Position Title

Special Education Teacher (Leave Replacement)

Required Application Type

Teacher / Admin

Job Description

Special Education Teacher (Leave Replacement) November 2026-March 2027

 

Program includes:

 

• 2 periods 8:1 Special Classes (COORE Consumer and Communication)
• 3 periods Vocational Program – 15:1 Prep for the Future

 

Overview of 8:1:

 

Students with disabilities with the most intensive support needs are educated in this program. Classes focus on life skills, social skills, functional communication, pre-vocational and vocational skills.

 

Overview of Vocational Program:

 

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is seeking a special education leave replacement teacher for our High School 15:1 Vocational Special Class program (Prep Program) at Sanford H. Calhoun High School.  Experience teaching students with severe and multiple disabilities with a focus on functional academics, functional communication, prevocational skills and/or life skills is highly preferred.  

 

Responsibilities:

• Daily meetings with the Job Coaches before the start of the program
• Design instruction for class periods
• Organize daily/weekly schedule
• Plan community trips with transportation department
• Create lessons and activities for job coaches to implement when teacher is not assigned 
• Supervise students at in house job sites/community job sites
• Monitor data collection to made adjustments to program
• Participate in CSEs
• Complete Vocational sections of the students’ IEP
• Maintain Career Plan and Employability Profile for each student

 

Job Qualifications

 

Requirements:

• NYS Teacher Certification required (SWD – All Grades)
• Experience working in a 8:1 and/or 15:1 setting preferred
• Experience with job training preferred

Job Category

Teacher

Job Location

To Be Determined

Additional Information