Special Education Teacher - Life Skills: Schweitzer Elementary

The Neshaminy School District is seeking to hire a Life Skills Support Teacher for the 2026-27 school year. This position is anticipated start in August of 2026 for the 2026-2027 school year.

Salary and benefits are consistent with the NFT collective bargaining agreement, which can be found on the neshaminy.org website under Human Resources.

Qualifications include a valid PA certification for K-12 special education. Applicants must be in good standing with Act 48 credits.

Neshaminy School District requires a valid Child Abuse Clearance, FBI clearance, PA State Police Criminal Check, and completed Act 168 forms for all employees before they may begin work.

The Life Skills Support Teacher provides specially designed instruction to sutdents with significant cognitive, developmental, communication, adaptive, and/or multiple disabilities who require intensive support ot access and make meaningful progress in their education program.

Instruction is explicit, systematic, evidence-based, and tailored to each student''s individual needs, which may include instruciton in foundational academic areas such as English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, as well as in functional academics, communication, social and interpersonal skills, self-regulation, personal care, as appropriate, to each sutdent''s needs.

The teacher works collaboratively with families, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, administrators, and other members of the IEP team to provide a coordinated educational proram that maintains high expectations, promotes meaningful inclusion, and develops each student''s independence.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• Interviews for this position may be made through the Application system. This will result in an email invite for the candidate. Candidates should check spam folders to ensure they have not missed system emails.
• Please ensure that all information on your application is up to date.
• Neshaminy does not provide year-for-year or step-for-step service credit for purposes of salary setting. There may be limited exceptions to this process. Please review the Certified Staff Compensation and Benefits information sheet on our website. https://www.neshaminy.org/district_offices/human_resources/employment/certified_candidates_information
• The interview process will typically consist of at least two interviews and a demonstration lesson.
• The District will consider emergency certifications, however, will only do so in limited and appropriate situations governed by PDE regulations and practices.
• If you are an out-of-state certificate holder, please review PDE's website for information about reciprocity. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/education/programs-and-services/educators/certification/out-of-state-educators

Neshaminy School District is committed to provide all persons equal access to all categories of employment in this district, regardless of race, color, age, religious creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, handicap/disability or pregnancy, childbirth or pregnancy-related medical conditions., or any other category required by law. Please contact Felicity Hanks, Director of Human Resources at fhanks@neshaminy.org if you seek accommodations during the application and/or hiring process.