Special Education Reading Teacher, District-Wide Part time and full time hours available, Salem Public Schools [SY 2025-2026]

Job Description

Special Education Reading Teacher, District-Wide Part time and full time hours available, Salem Public Schools [SY 2025-2026]

About Salem Public Schools, where belonging leads to opportunity.

Salem is a small, diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4,000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged, globally connected, and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging, equity, and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students, regardless of ability, economic status, gender/gender identity, language, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at https://salemk12.org/.

What You'll Do:

As a collaborative member of the Special Education team in Salem, this person is responsible for teaching, evaluating, and implementing reading instruction for students who have a documented reading disability and receive specialized reading instruction as part of their IEP services. The successful candidate must have a working knowledge of effective research-based reading practices, understand how to deliver accessible instruction, and be able to work collaboratively with special education staff, general education teachers and consultants. The candidate must manage a fluid caseload and maintain flexibility with scheduling.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and deliver specialized reading instruction that allows all students to make effective progress with their reading skills
  
• Use innovative approaches and instructional strategies, including the effective use of technologies and LBLD scaffolding to increase student access, learning, independence, and confidence to learn
  
• Modify/adapt materials and instructional lessons to meet the specific needs of students with disabilities across the school day, as identified in the IEPs
  
• Collect and analyze a variety of reading data to drive instruction and improve student access and performance
  
• Develop IEPs with SMART goals and logical accommodations, using formal and informal data
  
• Report on student progress in reading, according to their IEP goals at scheduled intervals throughout the school year
  
• Maintain consistent communication with IEP liaison and assigned team chair
  
• Other duties as assigned by the building principal, special education administrator and/or Executive Director of Pupil Personnel Services.

What You'll Bring:

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences, have a strong background in reading development, are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change children's lives through education. You'll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself, your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant, diverse in background, ethnicity, language, and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
  
• Hold high expectations for yourself, students, and colleagues - You see potential in all, especially our SPS students, and maintain high expectations for achievement, while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations, modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
  
• Build authentic, caring relationships with colleagues, students, and families - You build strong relationships across students, families, and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
  
• Embrace feedback - You are a reflective practitioner who learns from failure, using mistakes and challenges as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (required); Master's Degree preferred
  
• Maintain a Massachusetts teaching certification/licensure in Special Education (required)
  
• Certification in Orton-Gillingham or Wilson Reading or other research-based reading programs is advantageous
  
• At least 1-year of experience teaching reading to students with a diagnosed reading disability
  
• Able to meet the expectations of the Massachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice
  
• Ability to write effective IEPs with SMART goals, and accommodations
  
• Ability to administer, interpret, and report findings from standardized and informal evaluations and from observational data collection
  
• Second Language (Spanish) Proficiency (preferred)
  
• Effective written and oral communication skills
  
• Able to travel between buildings, as assigned throughout the workweek
  
• Current authorization to work in the United States

Work Year: Teachers in Salem Public Schools work a 185 day school year (180 student contact days plus 5 professional development days. Please click here to view the 2025-26 district and/or school calendars.

Salary: Teacher salaries in the Salem Public Schools are determined by the Salem Teachers Union collective bargaining agreement (see new 2024-27 language with updated salary information here).

Benefits: The City of Salem offers Group Insurance Commission (GIC) benefits to all full-time employees. Click here for more information about our health benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.