Special Education Teacher

Are you looking for a supportive teaching environment with low student-teacher ratios and the ability to make a significant impact on student outcomes? Do you want to join a multi-disciplinary team with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing positive behavior supports?

Being a Special Education Teacher at Devereux has its Advantages
You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need and a passion for delivering a high quality of education.

Pay-rate: $56,081-$63,932/yr (based upon experience with PA Instructional I or II)

Emergency Certified Special Education Teacher= flat rate of $53,277 annually

Shift: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm

Every day as a Special Education Teacher you will:  

• Ensure the safety of all students
• Deliver education lessons in a small classroom setting
• Implement IEP's and track education goals
• Support and reinforce PBIS goals and objectives

You will be offered:

• Sign-On Bonus $2,000 (Sign on bonus for external applicants only)
• A multi-disciplinary supportive environment - great for those new to the field!
• A supportive teaching environment - small classes and small student to staff ratios
• Growth and Promotion Opportunities
• Paid Training & Professional Development
• Quality Low-Cost Benefits, student loan debt assistance and 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period
• BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT (1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days).

Devereux Day Academy is a private academic school program located in Landenberg, PA. Devereux Day Academy is licensed to serve students in grades K-12 who have been identified with the following primary disabilities: Emotional Disturbance, behavioral and cognitive differences. The Devereux Day Academy is also able to help children with autism, intellectual disabilities and speech and language impairments. The core curriculum has been aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards, as well as the curricula of our partner school districts. This innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. The goal of the curriculum is to provide students with learning experiences that foster increased engagement and success through differentiated instruction, evidence-based instructional strategies, and rigorous learning expectations. Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals. A multi-disciplinary team, including the individual’s parent(s) or guardian, regularly reviews the plan to discuss challenges, progress and adjustments to goals as appropriate. A primary focus throughout the program is the philosophy of Program-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PW-PBIS), a program-wide system of care that promotes and rewards positive behaviors, and prevents negative behaviors, to create safe, supportive living environments.

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EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree and an active Special Education Instructional I or II Pennsylvania teacher certification or eligible for Pennsylvania Special Education Instructional I certification. Emergency Certification available.

EXPERIENCE : Special Education Teacher experience preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.