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Special Education Teacher

Do you want a rewarding career working with special needs students? Do you have integrity, initiative, patience, and dedication? Can you support and challenge students in becoming as successful as they can be by facilitating their availability to learn and grow academically, socially, emotionally and in other areas of their lives? If yes, then APTS® would like the opportunity to speak with you. 

Alternative Paths Training School’s (APTS®) vision is to support all children in need of intervention, whether academically behaviorally, emotionally, or other, to successfully reintegrate into mainstream society and perform to their highest potential. 

APTS® is searching for a Special Education Teacher.
**$2,500 Hiring Bonus (Paid out in increments over 1 year of successful employment) **

APTS® offers teachers an extremely supported environment in and out of the classroom. In the classroom, Program Facilitators help to present individualized lessons as well as support students through behavioral episodes. Both in and out of the classroom, teachers can rely on their pod's team to assist in developing and reaching student academic and behavioral goals.

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Requirements
Employee’s duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Develop and implement Individualized Education Plan (IEP) based on results of psycho-educational and other assessments, including implementing strategies developed by speech, occupational, physical therapists, or other IEP mandated service providers
  • Develop lesson plans on a weekly and monthly basis for each student based on their IEP goals/objectives and in keeping with state requirements (i.e., Standards of Learning/Alternate Assessment)
  • Carry out behavioral strategies, including crisis intervention, in keeping with APTS policies and procedures and regulations governing private special education day schools
  • Process with staff daily to ensure awareness of schedule and instructional activities
  • Administer Standards of Learning and other diagnostic testing as appropriate for level of training and student need
  • Conduct alternate assessments for students requiring them
  • Coordinate and attend IEP and IDT meetings, parent/teacher conferences, and meetings with other professionals as appropriate and/or required
  • Write quarterly progress reports which include graphs for each student’s progress
  • Collect data based on each student’s functional assessment and IEP
  • Provide input in the development of each students Behavior Intervention Plan
  • Maintain a clean and neat classroom
  • Provide input regarding staff performance evaluations

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in special education
OR
  • Master’s Degree in special education from an accredited university
  • Collegiate level or Postgraduate teaching license preferred
  • Provisional teaching license preferred
  • Must Possess a Virginia teaching certificate with a Special Education endorsement REQUIRED
OR
  • Hold an out of state teaching license with the Special Education endorsement

APTS® prides itself in providing the best work environment for our staff members and we offer the following benefits:
  • Competitive Salary
  • 120 Hours of PTO (Paid Time Off)
  • Inclement Weather Days
  • Medical (Health, Individual & Dependent coverage), Dental, Vision
  • Basic and Optional Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse and/or Dependents
  • 401k Plan: Company matches half of your contribution, up to 4% of your salary
  • Professional Development Reimbursement up to $2,000 per school year for approved programs (CEU hours)
  • Gym Membership Reimbursement (up to $12/month)
  • Training and development opportunities
APTS® or any of its subsidiaries, does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. APTS® is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.