PRIMARY PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- 12:1:4 Multiple Disabilities (MD) Class serving alternately assessed students with significant gross motor, fine motor, communication, medical, and developmental needs.
- Embody the Southern Westchester BOCES Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals in all instruction, decisions and actions.
- Supports students with complex developmental, communication, behavioral, physical, and medical needs within a self-contained classroom focused on individualized learning, functional academics, and daily living skills instruction.
- Develop and implement individualized, differentiated instruction aligned with students' IEP goals, alternative assessment standards, functional abilities, communication, behavioral, medical, and daily living skills.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, related-service providers, and families to support student progress across academic, communication, social-emotional, adaptive, motor, behavioral, and functional domains.
- Collaborate with staff to implement individualized supports throughout instruction, transitions, therapies, meals, toileting, vocational activities, and community-based learning experiences.
- Implement instructional strategies that support AAC, sensory regulation, mobility, positioning, feeding protocols, activities of daily living, and student independence.
- Provide structured, safe, and supportive learning environments that promote engagement, dignity, communication, functional academics, self-care, social interaction, community access, and daily living skills.
Participate in intake, transition, Child Study Team, and interdisciplinary planning meetings to support student programming and services.
Job Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
- New York State Students with Disabilities Certification K – 12
- Master’s Degree in Special Education
- Thorough understanding of Students with Disabilities and the continuum of services.
- Knowledge of the Next Generation Learning Standards
- Knowledge and understanding of Therapeutic Special Education programs.
- Minimum of three (3) years of special education teaching experience preferred.
Application Deadline:07/10/2026
Job Number: R44
