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Special Education Teacher

State: Illinois
City: Palatine (Cook County)
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate: BA $72,000/year · MA $76,500/year · $3,000 Teacher Sign-on Bonus
Work Hours: Day shift: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

About the Role

We are seeking a Special Education Teacher to provide direct supervision and daily instruction to students with autism and other intellectual disabilities, developing lesson plans, managing IEPs, and building a safe, fair, and respectful learning environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide direct supervision and daily instruction of students with autism and other intellectual disabilities
  • Develop weekly lesson plans and implement learning goals and objectives
  • Develop re-evaluations triennially and IEPs annually; monitor them quarterly, along with student behavior plans, IEP goals and objectives, and other student goals as identified, or more frequently if needed
  • Prepare quarterly IEP progress reports and report cards
  • Supervise, monitor, and train paraprofessionals
  • Participate in all IEP meetings, team meetings, staff meetings, and committee meetings
  • Develop, monitor, and revise classroom behavior management programs
  • Provide needed accommodations for student learning and testing when required, and build and maintain safe, fair, and respectful learning environments that celebrate the diversity of the student population

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Special Education or in a field must have a Professional Educator License with an LBS1 endorsement?

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with students on the Autism spectrum and/or experience working in a Special Education Cooperative or Intensive District Special Education Program

Compensation & Benefits

  • BA $72,000/year · MA $76,500/year
  • $3,000 Teacher Sign-on Bonus
  • Tuition reimbursement for qualifying staff
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plans with employer match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Life insurance, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage
  • Paid holidays and paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time)
  • Employee assistance program
  • 56 hours of personal time at 7/1
  • 56 hours of sick time at 7/1

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