Teacher PD

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to these values, all employees are expected to demonstrate core success factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the educational needs of patients by contacting the previous educational setting (with an adequate release) and/or reviewing all available written records.
• Assesses, supervises, or approves the educational needs of the patient before the Diagnostic Conference date.
• Prepares assessments in adherence to established departmental format.
• Prepares daily lesson plans consistent with evaluations and/or IEPs and the overall hospital treatment plan, generating them no later than the second day of educational programming.
• Writes lesson plans to reflect all major areas of instruction appropriate to the academic level of each patient, providing sufficient detail to allow a substitute to implement them.
• Makes lesson plans available in a conspicuous place on the teacher’s desk and reviews/updates them weekly.
• Maintains a classroom environment conducive to learning, providing academic assignments and required materials at the beginning of the school day.
• Clearly defines classroom rules and schedules through verbal or written instruction and provides individualized instructional help as indicated.
• Demonstrates dependability, punctuality, and professionalism in reporting to work on time and planning for scheduled leave.
• Conducts themselves in dress and behavior in a professional manner.
• Prepares and presents IEPs prior to the IEP conference date, following approved departmental format and ensuring high professional quality.
• Reports on the child’s academic progress through written or verbal communication, including grade level, functional level, behavioral progress, factors impeding progress, and strategies employed.
• Assists in the discharge process by ensuring the child’s local school system is informed of the discharge date and academic recommendations, and submits a discharge summary according to departmental format.
• Functions as an effective member of the interdisciplinary team, maintaining positive working relationships, consulting with clinical staff, and using team expertise in planning educational and behavioral programs.
• Actively participates in the Special Clinical Services Department, including attending at least 80% of department meetings, accepting delegated responsibilities, suggesting improvements, and sharing expertise with other staff.
• Participates actively in Total Quality Management.
• Performs other related duties as requested and complies with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Observes all hospital and departmental policies, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in special education.
• Certification from the Rhode Island Department of Education (to include levels of handicapped certification appropriate to the hospital’s population).
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
• Minimum of one year of teaching experience.
• Performs independently within department policies and practices; refers complex problems to supervisor for clarification.

Pay

$24.29 - $40.07 per hour

Schedule

• Per diem school days
• Day shift
• As required

Location: LSS-Cumberland-7 Fatima Drive, Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864