Special Education Teacher (26640)
Northern Rivers Family Services
Albany, NYFull-time$59–68K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Special Education Teacher develops and implements classroom instructional plans for students, supporting academic and behavioral goals. The role reports to the Assistant Principal and is onsite. The teacher works with students ages 6–21 who demonstrate serious emotional and behavioral challenges, and coordinates instruction, individualized education plans, behavior strategies, and progress monitoring.
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Salary Range $58,500.00 - $68,250.00 Salary
Position Type Full Time
Job Shift Day
Education Level Masters
Travel Percentage None
Description
As a Special Education Teacher, you will develop and implement classroom instructional plans for students and support students success in academic and behavioral goals. You will report to the Assistant Principle and you will work onsite.
Responsibilities:
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Follow all Agency policies and procedures, along with state and federal regulations about our school and students.
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Develop and implement a classroom instructional plan based on a students IEP and grade and subject area curricula; work with content area teachers to ensure that their lessons are differentiated as to meet the needs of all students.
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Develop and implement Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for all students on your caseload. Ensure that accommodations and modifications are provided. Provide specially designed instruction and monitor student progress toward academic and behavioral goals. Complete progress reports and IEP updates, and participate in CSE meetings as scheduled.
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Coordinate the creation of special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities; create and modify materials to match student abilities.
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Develop and coordinate the implementation of single and classroom behavior plans for managing student behavior to maintain discipline in the classroom; oversee the collecting of behavior data; assist classroom staff with crisis prevention and intervention techniques; assist classroom staff with de-escalation techniques; teach students appropriate behavior strategies.
Requirements and Education:
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Requires a Bachelor's degree in Special Education (Master's Degree preferred) or subject area, and ability to work with students who demonstrate serious emotional and behavioral challenges, ages 6-21. General education certification with enrollment in a program that leads to special education certification may be considered.
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Requires that you acquire a NYS certification in Special Education or appropriate subject area, or enrollment in a program that leads to NYS teacher certification within one year of hire
Benefits
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Health care package: medical, dental, and vision
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Tuition reimbursement
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Paid time off
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Holiday Pay
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401 (K) plan
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Life Insurance
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Loan repayment assistance
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Free training/CEU opportunities
Free continuing education through our Sidney Albert Training Institute (SATRI) program, a CTLE provider
About Northern Rivers
At Northern Rivers Family of Services, we work together to make a difference in our client's lives. Northern Rivers empowers children, adults, and families to change their lives and build stronger communities.
Northern Rivers Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds, not because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger! All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We cherish the unique contributions of our diverse staff and are building a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do the meaningful work.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,096 open Special Education Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$59–68K/yr
- New York median$54–68K/yr151 salary ranges
- US median$56–70K/yr337 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $63K, is 3% above the New York median midpoint ($62K) — in the middle half of Special Education Teacher salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 246 open Special Education Teacher jobs in New York and 1,096 across the US. 3% 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 (99 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 461 of the 1,096 open Special Education Teacher jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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