Special Education Teacher

About the role

The Susan Wayne Center of Excellence (SWCE) and the River Run Academy offer intensive residential, educational, medical, and clinical services for adolescent boys and girls who are mildly to moderately cognitively impaired with concurrent behavioral, mental health, and medical issues. Educators play a vital role in providing care, support, education, and guidance to our students.

Responsibilities

• Support all efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of students, staff, and the program including providing crisis interventions to assist students in feeling safe and observing all risk precautions and safety plans for each student.
• Provide emergency coverage for the program when needed.
• Comply with all safety regulations and policies, including transportation and community safety policies.
• Report safety/maintenance concerns to Safety Officer and/or Education Director.
• Aid in developing Special Intervention Plans for students in the classroom.
• Establish classroom safety for purpose of instruction, observing student’s risk precautions, Special Intervention Plans, and Safety Plans.
• Support and follow all P.P.T. recommendations in conjunction with Treatment Team decisions.
• Serve as a member of the P.P.T. and Treatment Team for assigned residents.
• Implement all program rules and policies consistently, uniformly, and fairly; utilizing positive feedback and behavioral consequences in accordance with program policy and setting reasonable limits that reflect the student’s developmental and emotional abilities.
• Participate in the physical management of out-of-control students engaging in dangerous behaviors when required.
• Complete Educational Assessments in an accurate and comprehensive manner including making educational recommendations for IEP and making educational, behavioral, and social skills recommendations for IAP which can be worked on in a classroom situation.
• Provide daily educational preparation and instruction as assigned in: activities of daily living skills, language skills, socialization and community skills, vocational skills, academic skills, elementary, junior high, and high school curriculum.
• Provide tutoring or GED preparation when applicable.
• Teach students a variety of subjects according to the IEP and teach lessons on day to day basis for individual students in accordance with their goals and objectives.
• Aid in the development of overall curricula and align lesson plans to Ct. Common Core State Standards.

Requirements

• Must be 21 years or older.
• Must have a minimum of a Master’s degree and a Connecticut State Certification as a Special Educator.
• Preferred applicants have at least one year teaching experience in a residential setting with adolescents.
• Must be knowledgeable in growth and development; able to obtain and interpret information in terms of the needs of emotionally disturbed, mentally ill, or adjudicated adolescents; and understanding of the range of interventions and treatment required by this population.
• Maintain a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work alone in an unsupervised environment.
• Must be able to become certified in BCC and American Red Cross CPR/First Aid.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical examination.

Qualifications

Maintains valid driver’s license.

Skills

Physical interventions, verbal de-escalations, crisis interventions, educational assessments, classroom management, curriculum development, and alignment to state standards.

Benefits

• $2,000 bilingual bonus for new hires who speak a second language fluently, other than English.
• Reimbursement for professional licenses required for work such as LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, RN and more.
• Excellent Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.
• Retirement benefits including 401K matched up to $800 a year and pension after 5 years of employment.
• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities!
• Wellness benefits including access to employee engagement groups, self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full time employees in your first year and much more!

Pay

The pay range for this position is $52,000 to $94,000 per year. The listed range reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for this role at the time of posting the position. The actual compensation an employee is offered may vary based on several factors such as experience, education, licensure, certifications and qualifications.

Schedule

In this role, you will work Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM. You will also work a school year calendar, which means you will have all school vacations, holidays and snow days off, as well as the time you accrue - an additional 10 days a year!