Position Title

NYS Students with Disabilities Teacher Grades K - 12 (Multiple Disabilities)

Required Application Type

Teacher / Admin

Salary/Pay Scale

$71,979 - $118,722

Job Description

PRIMARY PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 12:1:4 Multiple Disabilities (MD) Class serving alternately assessed students with significant gross motor, fine motor, communication, medical, and developmental needs.
• Embody the Southern Westchester BOCES Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals in all instruction, decisions and actions.
• Supports students with complex developmental, communication, behavioral, physical, and medical needs within a self-contained classroom focused on individualized learning, functional academics, and daily living skills instruction.
• Develop and implement individualized, differentiated instruction aligned with students’ IEP goals, alternative assessment standards, functional abilities, communication, behavioral, medical, and daily living skills.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, related-service providers, and families to support student progress across academic, communication, social-emotional, adaptive, motor, behavioral, and functional domains.
• Collaborate with staff to implement individualized supports throughout instruction, transitions, therapies, meals, toileting, vocational activities, and community-based learning experiences.
• Implement instructional strategies that support AAC, sensory regulation, mobility, positioning, feeding protocols, activities of daily living, and student independence.
• Provide structured, safe, and supportive learning environments that promote engagement, dignity, communication, functional academics, self-care, social interaction, community access, and daily living skills.
• Participate in intake, transition, Child Study Team, and interdisciplinary planning meetings to support student programming and services.

Job Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• New York State Students with Disabilities Certification K – 12
• Master’s Degree in Special Education
• Thorough understanding of Students with Disabilities and the continuum of services.
• Knowledge of the Next Generation Learning Standards
• Knowledge and understanding of Therapeutic Special Education programs.
• Minimum of three (3) years of special education teaching experience preferred.

Job Category

Teacher

Job Location

Rye Lake - Center for Special Services

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