Parkland Preparatory Academy is a therapeutic day school approved by ISBE, serving students age 5-22, in the areas of:
· Emotional Disability
· Specific Learning Disability
· Other Health Impairment
· Autism
· Speech and Language Impairment
· Developmental Delay
· Traumatic Brain Injury
· Unique circumstances that impact their success in traditional public-school settings.
We provide comprehensive educational, social- emotional, and functional programs. Our evidence-based curriculum aligns with the Illinois Learning Standards and our social/emotional interventions are utilized to meet the individual needs of students, to help them reach their greatest level of self-sufficiency.
We are seeking to hire Special Education teachers with LBS-1 certification. If you do not yet have this certification, there is opportunity to be employed while working to attain it.
Benefits:
- Highly competitive salary
- Tuition reimbursement
- Annual raise
- 401k Retirement plan
- Health care/Dental benefits
- Life insurance
- On and off campus professional development opportunities
- Paid time off
- Employee recognition program
Requirements/Qualifications:
- Professional Educator License- LBS1 or LBS1 endorsement
- Strong behavior management skills
- Ability to collaborate with other professionals in a fast paced environment
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Implementation of standards based lesson plans
- Ability to individually differentiate instruction according to IEP's
- Apply effective behavior management techniques/programs
- Engage students through multifaceted curricular materials
- Construct legally sound IEP's
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with Parkland students, supervisors, coworkers, subordinates, supporting agencies, and a variety of external agencies.
Job Description:
- Teachers work to design instructional opportunities for students to access state learning standards, achieve IEP goals, BIP goals and transition goals.
- Secondary teachers are well aware of district graduation requirements.
- Teacher is able to manage the classroom environment and the various adults assigned to supporting classroom needs.
- Teacher monitors students receiving related services weekly (Speech, Occupational Therapy, Counseling, etc.)
- Must accept direction, adhere to policies, procedures and carry out assignments.
- Must demonstrate tact, resourcefulness, patience, and dedication and react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
- Maintains ongoing progress records for all students assigned and communicate regularly to parents.
- Demonstrates preparedness for IEP meetings through the submission of drafted documents according to supervisors timeline.
- Very important- Has the ability to support students who begin to mainstream to a less restrictive learning environment through maintaining regular contact with home school staff, District Rep. and student's parents in order to facilitate a successful permanent transition.
If you seek to join a team of passionate educators in an environment that strives for excellence, then please forward your resume. Join us in the passionate pursuit of educational excellence. For more information on Parkland Preparatory Academy and job openings, please visit our website at www.parklandprep.com
Job Type: Full-time
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday