Teacher of Handicapped

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Job description

Overview:
We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed, and highly talented staff.

The mission of the Mary A. Dobbins School is to provide a therapeutic and academic environment that is designed to nurture the emotional, intellectual, behavioral, and social growth of each student. Mary A. Dobbins school prepares students with disabilities to lead successful, productive lives, allowing them to become contributing members of their communities. Our students explore their talents, build on identified strengths, and learn life skills.

Benefits:

Paid time off and holidays per the school contract

Medical, vision, dental and life insurance

403(b) employee participation and employer match

Salary: $65000 - $82000 / depending on education / experience

Job Summary:

The teacher will provide direct instruction to students in accordance with each of their Individual Education Plans. Candidates must hold a New Jersey State certification as a Teacher of the Handicapped, Teacher of Students with Disabilities, and be highly qualified in the area of instruction.

Responsibilities:
Actively participate in ongoing quality improvement activities including but not limited to: serving as a member of a quality improvement team, customer input, incident/accident and client grievance review, peer record review and program evaluation/quality improvement projects

Maintain accurate daily attendance records and perform other record keeping functions

Maintain appropriate classroom discipline and provision of an atmosphere conducive to learning

Participate in the development of each child's Individual Education Plan

Selection and ordering of appropriate instructional equipment and materials

Prepare quarterly evaluations, Progress Reports and Report Cards for each student in relation to his/her IEP goals and objectives

Attend staff meetings and meetings with parents and/or school district personnel

Maintain a neat, clean and orderly classroom and properly secure the classroom at the end of each school day

Communicate students' daily performance to residential and clinical staff

Oversee Paraprofessionals assigned to their classroom and ensure that they comply with school policy and procedures

Deliver curriculum to students utilizing a learning center model of instruction, whereby students are provided with individualized and small group instruction and remediation

Qualifications:
Must hold a New Jersey State certification as a Teacher of the Handicapped, Teacher of Students with Disabilities

Must be highly qualified in the area of instruction

Excellent interpersonal and child management skills

Must maintain yearly 12 hour requirements in behavior management, suicide prevention, substance abuse, and HIV and sexuality

Must have CARI-CHRI, physical and PPD test completed prior to or upon hire

Must have physical repeated every three years

Must attend cultural competence trainings when available and attend ongoing trainings related to population served

Must possess a valid driver's license

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