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Catapult Learning
Special Education Teacher
Teaching
Edtech.com's Summary
Catapult Learning is hiring a Special Education Teacher. The role sits within its Specialized Education Services (SESI) division, which partners with school districts to run classrooms and standalone schools for K-12 special and alternative education students whose needs are not met in a traditional school setting. The teacher works with students, school teams, and families to close learning, social, and emotional skill gaps, using SESI’s evidence-based instructional models and its CASE positive behavioral interventions and supports framework.
Highlights
- Teach students from varied developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds with SESI’s instructional models, strategies, and curricula, building both skills and confidence.
- Write and maintain individualized lesson plans matched to each student’s skill level.
- Apply behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation, crisis management, and physical restraint when needed to protect students and staff.
- Keep student paperwork current, including individualized education plans (IEPs), behavior intervention plans, incident reports, and high-risk evaluation forms.
- Track and record each student’s growth toward academic, social, and emotional goals.
- Supervise and monitor students throughout the school day, including while they move between locations in the building.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and a valid PEL with LBS1 endorsement, plus a commitment to acting on feedback and the flexibility to adapt.
- Pay of $65,000 to $80,000 per year, with a $15,000 sign-on bonus.
- Physical demands include moving swiftly and bending, kneeling, or crouching in response to students, lifting or assisting students with mobility challenges (up to 50 pounds or more), and working on a computer or tablet for up to 8 hours a day.
- Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and credentialing support, along with smaller class sizes in diverse educational settings.
Special Education Teacher Full Description
Overview
Shine On As A Special Education Teacher.
Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a division of FullBloom, is a premier provider of education services for K-12 students who require additional supports to overcome challenges that impede success in a traditional school setting. SESI partners with school districts to run in-district classrooms and standalone schools that meet the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of special and alternative education students. Partnering with over 600 school districts nationwide, SESI serves more than 7,000 students. Join our team members who shine a positive light on our students and uncover the unique learner within. Have a profound impact, grow, learn, and thrive as part of our team.
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.
Uncover the light and potential in each student by diagnosing and addressing learning, social, and emotional skill gaps. Collaborate with school teams and families to offer personalized guidance and deliver SESI’s own evidence-based learning and instructional models, as well as positive behavioral interventions and support framework. You’ll inspire, empower, and transform with our innovative learning approach, unique instructional environments, smaller class sizes, and the support services students need to shine.
Responsibilities
- Work with a diverse group of students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Use SESI’s instructional models, strategies, and curricula to teach knowledge and skills, nurture confidence and character, and meet the needs of all students.
- Develop and maintain individualized skill-appropriate lesson plans.
- Implement behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to maintain the safety of students and staff.
- Maintain student documents such as individualized education plans (IEPs), behavior intervention plans (BIPs), incident reports, and high-risk evaluation forms.
- Drive, record, and track student growth and progress toward academic, social, and emotional goals.
- Supervise and monitor students, including to and from locations within the school.
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Qualifications
What we expect of you.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
- Valid PEL W/LBS1 Endorsement Required
- Commitment to learning and implementing feedback.
- Adaptability and flexibility.
Posted Salary Range
USD $65,000.00 - USD $80,000.00 /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.
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