Special Education Teacher- TEACH ABA​/CCDC Valley

Special Education Teacher- TEACH ABA

A vacancy exists for a Special Education Teacher- TEACH ABA within the Division of Student Services of the CCIU. This position will be located at the Child & Career Development Center
- Great Valley Campus in Malvern, PA. The Special Education Teacher- TEACH ABA will provide specially designed instruction and support to middle students in a clinical treatment program. TEACH ABA Middle School is a clinical treatment program classroom that is designed to serve students with co-occurring Autism and mental health needs. The classroom is supported by a full-time licensed mental health clinician, a BCBA, and a child psychiatrist.

The teacher works collaboratively with these professionals to create a small, structured, therapeutic environment where students can make progress toward academic, social, and emotional needs.

Essential duties and responsibilities include developing Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and Positive Behavior Support Plans (PBSP) addressing the specific needs of students; using principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) to promote positive replacement behaviors and extinguish negative behaviors as developed in students' IEPs; assisting staff with de-escalation techniques, management strategies, and the implementation of positive behavior support plans (PBSP); designing and implementing a verbal-behavior model of instruction for students in an autistic support classroom;

working collaboratively with behavior professionals, speech and language therapists, occupational therapist, physical therapists and other related service providers to target all areas of students' needs; administering assessments like the VB-MAPP, assisting with assessments like Functional Behavioral Assessments and SETT evaluations, developing individualized programming based on daily data, and maintaining daily records to support verbal-behavior teaching methods; preparing classroom observation records, instructional data, progress reports, report cards, and other educational documents.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in Special Education required, Master's Degree strongly preferred, experience working with Special Education Autistic Support required, experience with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior (VB) required. Professional Certifications include PDE Special Education Certification PK-12 or PK-8 required, Special Education PK-12 certification preferred.

Schedule:

7.5 hours a day; 190 days per year (194 year one; 191 year two). Salary (2026 - 2027 School-Year):
Instructional I: $62,155 - $89,730/yr. Instructional II: $64,834 - $93,324/yr. Master's Degree: $69,353 - $101,911/yr. Master's + 15: $72,740 - $105,924/yr. Master's + 30: $74,415 - $107,845/yr. Placement on salary scale is commensurate with years of experience in a relevant role.

Location:

Child & Career Development Center
- Great Valley Campus 40 Moores Rd, Malvern, PA 19355 LB Equal Opportunity Employer Chester County Intermediate Unit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Chester County Intermediate Unit ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Chester County Intermediate Unit has a policy of active recruitment of qualified minority teachers and non-certified employees.

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