Special Education Teacher – Functional Life Skills

Job overview

The Special Education Teacher – Functional Life Skills role is onsite in Auburn, ME, in the Auburn Day Treatment Program. The starting salary is $56,160 per year. The program serves students with behavioral and developmental challenges in a therapeutic, supportive team environment. The teacher develops and delivers educational programming for students with significant emotional, behavioral, academic, and mental health needs, combining classroom leadership and instruction with coordination across educational and clinical staff.

What you'll do

• Develop and deliver educational programming with the educational and clinical team
• establish a respectful classroom learning culture
• implement CARE principles
• deliver assessment tools and create lesson plans
• write IEPs
• coordinate with the clinical team
• supervise educational technicians
• participate in TCI safety restraints
• track BHP, ISP, and IEP requirements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

special education teacher

functional life skills

day treatment

therapeutic education

ieps

classroom management

auburn me

spurwink services

starting salary $56,160/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, vision, and pet insurance
• employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability
• retirement matching after one year
• tuition reimbursement
• paid training
• paid time off
• and career advancement opportunities.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor's degree and Maine certification as Teacher of Exceptional Students (282) or Teacher of Students with Severe Intellectual and Associated Impairments (286), as appropriate, or eligibility for conditional special education teacher certification.

About the employer

Spurwink Services is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.