Severe Special Education Lead Teacher

May Center School for Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Wilmington, MA is looking for a Severe Special Education Teacher to work in a classroom setting taking on lead responsibilities and providing services to children and adolescents with autism or other developmental disabilities. We have openings in classrooms of all ages, from the youngest (5-9) up to 22 years old.
Our May Center Schools for Autism and Developmental Disabilities offer full-day, year-round educational services to children and adolescents. Focusing on building communication, social, behavioral, vocational, and academic skills. We base our programs on applied behavior analysis, or ABA, which has been shown through hundreds of scientific studies to be the most effective method to teach children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Candidates should have a desire to work with students with significantly challenging behaviors to implement some of the more complex behavior support plans on a regular and consistent basis.
Responsibilities:

• Provide coordination and leadership of the classroom
• Design an individualized curriculum, write educational plans, collect and evaluate data, and write student progress reports
• Deliver individualized and group instruction and other educational objectives
• Implement comprehensive behavior support plans
• Train and supervise other teachers and classroom assistants

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Certification in severe disabilities
• Experience in ABA preferred
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Commitment to helping children with significant challenges learn and grow

aMAYzing Employee Benefits:

• Generous paid time off & your birthday as a holiday
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid training and certification opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment assistance programs
• 403B retirement plan with employer match

Salary:

• $65,000-$79,000 DOE and Licensure

May Institute is an Equal Opportunity employer of qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. May Institute also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of the protected categories.

Paid training, 403(b) matching, Health insurance, Dental insurance, Tuition reimbursement, Paid time off, Vision insurance, 403(b), Loan assistance