Teacher in Training
Specialized Education Services, Inc. · Bloomington, IL · Today
Education$50k/yrFull-time
Overview
In special education and alternative education settings nationwide, the team members of Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI) shine a positive light on students who need academic, emotional, social, and behavioral support and uncover the unique learner within. Have a profound impact, grow, learn, and thrive as part of our team.
What you can expect from us
- Diverse career pathways, mobility up and across our national network, and ongoing professional and leadership development.
- Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and credentialing support.
- Data-driven, evidence-based learning and instructional models, including SESI's own positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS) framework called CASE.
- An attractive and robust suite of benefits, including comprehensive healthcare benefits, 401(k) with employer match, employee assistance program, mental health support, fertility and family building, and more.
- Smaller class sizes in diverse educational settings.
Responsibilities
- Uncover the light and potential in each student by diagnosing and addressing learning, social, and emotional skill gaps.
- Collaborate with school teams and families to offer personalized guidance and deliver SESI's own evidence-based learning and instructional models, as well as positive behavioral interventions and support framework.
- Inspire, empower, and transform with our innovative learning approach, unique instructional environments, smaller class sizes, and the support services students need to shine.
- Work with a diverse group of students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Use SESI's instructional models, strategies, and curricula to teach knowledge and skills, nurture confidence and character, and meet the needs of all students.
- Develop and maintain individualized skill-appropriate lesson plans.
- Implement behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to maintain the safety of students and staff.
- Maintain student documents such as individualized education plans (IEPs), behavior intervention plans (BIPs), incident reports, and high-risk evaluation forms.
- Drive, record, and track student growth and progress toward academic, social, and emotional goals.
- Supervise and monitor students, including to and from locations within the school.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
- Commitment to learning and implementing feedback.
- Adaptability and flexibility.
Competitive pay range. Tuition reimbursement up to $3,000/year.