SEIS Special Education Teacher FLSA Status: Exempt Reports to: SEIS Coordinator Salary: SEIS Teacher Scale Purpose: The special education teacher provides Special Education services and strategy instruction to students in host agency settings. Essential Functions: Develop strategy instructional opportunities and implement a skills-based approach to lesson and mini-unit design, assessing and modifying as designated in student IEPs. Set weekly schedule with supervisor to provide special education services and strategy instruction based upon student need, access, and support. Implement special education services and strategy instruction opportunities for students in a variety of instructional models. Provide differentiated learning opportunities during instruction, integrating students? IEP goals and objectives, learning style information, accommodations and modifications as appropriate. Ensures that all school and classroom environments are supportive, culturally responsive, welcoming, respectful, trauma-sensitive, gender- and sexuality-inclusive, reflective of the community and students? cultures and identities, and well-maintained Implements intervention and advising strategies for teachers and students alike. Maintain effective, ongoing communication with colleagues and host agency representatives to improve student outcomes. Collaborate in the development of IEP planning notes and IEP progress reports Develop and implement classroom-based social emotional and transition planning opportunities aligned to student IEP goals, objectives, accommodations, and benchmarks. Evaluate student coursework and track progress toward IEP goals Participate in and contribute to professional development events, coaching sessions, and other trainings at the program level Participate in and contribute to collaborative meetings at the program level, to improve practice and student outcomes Collaborate with colleagues to determine current student progress within academic settings, specific to student IEP goals, objectives/benchmarks, and outcomes. Collaborate with host agency staff and families to support students, including participating in evening parent-teacher conferences and events to showcase student work Assume control of emergency/crisis situations, informing appropriate sources, obtaining assistance as needed, dispatching staff as indicated and filing appropriate documentation of same Maintain professional boundaries and standards with students and others, in keeping with CES and SEIS policies Maintain, analyze and report data on all essential functions of the position Use data to promote continuous improvement of job performance and program outcomes. Administer statewide testing within the educational setting and ensure the level of security and confidentiality as outlined by ESE. Required Qualifications: Bachelor\'s Degree from an accredited College or University Massachusetts teacher licensure in Mild-to-Moderate Disabilities 5-12. Demonstrated commitment in teaching high risk youth. Committed to social justice and equity for students and adults alike. Multilingual and/or multicultural candidates desirable. Preferred Qualifications: Masters Degree in Education or related field Physical Demands: Must be able to enter, exit, move through and between classrooms and program locations throughout the day. At some locations this will mean moving between floors. Must be able to communicate and converse effectively in real time with youth and adults from multiple backgrounds and cultures. Must maintain situational awareness, including awareness of student activity and communication in a fast-paced secure institutional setting.. Must be able to use traditional and digital instructional technologies.