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Portland, MEFull-time$56K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Spurwink Services seeks a Special Education Teacher for a day treatment setting serving students with significant emotional, behavioral, academic, and mental health needs. The teacher works with an educational and clinical team to develop and deliver programming, while creating a supportive classroom culture and nurturing student relationships. The starting salary is $56,160 per year.
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Portland, ME, USA | Education | Salary | 56,160 per year | Full Time
| $5000 Sign on Bonus!
$5,000 Sign-On Bonus!!!!
Be a leader in the classroom and help guide students with behavioral and developmental challenges towards successful outcomes. Become a Spurwink Special Education Teacher and you'll be empowered to develop individualized learning plans in a therapeutic and supportive team environment. The starting salary for this position is $56,160.
As a leader in the classroom, it will be your responsibility to establish a culture of learning and respect, while nurturing individual relationships with each and every one of your students. If you're ready for a challenging and rewarding career with opportunities for advancement, we are waiting for you.
DUTIES:
This individual will be responsible for working with an educational and clinical team in developing and delivering educational programming for a variety of students with significant emotional, behavioral, academic, and mental health needs. This position requires both classroom management and management of instructional responsibilities to include, but not limited to, implementing CARE principles, delivering assessment tools, creating lesson plans, writing IEPs, coordinating with the clinical team, supervising educational technicians, involvement in TCI safety restraints, BHP, ISP, and IEP tracking and various other duties in a day treatment special education setting.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree and Maine State certification as Teacher of Exceptional Students (282) or Teacher of Students with Severe Intellectual and Associated Impairments (286), as appropriate to the position and age level of students or eligibility for conditional certification as a special education teacher.
Competitive Benefits Package:
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Health/Dental/Vision /Pet Insurance
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Employer Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability
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Retirement Account with Matching Contribution (after one year of service)
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Scholarships to ME Community Colleges
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Tuition Reimbursement
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25% Tuition Reimbursement for UNE Master of Social Work Program
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Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
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Quality Supervision and Paid Training Opportunities
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Career Advancement Opportunities
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Flexibility of Schedules
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Generous Paid Time Off
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Opportunity for Same Day Pay
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Health Plan Enrollees – Access to Several Discounts (Hotels, Electronics, Auto, Groceries, Event Tickets, and More)
This sign-on bonus exclusively applies to new hires.
Spurwink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,085 open Special Education Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$56K/yr
- US median$55–72K/yr319 salary ranges
This rate, $56K, is 12% below the US median midpoint ($64K) — in the lowest quarter of Special Education Teacher salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,085 open Special Education Teacher jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Amergis278 open
- Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES45 open
- Boston Public Schools38 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 (95 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 441 of the 1,085 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 October 27, 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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