Special Education Teacher - Middle School (1.0 FTE)
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
Fredonia, NYFull-time$44K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES is hiring a probationary Special Education Middle School Teacher at Fredonia Middle School for the 2026–2027 school year. The position serves grades 5–8 in a 12:1:1 setting and is listed as 1.0 FTE. Candidates must hold one of the specified Students with Disabilities certifications. Starting salary is a minimum of $44,066 at Step 1, with actual salary dependent on graduate credentials, a master's degree, and years of public education experience.
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Special Education Teacher - Middle School (1.0 FTE)
Fredonia Middle School
425 East Main St
Fredonia , NY 14063
Certified - Teaching - Special Education Teacher {SPED}
Job Number 3300057405
Start Date
Open Date 11/09/2026
Closing Date 11/13/2026
Special Education Middle School (12:1:1) Teacher (1.0 FTE-Probationary Position)
Certification Required: SWD 1-6 and 7-12, or SWD all grades, or SWD 1-6 with 7-12 extension, or SWD 7-12 with extension that includes Grades 5 & 6
2026-2027 School Year
Start Date: August 31, 2026
Grades: 5-8
Starting salary: Minimum $44,066 Step 1 base (actual salary dependent upon graduate credentials, master's degree, and years of experience in public education)
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Itinerant Location Fredonia Middle School
Salary: From 44066.00
Salary: To 44066.00
Required Certification Type Students with Disabilities Grades 1-6 {9014}, Students with Disabilities (All Grades) {0254}
Contact Person's Name Mrs. Jamie Polhamus
Contact Person's Title Middle School Principal
Contact Person's Phone 716-679-1581, x2730
Contact Person's Email [email protected]
Job Posting Link https://www.fredonia.wnyric.org
How this job compares
Set against the 1,125 open Special Education Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$44K/yr
- New York median$53–70K/yr138 salary ranges
- US median$56–72K/yr334 salary ranges
This rate, $44K, is 29% below the New York median midpoint ($62K) — in the lowest quarter of Special Education Teacher salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 214 open Special Education Teacher jobs in New York and 1,125 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (this employer)50 open
- ADAPT Community Network11 open
- Developmental Disabilities Institute8 open
- Experience
- Special Education Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (103 postings).
- Education
- 460 of the 1,125 open Special Education Teacher jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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