Special Education Teacher
Mahopac, NYFull-time$63–69K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Arc Mid-Hudson seeks a full-time, 12-month Preschool Special Education Teacher in Mahopac. The teacher implements students’ Individualized Education Programs, designs and maintains a safe educational environment, and supervises classroom staff. The role includes coordinating with therapeutic staff, maintaining parent and school-district contact, and preparing assessments, progress reviews, and reports. Experience with preschool students with special needs, including autism spectrum disorders, is preferred.
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Special Education Teacher
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5712
11/6/2026
Preschool
Mahopac
Onsite
Education
Description
We have a Full Time, 12 month Preschool Special Education Teacherposition avilable. This position is responsible for the implementation of his/her students’ Individualized Education Program (IEP). Teacher is responsible for the design and maintenance of a safe and appealing educational environment, and for implementing an educational protocol that is appropriate to the individual needs of students.
Preschool Special Education Teacher assumes the role of ‘Team Leader’ and, as such, supervises PARC classroom staff (teaching assistants and one-to-one aides). Teachers working in the Special Class program are expected to be familiar with and implement instructional methodologies and behavioral strategies effective with students with autism spectrum disorders. Additionally, the Special Education Teacher maintains contact with the therapeutic staff, generally through regular meetings which include scheduled ‘team meetings’.
Preschool Special Education Teacher holds primary responsibility for regular parent contact, as well as contact with students’ home school district’s Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE), as directed by Preschool Administration. That contact will include preparation and oversight of progress and program reviews, of informal and formal assessments, and of detailed written reports intended to inform the Annual Review process.
HOURS: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm/Monday through Friday
STARTING SALARY: $62,522.89 - $68,775.18
Minimum Requirements
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BA/BS Special Education or MA/MS in Special Education.
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New York State Certification appropriate for working with preschool-aged students.
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Prior experience working with special needs preschool population, including children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, preferred.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,135 open Special Education Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$63–69K/yr
- New York median$53–68K/yr153 salary ranges
- US median$56–70K/yr342 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $66K, is 7% above the New York median midpoint ($62K) — in the middle half of Special Education Teacher salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 250 open Special Education Teacher jobs in New York and 1,135 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- 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 (102 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 451 of the 1,135 open Special Education Teacher jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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