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Catapult Learning

Special Education Teacher

🇺🇸 Naperville, Illinois 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $65K 💻 Teaching 🗓️ November 11th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Catapult Learning is hiring a Special Education Teacher. The role works with students who have learning, social, and emotional skill gaps, using SESI's evidence-based instructional models and its positive behavioral interventions and supports framework in smaller, specialized classrooms. The teacher coordinates with school teams and families to give students personalized guidance and keeps the documentation special education requires.

Highlights
  • Teach students from varied developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, applying SESI's instructional models, strategies, and curricula to build knowledge, confidence, and character.
  • Develop and maintain individualized, skill-appropriate lesson plans.
  • Use behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to keep students and staff safe.
  • Maintain student documents such as individualized education plans (IEPs), behavior intervention plans (BIPs), incident reports, and high-risk evaluation forms.
  • Track and record student growth and progress toward academic, social, and emotional goals.
  • Supervise and monitor students, including as they move to and from locations in the school.
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and a valid teaching credential appropriate to the role.
  • Physical demands include moving quickly in response to student needs, lifting and assisting students with mobility challenges (up to 50 pounds or more), noticing and responding to students' non-verbal cues, and working on a computer or tablet for up to 8 hours a day.
  • Posted pay starting from $65,000 per year.

Special Education Teacher Full Description

Overview
What you can expect to do.
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

Qualifications
What we expect of you.
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
  • Valid teaching credential appropriate to the role.
  • Commitment to learning and implementing feedback.
  • Adaptability and flexibility.
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Posted Salary Range
Starting from USD $65,000.00/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 notice and respond to non-verbal cues from students
  • 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.