The Gray Academy for Exceptional Children with Neurological Disorders is a non-profit, non-public* K-8 School for children with special needs located in Santa Monica, California. Our program has been specifically structured to help families meet the challenges that go beyond the classroom and treat the whole child.
Since opening in the fall of 2018, The Gray Academy has received both its certification from the State of California as well as its 501 (c)(3) status. Criteria for acceptance to the school includes (but is not limited to): rare diseases, genetic disorders, traumatic brain injuries, mobility challenges, and impaired immune systems, among other medical conditions.
Our unique curriculum and related services have been uniquely designed to provide both the high-level and complex special education and therapy needs of students all in one location. Both our curriculum and therapeutic interventions (traditional and non-traditional) are customized to the needs of each student and integrated into the daily schedule.
Our state-of-the-art facility was designed with extra safety provisions in classrooms and features some of most advanced equipment available and necessary for rehabilitation (including Neu-X Technologies, The Lite Gait, and The Galileo).
*Job Summary: Full Time Mod/Sev Special Education Teacher to work at our Private, Non-Profit, Non Public School in Santa Monica. 10-12 Students K-8. All students have a 1:1, Full-Time Class room teacher's assistant.
Job Description:
Roles and Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: •
Planning and implementing specialized accommodations and modifications in California State curriculum for TK-7 special education students •
Teaching expanded use of communication supports •
Blending Functional and social skill development to bridge access to modified curriculum. •
Coordinating with service providers for seamless and purposeful learning. et the individual needs of students. •
Instituting state and school requirements written in each students’ IEPs, at the physical, emotional and educational levels of development of each student •
Maintaining individual pupil records, including quarterly progress notes for each student. •
Conferring with parents, administrators, related service providers, and outside agencies as necessary or directed to develop and implement the individual educational program for student•
Collaborating and working closely with special education assistant teacher. •
Maintaining a well-organized classroom and workspace to operate successfully. •
Adapt purchased curriculum to meet the needs of each individual student•
Use information about individual students’ academic strengths, needs, and progress in planning. •
Design activities to engage students in cognitively challenging work aligned to standards•
Work effectively with students, parents, staff members, and community representatives in providing a rigorous educational program•
Communicate with families to create a partnership around student learning by providing information about the instructional program and the progress of their child(ren) o Hold parent/student/teacher conferences in a manner consistent•
Continuing education as time allows. 
