SpED Teacher; SEL - Elementary

SUMMARY

The Woodbridge School District consists of one school:
Beecher Road School, a PreK-6 elementary school employing approximately 175 staff members to serve and educate approximately 875 students. Beecher Road School is a caring and creative community that models and inspires the joy of lifelong learning, embraces diversity, and celebrates the unique qualities of each person. Woodbridge is one of Connecticut’s premier towns, and Beecher Road School is the heart of the town.

The District is recruiting a 1.0 FTE special education teacher to support students with social, emotional and behavioral needs at the intermediate level.

• Promotes student engagement, independence, and interdependence in learning and facilitates a positive learning community
• Communicate and collaborate with families, grade level colleagues and related service providers
• Plans and implements instruction to engage students in rigorous and relevant learning and to promote their curiosity about the world at large
• Collect and analyze data to inform instructional procedures.
• Maximizes support for student learning by developing and demonstrating professionalism, collaboration, and leadership

• Background, interest, and/or expertise in special education at the elementary level, in particular working with students with behavioral, emotional, and/or social needs, and/or working with a structural literacy approach in teaching reading to students.
• Experience with behavioral intervention strategies and/or social emotional learning preferred.
• Hold or be eligible for State of Connecticut Certification as a special educator (065 or 165 certification, or their equivalents, acceptable).

This position is a full-time, school-year position. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement between the District and the Woodbridge Education Association. Interested individuals are encouraged to contact the Office of the Superintendent for additional information.