Teacher (SAE)

Join Our Team and Make a Difference Every Day

Position: Teacher (SAE)

Pay: $64,000/yr.

Location: Amherst NY

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

The Summit Center is Western New York’s leading provider of evidence-based services for children and adults with autism and other developmental, social, and behavioral challenges. Our team is dedicated to helping every individual we serve achieve their highest level of independence.

Summit Academy Enhanced (SAE) provides intense behavior services to individuals that demonstrate challenging behaviors within a school setting. The school integrates a clinical approach for the functional analysis of targeted behaviors as well as safe and effective procedures to properly evaluate treatment interventions prior to classroom implementation.

If you're passionate about making lives better and in search of a good job with dedicated supervisors, great benefits, and a supportive environment become a #DifferenceMaker and join our team.

Why Work With Us?

Fully paid school breaks (up to 8 weeks per year!)
Up to 12 days of paid time off
14–16 paid holidays annually
Potential for annual raises and profit sharing
Tuition Reimbursement
Health, dental, and vision insurance/Medical opt-out payment (up to $1,000/year)
401K with up to 4% employer match
Life and long-term disability insurance

Your Impact as a Teacher (SAE)

The Teacher serves as the classroom leader and transdisciplinary team coordinator, responsible for lesson planning and student academic progress. This role involves collaboration with an interdisciplinary team—including psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, and behavior analysts—to support student well-being. Opportunities for program development and innovation are also available.

Review and implement all educational requirements in each student’s IEP
Establish and monitor individual curricula, data collection and charting systems
Implement behavior management procedures developed by the treatment team
Supervise and manage activities of Behavior Specialists
Provide a safe, age-appropriate educational environment for students
Administer appropriate and effective instructional strategies
Ensure students are generalizing treatment gains into the classroom
Participate in transitioning and discharging students to less restrictive settings
Coordinate and collaborate with Support Service Personnel (related)
Collaborate and effectively communicate with families and external service providers
Demonstrate professional knowledge of children with developmental disabilities
For Secondary Classroom Teachers: be knowledgeable of and remain up to date of NYSED requirements including Exit Summaries, Transition Portfolios, Training Plans, Transition in the IEP and Transition Assessments. Must know about various types of adult services to prepare students to become as independent as possible post-graduation.
Adheres to The Summit Center Core Agency Values of Adaptability, Accountability, Collaboration, Integrity, Optimism, and Respect

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree in Special Education required, Masters degree in Special education preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION NYS Special Education Professional certificate or applicable Students with Disabilities certificate required.

At The Summit Center, you’ll be part of a compassionate, highly trained team committed to empowering individuals to reach their full potential. Let your next job be the one that truly makes a difference.

Apply now to become a #DifferenceMaker!

Education
Required
Bachelors or better in Special Education
Preferred
Masters or better in Special Education
Licenses & Certifications
Required
EDU-Stud w Dis All Grades
EDU-Spec. Ed. Perm

Equal Opportunity Employer
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