Teacher of Handicapped

Overview:

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed, and highly talented staff.

Our students explore their talents, build on identified strengths, and learn life skills.

Benefits:

• Paid time off and holidays per the school contract
• Medical, vision, dental and life insurance
• 403(b) employee participation and employer match

Salary: $65000 - $82000 / depending on education / experience

Job Summary:

The teacher will provide direct instruction to students in accordance with each of their Individual Education Plans. Candidates must hold a New Jersey State certification as a Teacher of the Handicapped, Teacher of Students with Disabilities, and be highly qualified in the area of instruction.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in ongoing quality improvement activities including but not limited to: serving as a member of a quality improvement team, customer input, incident/accident and client grievance review, peer record review and program evaluation/quality improvement projects
• Maintain accurate daily attendance records and perform other record keeping functions
• Maintain appropriate classroom discipline and provision of an atmosphere conducive to learning
• Participate in the development of each child’s Individual Education Plan
• Selection and ordering of appropriate instructional equipment and materials
• Prepare quarterly evaluations, Progress Reports and Report Cards for each student in relation to his/her IEP goals and objectives
• Attend staff meetings and meetings with parents and/or school district personnel
• Maintain a neat, clean and orderly classroom and properly secure the classroom at the end of each school day
• Communicate students’ daily performance to residential and clinical staff
• Oversee Paraprofessionals assigned to their classroom and ensure that they comply with school policy and procedures
• Deliver curriculum to students utilizing a learning center model of instruction, whereby students are provided with individualized and small group instruction and remediation

Qualifications:

• Must hold a New Jersey State certification as a Teacher of the Handicapped, Teacher of Students with Disabilities
• Must be highly qualified in the area of instruction
• Excellent interpersonal and child management skills
• Must maintain yearly 12 hour requirements in behavior management, suicide prevention, substance abuse, and HIV and sexuality
• Must have CARI-CHRI, physical and PPD test completed prior to or upon hire
• Must have physical repeated every three years
• Must attend cultural competence trainings when available and attend ongoing trainings related to population served
• Must possess a valid driver’s license