TEACHER

Provide education for KidsPeace students in a highly structured and safe environment. Work collaboratively with the Mental Health Worker to provide counseling support to students in the classroom. This position will participate in family sessions, attend discharge meetings, IEP meetings, and team meetings.

Purpose: Job Duties / Essential Functions

1. Develop IEP's for students and assist with re-evaluations.

2. Administer, score, and evaluate standardized tests for each child on an established schedule.

3. Supervise classroom management and primary crisis intervention utilizing positive behavior management strategies.

4. Participate in a team approach, including other teachers, parents, social workers, and psychiatrists in order to review progress, develop and implement appropriate treatment plans.

5. Plan and carry out weekly lesson plans. Include activities that introduce, reinforce, review and enrich skills. Complete lesson plans, due process, report cards, transcripts, behavior scales, and treatment documentation on established schedules. Complete quarterly progress reports.

6. Assess each child's social, educational and emotional needs and intervene therapeutically to promote learning and positive peer and adult interactions.

7. All other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications (Education, Training and Experiences)

1. Bachelor's Degree in Special Education or appropriate discipline required.

2. PA Teaching Certificate required.

3. Valid driver's license, CPR/First Aid Certification, and Certification of current KidsPeace approved crisis intervention and restraint methodology (Level I or II preferred, Observer status minimally required).

3. Experience with acute, emotionally challenged children or adolescent's preferred.

4. Must be at least 21 years of age or older.