Residential Instructor

Residential Instructor

The Boston Higashi School - Randolph, Massachusetts.
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Job : 5516699
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Jan 29 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

Hourly rate: $20 per hour (entry level)

Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or closely related field. Or, Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology/Behavioral Sciences or closely related field.

A Residential Instructor must possess a basic understanding of the principles of rehabilitation and education of children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The students enrolled at the Boston Higashi School typically have already failed in their previous public or private school placement/programs and turn to the more intensive rehabilitation programming at Boston Higashi School to help them deal with having a severe disability.

The Boston Higashi School follows the educational philosophy of Daily Life Therapy®, which looks at the child over the 24‑hour period and implements teaching and therapeutic techniques to help students better cope with their autism spectrum disorder. The objective is for the student to function better throughout the 24‑hour day. That includes developing highly structured programming and daily routines that keep them active and productive all day, to help the student develop better nutritional eating habits and sleep throughout the night.

The long‑term objective is to help them reach their potential, develop vocational skills, and live as independently as possible given their disability.

For each student an Individualized Education Program (IEP) is prepared and updated annually and is the guiding roadmap of what the student needs to make progress in all areas including their behaviors, academics and vocational training, social skills, and be able to comprehend and follow health and safety guidelines.

The Residential Instructor is a beginning‑level position and will be primarily responsible for assisting in the process of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and implementing those plans by providing individual and group education and guidance in academics, helping the student control extreme behaviors and obsessions; to develop or improve daily living skills, as well as social, recreational and community skills. The Residential Instructor must help create a safe and secure educational and living environment, which is challenging due to the compulsive nature of students with severe Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The Residential Instructor will work in the school’s Residential Program that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Working under the supervision and guidance of more senior employees including the Residential Division Leaders, and under the guidance of Residential Instructors II, the Residential Instructor will receive specific instructions on required tasks and results expected, and one’s work will be monitored and reviewed accordingly.

The Residential Instructor will perform moderately complex duties including:

• Confer with staff psychologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, and other professionals to implement the individualized rehabilitation programming.
• Provide intensive instruction and modeling to students’ daily living, social, recreational, occupational and community skills, and participate in daily student activities that increase students’ capacity to care for themselves and live more independently, and integrate them into their community, to assist with academic assignments, and then evaluate student progress, and report to Residential Division Leaders on the students’ progress, needed improvements and concerns.
  
  Then discuss options and goals for the upcoming quarter and year. These findings will contribute to the Quarterly Progress Reports as required by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education regulations.
• Please note that given the level of students’ disabilities, rehabilitation for our residential students includes all academic, social, vocational and daily living skills instruction. Such skills can include…