Our Mission Statement: At Sobesky Academy, we provide an individualized educational and therapeutic environment which supports social-emotional awareness, inspires personal growth and builds on students' strengths in order to empower them for success.
Teachers who are interested in joining the Sobesky Team must be licensed in Special Education and also be Highly Qualified in their content area. Experience in a day treatment setting or desire to work with students with emotional disabilities is highly recommended. Knowledge of restorative practices and/or collaborative problem solving is helpful, but not a necessity. We can train!! Everything that happens at Sobesky is done within a team model, so collaboration skills are a must!
QUALIFICATIONS:
Hold valid Colorado teaching license with Special Education Generalist endorsement (for the Teacher role).
SUMMARY: Affective Needs Center Programs provide programming for students with significant social, emotional, behavioral and mental health needs. Develop, implement, and support individualized practices for achieving learning outcomes for students with significant social/behavioral needs, based on the requirements of IDEIA. Utilize evidence-based best practice and rely on frequent progress monitoring for programming adjustments. Take a leadership role in collaboratively problem solving interventions for students. An essential part of this position is to effectively organize and coordinate the responsibilities of multiple adults in the educational environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following:
Design, implement and evaluate structured instructional and behavioral management programs for individual students.
Provide educational opportunities, which are conducive to learning and appropriate to the interests and the emotional/development level of students.
Incorporate knowledge of child development (language development included), in instructional and affective program.
Plan and implement appropriate affective and social skill development programs.
Cooperate with other staff members in planning instructional goals, objectives and methods for students. (Individual Education Plans).
Facilitate transitional and integration programs through consultation and collaboration.
Establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents.
Maintain records of each student's instructional and behavioral management programs, in collaboration with other program staff.
Participate in reviews, staffing and recommendations for change of program of assigned students. Evaluate student progress on a regular basis.
Maintain files and data and prepare necessary reports as requested.
Provide vocational training and work cooperatively with vocational rehabilitation and vocational education as appropriate.
Utilize technological resources in instructional programming.
Train and supervise classroom paraprofessionals and volunteers.
Participate in those professional growth in-services and academic college credit courses, which will increase the teacher's professional expertise.
Complies with Special Education and district policies and procedures (e.g. Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
Other duties as assigned.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
JOB ID #:
29909- Teacher, Affective Needs (MS)
You can APPLY through this LinkedIn post and at Jeffco Public Schools career page using the link below:
https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/careers
If you apply through LinkedIn, your resume will be sent directly to the Hiring Manager for review.