Special Education Teacher

The Watson Institute is hiring full-time Special Education Teachers at our Education Center programs in Sewickley, PA. The Education Center is a special education school for children ages 3-21. 

We are currently hiring for the 2026-2027 school year!

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 am – 4 pm, school calendar (optional summer program)

Location: 301 Camp Meeting Road | Sewickley, PA 15143

Benefits:

• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
• Ongoing professional development through continued education opportunities, training, and direct staff support.
• Access to Tuition Reimbursement to pursue further education and advanced degrees.
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and additional voluntary benefits.
• 403b retirement plan with employer contributions and match after 1 year of employment.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and conduct assessments
• Record and interpret assessment data
• Develop, maintain and monitor present education levels, goals, objectives, success criteria and specially designed instructions for Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
• Plan, implement and adapt instructional activities
• Organize and maintain a safe and effective learning environment
• Utilize appropriate behavior management strategies and techniques
• Communicate routinely with parents and appropriate school district personnel
• Work effectively within a transdisciplinary educational team
• Participate in Education Center activities
• Supervise the activities of the classroom aide(s)
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to organize and present written and verbal information about students
• Ability to organize the learning environment of students
• Ability to work as a transdisciplinary team member
• Ability to manage students’ behavior
• Ability to plan and implement student instruction
• Ability to supervise paraprofessional staff

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education required
• PA Special Education Teaching certification required
• Two years’ teaching experience in special education preferred
• Most tasks require oral communication, visual and hearing perception, and the ability to get around the classrooms, cafeteria, gym, campus, etc.
• Supervise students during emergency drills, play periods and community-based instruction
• The ability to keep up with running children and/or to lift, position or assist with lifting students is essential to perform this task
• The essential functions of the job described herein require the ability to exert moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of bending, stooping, squatting, reaching, kneeling, crouching and brisk walking, which may involve lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and material of moderate weight (40 pounds)
• Ability to use the strategies of Comprehensive Crisis Management and Ukeru to physically support students for their safety and the safety of others.
• Current PA Acts, 34, 114 and 151 Clearances required
• Pre-employment medical examination, including a tuberculosis test required

EOE