Special Education Teacher

Description

Schedule: Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
Year-Round Position with multiple extended weekends and school holidays off

Bonus Opportunities

• $2,500 Sign-On Bonus
• Up to $5,000 Relocation Assistance
• We’ll pay up to $2,000 in contract severance fees
• Participation in our 2P Plan – growth-based bonus program with bonus payouts twice per year!

Starting Salary: Our compensation is competitive within the market. The starting rate for this position begins at $62.099.11 annually, with your final offer based on a combination of your education, relevant experience, and overall qualifications.

JOB TITLE: Special Education Teacher

DIVISION: Academy

REPORTS TO: Director of Education

SUPERVISES: Paraprofessionals Indirectly (5-15)

EXEMPTION STATUS: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY: At BHA Academy, Certified Special Education Teachers are essential leaders in advancing our mission: empowering individuals with developmental disabilities and behavioral needs to achieve academic, social, emotional, and functional success. Grounded in our Core Values—Compassion with Purpose, Structure Builds Safety, Professionalism in Every Moment, Positivity Drives Progress, Education is Empowerment, Consistency Creates Change, Reunification is Our Mission, and Advocacy Through Action—Special Education Teachers/Case Managers provide highly individualized instruction and support to students with significant and severe needs
.

This is a highly specialized classroom environment serving students who require intensive levels of academic, behavioral, social, and functional support
. Students may have complex developmental disabilities, significant communication and adaptive needs, intensive behavioral needs, and/or require a high degree of structure, supervision, and individualized support throughout the school day. Teachers should be comfortable working with students who may have limited communication skills, significant support needs, and behaviors that require consistent implementation of individualized behavioral and safety strategies.

Special Education Teachers are responsible for designing and delivering instruction that is meaningful, accessible, and aligned with each student's Individualized Education Program (IEP), while also supporting functional life skills, communication, independence, and social-emotional development. Teachers use creativity, patience, structure, and consistency to help students make progress toward both academic and functional goals.

Teachers collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team of educators, behavior professionals, paraprofessionals, families, and school districts to ensure each student's educational, behavioral, and functional needs are addressed. They provide leadership and coaching to paraprofessionals, model appropriate instructional and behavioral strategies, and ensure consistent implementation of each student's IEP and support plans across environments.

Success in this classroom requires a teacher who is calm under pressure, highly structured, adaptable, compassionate, and comfortable working with students who require intensive support
. This is an opportunity for an experienced Special Education Teacher who wants to work in a specialized environment where consistency, advocacy, and individualized instruction can create meaningful progress for students with some of the most significant support needs.

This is a safety-sensitive position. Employees must be able to safely perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, including maintaining continuous alertness, providing direct supervision, responding appropriately to behavioral and safety needs, driving individuals served as required, and administering medications as trained.

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