Resource Room Teacher - Special Education; FTE
Listed on 2026-06-17
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Education / Teaching
Education Administration, Elementary School, Special Education Teacher, High School
Resource Room Teacher
- Special Education (FTE 1.0)
Longmeadow Public School District Blueberry Hill School
- Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Job : 5735157
Final date to receive applications: Jun 13, 2026 11:59 PM (UTC)
Posted: May 22, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Aug 24, 2026
Job DescriptionElementary Special Education Teacher
- Inclusion
Reports To: Director of Special Education and Building Principal/Asst. Principal
Job Mission: To lead, encourage, and assist students to develop their individual potential for intellectual and emotional growth, resulting in their learning and achievement of high standards of knowledge and skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Continuously improve professional knowledge and practice through appropriate professional development activities; share information and knowledge with other teachers; apply the best research in the design and development of school curriculum.
- Maintain and incorporate the best research in instructional materials and techniques.
- Set short‑term and year‑long goals for curricular units based on sound principles and practices of learning.
- Develop and maintain lesson plans based on short‑term and year‑long goals and share when appropriate.
- Integrate current technologies as tools to enhance instructional strategies and increase student learning.
- Promote a high level of active learning through setting high standards and clear goals and modifying instruction to help all students achieve those standards.
- Maintain systems of assessment and measurements which reflect progress in achieving instructional objectives.
- Establish an atmosphere that encourages sensitivity and respect among students and with the teacher, and practices and routines which create an appropriate learning environment.
- Design instructional experiences in which students achieve high standards and optimize their performance by taking responsibility for their own learning.
- Coordinate services to students as prescribed in Individual Educational Plans.
- Maintain open and effective communication with students, parents, staff and administration using expected professional standards.
- Participate actively in team/department/staff meetings.
- Be available for student and/or parent conferences.
- Work collaboratively to identify areas for school improvement, develop possible strategies, and assess results.
- Observe and implement the rules and regulations established for the school system.
Evaluation: Consistent with current Agreement Between the Longmeadow School Committee and the Longmeadow Education Association.
Supervisory Responsibilities: NONE
Position Type: Full-time
Salary: $55,374 to $104,806 Per Year
Job Categories: Special Education >
Mild/Moderate Disabilities
- Meet Massachusetts state certification requirements.
- Knowledgeable of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
- Educational preparation relevant to area of instruction.
- Prior relevant successful experience preferred.
- Other qualifications or alternatives as the Principal and Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required.
Physical demands are a way of describing the physical activities that a job requires. Strength:
Light‑lifting, 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Key:
Occasionally (O) – Up to 1/3 of the time;
Frequently (F) – From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time;
Constantly (C) – 2/3 of the time or more. Standing: (F). Sitting: (O). Walking: (F). Lifting: (O). Reaching (F). Handling (F). Fingering (F). Talking (F). Hearing (C). Near Acuity (C). Far Acuity (C). Color Vision (F). Field of Vision (C).
Environmental conditions are a means of describing the physical surroundings of a worker in a specific job. This position is performed in a school setting where the…
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