Special Education Teacher

at Nexus Indian Oaks Family Healing in Onarga, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Special Education Teacher for Grand Prairie School at our Onarga, IL location!

Nexus-Onarga Family Healing is located approximately 30 miles south of Kankakee and 45 miles north of Champaign-Urbana, just a few miles off of I-57 on a historic site in Onarga, IL. 

Nexus Onarga provides boys ages 10 to 20 years old a structured, homelike environment where they can safely address a variety of unhealthy behaviors and mental health issues as well as childhood trauma.  Nexus Onarga youth attend our onsite private, therapeutic Grand Prairie School which offers special education with small classes for grades 5th-12th. 

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.  

Skills You’ll Bring to the Team:
• Classroom Harmony Mastery: Creating positive, structured learning spaces where students feel supported and ready to thrive.

• IEP Wizardry: Crafting thoughtful, compliant, student-centered IEPs that truly move the needle.
• Collaboration Superpowers: Communicating with families, teammates, and partners to build a united support system for every learner.

• Data Detective Skills: Turning numbers and trends into meaningful instructional decisions that spark growth.

Work Schedule:

• Schedule: Monday-Friday 7a-3:30p
  • Year-round school through the summer with holidays off & pre-scheduled paid break weeks off
    • 8 additional days of paid time off per calendar year provided for new employees 
• Salary: $58,000-$66,000 annually based on credentials and years of teaching experience 
• Location: 110 N Locust, Onarga, IL

Benefits of working at a private Nexus School:

• $2,000 Sign on Bonus for licensed LBS1 Teachers paid out over 18 months of employment 
• Small class sizes
• Full time paraprofessional in each classroom
• Behavior Intervention Team readily available to provide ongoing support
• Residential program staff available throughout the school day to provide additional support where needed
• Tuition assistance program offered to pursue higher education
• 8 days of paid time off per calendar year plus pre-scheduled paid break weeks off throughout the year, including 2 weeks at Christmas, 1 week Spring Break, 1 week in June & 1 week in August, in addition to time off around other recognized holidays 

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include: 

• Endless training on mental health & trauma informed care
• Internal advancement opportunities without further education required 
• Ongoing support of a team of trained & experienced professionals
• Employee Referral Bonus program
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• Carrot Fertility Benefit
• And much more!

The Special Education Teacher delivers direct instruction and support to students with disabilities, collaborates with the team of teachers and behavior intervention staff, a



Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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