Certified Teacher

About the role

Creates and maintains a positive learning environment by effectively monitoring and managing student classroom behavior.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Maintains classroom discipline and ensures a safe learning environment.
• Monitors student behavior in classrooms, hallways, and common areas.
• Assists in creating a positive classroom environment that promotes student engagement and learning.
• Delivers instruction in an effective and efficient manner.
• Modifies or adapts general education curriculum to meet student needs.
• Maintains accurate and complete records as required by laws, policies, and regulations.
• Assigns and grades class work and homework; prepares, administers, and grades tests.
• Implements behavioral protocols; observes and evaluates student behavior, performance, social development, and physical health.
• Supports school-related extracurricular activities.
• Maintains positive professional communications with parents, guardians, administration, and colleagues regarding progress and concerns.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of state policies, statutes, and procedures on education and regulations of Nebraska.
• Ability to deliver instruction in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ability to modify or adapt general education curriculum.
• Ability to maintain a high level of professional competence via in-service education, self-selected professional education, and curriculum development.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to the use of a behavioral approach to motivate student learning.
• Ability to demonstrate concern and respect for individual students.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school required.
• Current Nebraska Teaching Certificate (or the ability to obtain one per Rule 21) required.
• Nationally recognized personal restraint model must be obtained during pre-service training required.
• Previous classroom teaching experience in the field preferred.
• Special Education endorsement preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Special Education preferred.

Benefits

Care and respect for others is more than a commitment at Boys Town – it is the foundation of who we are and what we do. At Boys Town, we cultivate a culture of belonging for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.

About Boys Town: Boys Town has been changing the way America cares for children and families since 1917. With over a century of service, our employees have helped us grow from a small boardinghouse in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, into one of the largest national child and family care organizations in the country. With the addition of Boys Town National Research Hospital in 1977, our services branched out into the health care and research fields, offering even more career opportunities to those looking to make a real difference.

• A unique feature for employees and their dependents enrolled in medical benefits are reduced to no cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location.
• Additional costs savings for the employee and their dependents are found in our pharmacy benefits with low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs.
• We help our employees prepare for retirement with a generous match on their 401K or 401K Roth account.
• Additional benefits include tuition assistance, parenting resources from our experts and professional development opportunities within the organization, just to name a few.