Special Education Teacher

Are you a caring, dedicated special educator ready to celebrate strengths, support needs, maximize success, and foster feelings of confidence for autistic students?

Have you been seeking a workplace where you can build a long-term career, using your good heart and strong skills to enrich life for those who need you most?

As a Special Education Teacher , you’ll do the meaningful work of optimizing the quality of life for individuals with autism by creating a nurturing, structured learning environment that promotes learning while helping students feel supported and capable. By designing and delivering highly customized instruction grounded in evidence-based practices, you’ll not only work to make strides toward IEP goals, but you’ll help cultivate the deep sense of self in each student that catalyzes progress for years to come.

Whatever the combination of developmental, communication, social-emotional, and academic needs might look like for each young person, you and a collaborative interdisciplinary team will have the privilege of shaping positive future outcomes. This is purpose ‑ driven work that aligns with the values which probably inspired you to enter this profession in the first place. Here, you can turn your compassion into action and make a profoundly meaningful impact.

You’ll also get to be a leader, harnessing the power of technology and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) principles while guiding your professional team, facilitating meetings, linking related service initiatives to classroom programs, along with coaching and supervising all Teacher’s Aides and Assistants.

And as part of our team at Anderson, you will also have the chance to flourish outside of your role at school. Robust benefits, generous time off, retirement plans with employer contributions, and career advancement pathways await; many come to Anderson for an opportunity and stay for decades!

What You Will Do as a Special Education Teacher:

• You will create a supportive, engaging, and structured learning environment where individuals with autism can learn, grow, discover, and thrive.
• You will conduct ongoing formal and informal assessments of student abilities and needs, aligning your findings with IEP goals and instructional interventions, and adjusting as needed.
• You will develop and maintain evidence-based educational systems and instructional programs to promote classroom management and a strong classroom learning environment.
• You will lead the professional team and provide direct supervision and guidance to Teachers Aides and Assistants.
• You will demonstrate excellent time management skills, maintaining high standards for organization and management of materials, equipment, paperwork, and schedules.
• You will prepare, deliver, and assess individual and group instruction on a daily basis.
• You will develop and evaluate results in the context of student IEP goals and objectives, and conduct training for other team members when needed so that skills can be generalized.
• You will utilize behavioral supports to drive student learning and skills development success.
• You will help cultivate a collaborative, cohesive classroom team experience focused on actively addressing student learning, communication, social skills, and behavioral needs.
• You will help create a culture of unconditional positive regard that maximizes strengths while effectively navigating any challenges that arise, and ultimately do what you can to optimize student learning success and confidence.

What You Can Bring to the Team:

• Dependability, compassion, integrity, patience, adaptability, perseverance, and a genuine belief that students deserve a classroom environment where they feel safe and valued.
• Strong communication, organizational, collaborative, interpersonal, teaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Deep understanding of evidence-based Applied Behavior Analysis practices, neurodiversity-affirming frameworks, and sensory sensitivities.
• Alignment with our mission and values.
• In addition, we expect that you:
• Hold a Bachelor’s or Master's degree with New York State Initial/Professional Certification in Special Education/Students with Disabilities.
• Are able to perform and assist in agency crisis intervention procedures.
• Are committed to student safety and emergency preparedness.
• Complete agency orientation and training.
• Fulfill all mandated reporting requirements, ensure compliance with agency policies, and adhere to organizational protocols.

Anderson’s QUALITY OF LIFE Expectation:
To actively support Anderson’s mission by promoting and enhancing the quality of life (QofL) of the individuals we serve through thoughtful, comprehensive, and person-centered practices.

A Benefits Package Designed to Optimize YOUR Quality of Life Too:

• Follows Academic Calendar with paid time off and recess days (Winter & Spring Break, school holidays, etc.)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and annual contribution
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Wellness program
• Ongoing professional development
• Discounted tuition at select colleges/universities
• Scholarship program for those seeking educational experiences aligned with the role (*restrictions apply)
• Invitations to staff appreciation events and experiences

And much, much more!
To get a better understanding of the benefits that will be available to you, visit andersoncenterforautism.org/benefit .

Pay Range: $65,207.92 - $75,828.34 Annual Salary; Based on experience and NYS Teaching Certification.

Ready to Bring Your Purpose to Life?
A bright future for you begins here at Anderson Center for Autism.
Open the door to a rewarding career with advancement opportunities; expand possibilities for yourself AND for individuals with autism, their families, your colleagues, our cause, and society as a whole!

Apply today. You’ll contribute to a meaningful mission, now and for years to come!

Life as Part of our Anderson Center for Autism Team
If you are looking to build a career that brings you a deep sense of purpose and a high quality of life, Anderson Center for Autism might be just the landing place you’ve envisioned.

Here you will enjoy a supportive, friendly work environment that values your ideas and insights, provides rewarding mentorship experiences, and opens doors to new professional opportunities that can transform your journey.

And by working at Anderson, you will be part of a movement so much bigger than all of us. Founded over 100 years ago (in 1924), our award-winning, evidence-based educational, vocational, residential, clinical, and consulting/training programs have successfully optimized the quality of life for individuals with autism for decades now. In addition, we work every day to cultivate a broader culture of acceptance in society, further adding to the legacy of compassion for which we have come to be known throughout the country and around the world.

In addition to a rewarding career experience, as part of our team you’ll also enjoy competitive pay, a generous retirement plan (including employer match and annual contribution), abundant vacation time, robust benefits, ongoing opportunities for learning and advancement, wellness programs, staff appreciation events, and a chance to work alongside wonderful professionals in a positive environment.

Our Mission at Anderson Center for Autism: To optimize the quality of life for individuals with autism.

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This position description in no way states or implies that the responsibilities listed are the only duties to be performed by the person filling this position. The person in the position may be required to perform other duties as necessitated by the situation or requested by his/her supervisor.

Our organization is committed to providing a diverse workforce by ensuring that discrimination barriers to equal employment opportunity and upward mobility do not exist here. Equal opportunity means employment, development, and promotion of individuals without consideration of race, color, disability, religion, age, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, unless there is a bona fide occupational requirement which excludes a person in one of these protected groups. Our organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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