Special Education Teacher
Description
Full-Time Special Education Teacher
Hiring Range: This position has a compensation range that spans the salary threshold for Washington State, which means that this position may be classified as either non-exempt (hourly) or exempt (salaried), depending on the candidate’s qualifications, including education, experience, and other relevant factors.
Non-Exempt (Hourly): $32.53 - $37.49 per hour
Exempt (Salaried): $77,968.80 - $84,593.60 per year
$3,000 Sign On Bonus
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness Coverage: Enjoy extensive health, dental, and vision benefits to support your well-being, with access to top-tier care and services.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Take advantage of up to 19 days of paid time off (PTO), plus 2 mental health days and 10 paid holidays in your first year, giving you the time you need to recharge and take care of yourself. (Pro-rated for part-time employees.)
- Company-Paid Life & Disability Insurance: We’ve got you covered with short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance, all provided at no cost to you, so you can feel secure in every situation.
- Student Loan Assistance & Professional Development: Benefit from student loan repayment assistance and a commitment to your growth with extensive training and development opportunities to advance your career.
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Take control of your future with a wide range of investment options in our 403(b) plan. Depending on eligibility, you could also receive generous company contributions to help grow your retirement savings.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access confidential support through our EAP, offering resources for personal and professional challenges, including counseling, financial advice, and more.
- Pets Best Pet Insurance: Keep your furry family members healthy with comprehensive pet insurance for your cats and dogs, covering a variety of treatments and services.
- 2MorrowHealth Behavioral Change App: Improve your mental and physical well-being with free access to 2MorrowHealth, a powerful app designed to support healthy behavior changes and wellness goals.
- Home Support Services: Whether you’re buying, selling, or refinancing, we offer valuable resources to assist with your home journey, helping you navigate the process with confidence.
- Dynamic, Collaborative Team Environment: Join an incredible team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and support, where every voice is heard and every idea valued.
Kitsap Mental Health Services has an exciting new opportunity for a Special Education Teacher to join our Madrona Day Treatment program. In this role, you will provide ongoing educational and behavioral support for children with behavioral health needs. You will use your expertise to engage with students to establish positive, healthy relationships in a learning environment that allows them to grow at their own pace. If you want to jump-start your career with a supportive team that truly makes a difference, apply now!
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement an Individualized Educational Plan for each student. Include curriculum plans with appropriate levels of remediation in core subject areas, behavioral targets, and proposed outcomes necessary for the transition. Review and amend the IEP for each client as appropriate and timely.
- Develop, implement, and teach academic curriculum and activities to support IEP needs and meet Washington State learning standards for each student accurately and promptly. Lead academic groups, lessons, and activities for students.
- In collaboration with other treatment team members, assist in developing an individual treatment/behavior plan for students enrolled in the Day Treatment program. Assist in the implementation of behavioral/intervention plans as outlined in the treatment plan.
- Assist the treatment team in meeting students’ social, emotional, and developmental needs by providing a positive, structured, and therapeutic environment. Work with other team members to maintain an aesthetically pleasing and therapeutic environment.
- Support the treatment team in coordinating and preparing materials needed for the transition of students in and out of the day treatment program. Attend transition meetings as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with KMHS programs, school district personnel, and other public or private agencies to provide a level of care essential for our day treatment students.
- As necessary, participate in any meetings, case consultations, program staff meetings, and admission/discharge planning meetings.
Minimum Qualifications:
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Education
EXPERIENCE: Experienced (minimum of 2 years of job-related experience)
LICENSURE: Agency Affiliated Counselor Registration (can be obtained after hire). Certification in special education in Washington State.
Per RCW 28A.400.303, contractors of contracts with school districts that “have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children” must go through FBI fingerprinting.
Food Handler’s Permit is required for Madrona, preferred for Sequoia Program and Restorative School.
Preferred Qualifications:
EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Education
EXPERIENCE: Intermediate (minimum of 3 years of job-related experience)
Experience working with the Special Education population is strongly preferred. Experience with IEPs, Functional Behavior Analysis, and Behavior Intervention Plans is strongly preferred.
Educational or classroom management experience preferred.
Our recruitment processes are designed to prevent discrimination against our people regardless of gender identity or orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any aspect which makes someone unique.