About the Role
Provide educational programs to residents of the Residential Treatment Center, ensuring compliance with State Education Department guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Implement school policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with Federal, State and local regulations.
- Instruct and monitor teachers and classroom staff on applicable classroom regulatory requirements and compliance issues.
- Monitor implementation of school policies/procedures.
- Attend scheduled meetings and any meetings as directed by the Principal.
- Maintain on-going communication within the program and to the RTC, as necessary.
- Interview and recommend for hiring teachers, teacher assistants and classroom aides.
- Assist in conducting orientation of staff to school and agency policies and procedures.
- Write performance evaluations on teaching assistants and classroom aides with input from classroom teachers.
- Provide ongoing training and support to staff regarding behavior management and educational programming.
- Provide ongoing support to educational staff.
- Conduct informal classroom observations; provide feedback and recommendations to teachers and classroom staff on their performance.
- Maintain oversight of staff certifications and ensure scheduled mentoring for certification, as necessary.
- Instruct teachers in development of daily classroom schedule and monitor adherence to schedules.
- Review Educational Evaluations to ensure thorough and descriptive depiction of students’ strengths and needs in order to facilitate academic progress.
- Supervise teachers, teaching assistants and classroom aides on developing and consistently implementing individualized behavior management programs and PBIS for each student.
- Supervise and train crisis intervention staff. Monitor crisis intervention techniques utilized; conduct team review and provide feedback, oversee revisions of plan as appropriate to situation.
- Supervise teachers in implementing functional educational programming consistent with NYS Common Core Learning Standards; ensuring lesson planning is completed and submitted in a timely manner.
- Periodically review classroom program books, ensuring progress and needs toward meeting IEP goals is evident.
- Assist in the development of the vocational and pre-vocational programs.
- Supervise programs and the integration of lesson plans/IEP goal objectives during specials.
- Assist in programming, staffing and class recreational/educational outings during the six-week summer program.
- Ensure teacher access to lesson planning materials remains current including internet and print subscriptions.
- Ensure materials are accessible for daily programming, requesting order as necessary, including but not limited to; staff protective equipment, student safety and sensory equipment.
- Oversee staffing schedule and student attendance on a daily basis.
- Assist in the completion of staff probationary and yearly evaluations.
- Supervise student arrival and dismissal daily.
- Maintain meeting book including sign-in sheets and minutes.
- Coordinate various schedules throughout the school year, including but not limited to; multipurpose room, event transportation, class trips, RTC daily unit coverage.
Requirements
- NYS SBL certification
- Master’s degree
- Experience with population
- Work closely with all members of the Tyree Learning Center and RTC to provide comprehensive educational program to all students.
- Team player within program and with RTC, support staff and families.
- Strong sensitivity to cultural differences.
- Strong belief in child’s ability to progress.
- Ability to maintain respectful partnership with students, staff and families.
- Ability to set limits and intervene appropriately to maximize learning environment.
Skills
- Behavior management
- Educational programming
- Crisis intervention
- NYS Common Core Learning Standards
- Lesson planning
- IEP goal objectives
- Vocational programming
- Pre-vocational programming
- Staff scheduling
- Student attendance tracking
- Meeting documentation
Location
- On campus of Robert J. McMahon Children’s Center
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experience with population
Education Level
- Master’s degree
- NYS SBL certification
About the Company
- Article 81 school serving MD students ages 5-21.
