Special Education Teacher – Therapeutic Learning Center (Grades 3-5

Special Education Teacher – Therapeutic Learning Center (Grades 3-5)

Brookline Public Schools Florida Ruffin Ridley School
- Brookline, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Brookline Public Schools Florida Ruffin Ridley School
- Brookline, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Brookline School District

Starting Date: Sep 1, 2026

At the Florida Ruffin Ridley School, we are constantly striving to deliver the highest quality instruction for our students and maintain a community that values and honors each individual that makes up the vibrant tapestry of our school. That means teaching and leading from a place of collaboration, celebration, love, and an unrelenting drive for developing and fostering strong relationships with each student and family.

Our priorities of increasing literacy achievement for all students, developing clear behavioral expectations and responses aligned to social/emotional curriculum, creating and maintaining a positive collaborative and supportive environment, and fostering citizenship that promotes equity and social justice through increasing levels of cultural proficiency help guide us in our day to day and long term decision making as a school community. These priorities ground our professional development work and how we organize systems, routines, and procedures that support the vibrant buzzing community of families, students, and staff.

Educators at Florida Ruffin Ridley School are engaged in constant school-wide conversations around engaging with research based instructional practices that support our vision of educational equity for each student, the importance of social emotional learning that supports a life-long love of learning, and how to nurture classroom and school cultures in which each student and family feels connected, respected, and valued.

We are looking for a long term substitute for our Grades 3-6 Therapeutic Learning Center who can contribute to our school in these ways.

The Therapeutic Learning Center (TLC) is an in-district, inclusion-based, special education program housed at the Florida Ruffin Ridley School . The program is designed to meet the academic, behavioral, and social/emotional needs of students with identified emotional disabilities. The TLC provides a highly specialized, intensive, and structured inclusion-based experience, ensuring that students receive the clinical and educational supports they need to access their education effectively.

We are seeking a dedicated, trauma-informed Special Education Teacher to lead a Grades 3-5 cohort within the TLC. The ideal candidate will be highly skilled in balancing rigorous academic instruction with therapeutic interventions. This role requires close collaboration with clinical staff, general education teachers, families, and district special education leadership to implement care coordination and support students who have historically experienced pervasive social/emotional challenges and difficulty engaging in the traditional classroom setting.

• Specialized Instruction: Design and deliver highly structured, modified, and accommodated academic instruction aligned with Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for students in grades 3-5.
  • Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans
  • Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Therapeutic Environment: Infuse classroom instruction and daily routines with therapeutic and trauma-informed practices to support students with emotional impairments.
• Behavioral Support: Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Utilize evidence-based de-escalation strategies to ensure the safety of the student and others.
• IEP Management: Serve as the primary case manager for a caseload of students. Write robust Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), track data with fidelity
• Inclusion…