments, write reports and present at annual and reevaluation Team reevaluation meetings.

- Develop teaching assistants’ schedules in accordance with students’ IEP service delivery grids and needs.

- Provide supervision of assigned special education teaching assistants.

- Provide evaluative feedback and input regarding teaching assistants, including completion of biannual evaluation forms, to Program Administrator.

- Collaborate with students’ special education Team to address transition-related issues and skills and to implement transition services according to the Transition Planning Form (TPF).

- When appropriate, integrate MA Career/Vocational Technical Education Frameworks into content across the curriculum.

- Consult with parents/guardians, general education teachers, therapists, school nurses, consultants, and teaching assistants regarding planning and students’ program needs.

- Participate in Colebrook School Open House for parents/guardians, staff meetings, and professional development opportunities, as appropriate.

- Given training by a Registered Nurse and/or training videos, the teacher will use an EpiPen and/or Vagal Nerve Stimulator with the student for whom they were prescribed.

- Attend Collaborative-wide and specific program staff meetings, as scheduled by the Program Administrator and/or Executive Director.

- Perform other related tasks or duties at the discretion of the Program Administrator and/or Executive Director.

Competitive benefits Include (based on contract and position) - Unit A Contract with salary chart can be found on CASE web site here:

UnitA

- Compensation competitive with public school employee sector

- Participation in MA state pension system (MTRS)

- Voluntary benefits: health insurance on day one, dental insurance, long-term disability, life insurance

- CASE covers 65% health insurance premiums and 50% cost of basic life insurance

- 15 sick days, 3 personal days, religious holidays, and professional leave and bereavement days

- Mileage reimbursement for travel between schools, in-house PDP programs, tuition and workshop reimbursement, mentoring stipends

- Longevity pay, Early Retirement Incentive, Sick Leave Bank

- 457(b) and 403(b) Retirement Plans

- Eligible employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Position Type:Full-time

Job Categories:

Special Education > Multiple Disabilities

CASE COLLABORATIVE OVERVIEW Under the provisions of Chapter 40 Section 4E of the General Laws of Massachusetts, the school districts of Acton-Boxborough Regional, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Concord-Carlisle Regional, Harvard, Lincoln, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional, Littleton, Maynard, and Sudbury voluntarily joined together to form the Concord Area Special Education (CASE) Collaborative. CASE was formed in 1974 to meet regional needs of member school districts. The main, although not exclusive, focus of CASE Collaborative is special education. The enactment of special education laws mandated that school districts provide appropriate educational services for all students with disabilities. CASE is a vehicle that allows school districts to plan, develop and implement programs for these students. It affords school districts the opportunity to augment, supplement, and provide a continuum of special education programs through collaboration with other school districts. It provides a mechanism for people to share ideas and resources for the purpose of meeting a common need. All personnel involved in developing programs for students in CASE districts are part of the CASE Community. This community is built upon the belief that collectively the participating school districts and community groups have a great deal of expertise that can and should be utilized to increase the educational opportunity for students. CASE Collaborative provides a means to identify this expertise and then to utilize it on a regional level.

• Qualifications:
  
  1. DESE licensure as required
  
  2. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the school administration may deem appropriate and acceptable.
  
  Physical Demands:
  
  1. Use of hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, see (including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus), hear and speak; (i.e., computer, calculator, telephone)
  
  2. Requires good physical condition to support lifting, positioning, and transitioning students as needed, according to caseload/classroom assignment. Demands of lifting may be up to 50 pounds.
  
  3. Meet the physical requirements necessary to implement physical interventions/escorts according to the Collaborative policies, protocols and special education regulations.
• Undergraduate Certificate degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

There are no application questions required for this job posting.

• Amanda Martinage , Principal
• 120 Meriam Road
• Concord, Massachusetts 01742
• Phone: 978-318-1534
• Fax: 978-371-7858
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