{"id":111603,"date":"2026-09-28T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/special-education-teacher-32\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:13:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:13:55","slug":"special-education-teacher-32","status":"publish","type":"ch_job","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/special-education-teacher-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Education Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Job Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To develop and deliver teaching plans that provide special education students with learning activities and experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.<\/li>\n<li>Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory and perceptual motor skill, language, cognition, and memory.<\/li>\n<li>Instruct students in academic subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students\u2019 varying needs and interests.<\/li>\n<li>Teach socially acceptable behavior, as determined by the student\u2019s individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in a positive behavioral support system.<\/li>\n<li>Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities based on a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.<\/li>\n<li>Establish and enforce classroom rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.<\/li>\n<li>Meet with parents to discuss their student\u2019s progress and to determine priorities for educational needs.<\/li>\n<li>Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers and other professionals to develop IEPs designed to promote students\u2019 educational, physical, and social\/emotional development.<\/li>\n<li>Collect and maintain data about student progress, classroom interventions and\/or behaviors based on behavior plans and IEP goals and prepare reports and provide data as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Establish clear objectives for lessons, units, and projects; ensure all are well communicated and understood by students.<\/li>\n<li>Develop plans for effective communication, monitoring, and follow-up of students in inclusive classroom settings.<\/li>\n<li>Observe and intervene to redirect inappropriate behavior; provide crisis intervention as needed.<\/li>\n<li>Assist, monitor, and guide the student to pay attention, participate in activities, and complete tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Write quarterly IEP Progress reports.<\/li>\n<li>Coach and mentor support staff as appropriate to improve performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications\/Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Education, Master\u2019s preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Current, valid Massachusetts Certification in Moderate or Severe Special Needs at the grade level you are currently teaching.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a03-5 years of experience in special education, education, and\/or early childhood development. 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