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Specialized Education Services, Inc.

Math Teacher

🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $55K - $62K 💻 Teaching 🗓️ September 25th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Specialized Education Services, Inc. is hiring a Math Teacher to serve K-12 students who need additional supports to overcome challenges in a traditional school setting. The teacher runs frequent assessments and turns the results into instructional plans built on SESI's proven models, strategies, and curriculum. Families and school teams are partners in driving student outcomes.

Highlights
  • Educate students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Build confidence and character with individualized attention while teaching knowledge and skills.
  • Revise short- and long-term plans using assessment data to lift academic performance.
  • Write and maintain skill-appropriate lesson plans.
  • Put the school's behavior support strategies into practice, using de-escalation, crisis management, and physical restraint if necessary.
  • Record student growth and progress toward goals and keep required forms and files.
  • Take part in daily school functions such as morning, lunch, and afternoon supervision, plus conferences, meetings, and training.
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, with a valid teaching certification preferred.
  • Salary range of $55,000 - $62,000 per year.
  • Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, a 401(k) with employer match, an employee assistance program, mental health support, and fertility and family building support.

Math Teacher Full Description

Shine On As A Teacher.

What you can expect from us.
  • Diverse career pathways, mobility up and across our national network, and ongoing professional and leadership development.
  • Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and credentialing support.
  • Data-driven, evidence-based learning and instructional models, including SESI’s own positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS) framework called CASE.
  • An attractive and robust suite of benefits, including comprehensive healthcare benefits, 401(k) with employer match, employee assistance program, mental health support, fertility and family building, and more.
  • Smaller class sizes in diverse educational settings.
Realize the joy of possibility by providing academic, social, and emotional services for students who need additional support to shine in school. Utilize SESI’s proven instructional models, strategies, and curriculum. Conduct frequent and appropriate assessments, use data to develop and implement instructional plans, and collaborate with school teams and families to drive outcomes.

Responsibilities
  • Work with a diverse group of students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Teach knowledge and skills, nurture confidence and character, and provide individualized attention to meet the needs of all students.
  • Use assessment data to modify short- and long-term plans to promote students’ academic performance.
  • Develop and maintain skill-appropriate lesson plans.
  • Collaborate with team members to foster an environment of critical thinking and academic rigor.
  • Apply the school’s behavior support and intervention strategies.
  • Implement de-escalation techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint if necessary to maintain the safety of students and team members.
  • Drive, record, and track student growth and progress toward goals; develop and maintain required forms and files.
  • Participate in the school’s daily functions (e.g., morning, lunch, afternoon supervisory duties), as well as conferences, meetings, and training.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning; valid teaching certification preferred.
  • Commitment to learning and implementing feedback.
  • Ability to adapt and remain flexible in a dynamic educational environment.

Posted Salary Range
USD $55,000.00 - USD $62,000.00 /Yr.

Physical Requirements
  • Ability to run short distances and move swiftly in response to student needs, including bending, kneeling, and crouching.
  • Ability to lift and assist students with mobility challenges, often requiring the handling of up to 50 pounds or more.
  • Skill in managing fine motor tasks, such as helping students with writing, manipulating small objects, or using adaptive devices.
  • Ability to operate a computer or tablet for up to 8 hours daily.
  • Capacity to remain calm and composed during physically and emotional demanding situations, ensuring student safety and well-being
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.