Description

Are you looking for a Special Education Program Coach environment with low student-teacher ratios and the ability to make a significant impact on student outcomes? Do you want to join a multi-disciplinary team with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports?

If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!

This is a 12-month position specializing in supporting special education teachers in a school-based positive behavior support program for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. This position is on assignment in the Reading School District within the elementary and secondary Emotional Support classrooms. The function of the Special Education Program Coach include supporting teachers with professional development through direct training and coaching, with a goal of increasing student engagement, academic performance, and social-emotional-behavioral wellness. The Special Education Program Coach will provide training and coaching to support educational staff with (a) identifying and implementing academic instruction including lesson planning and assessments and making data-based decisions to inform instruction; (b) classroom management strategies informed by applied behavior analysis and positive behavioral interventions and supports; (c) IEP compliance including writing, development, attending meetings, implementation, and progress monitoring; and (d) orientation to the program including technology, procedures, instruction, and emotional support programming. The Special Education Program Coach will work collaboratively with the educational staff and emotional support program leadership team to ensure services and documents are compliant with federal and state laws, Reading School District and Devereux regulations and policies, and best practices within the field. The Special Education Program Coach will maintain clear communication with Devereux supervisors, including participating in the Devereux emotional support program leadership meetings.Maintains certification and meets all learning requirements

Keywords: special education teacher, SPED, teacher, school, education, behavioral health, children, middle school, elementary, high school, teaching

Qualifications

EDUCATION: Master's degree in Special Education or Educational Leadership required. PA Department of Education Instructional II Certification in Special Education required. Supervisor of Special education certification completed, in progress, or interest in pursuing.

EXPERIENCE: Successful teaching experience working with students with emotional and behavioral challenges, experience in lesson planning, experience in writing and implementing legally defensible IEPs, experiencing in administration of assessments and using data informed decision making. Minimum of five years of experience preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 2 months ago (2/16/2023 11:24 AM)

Requisition ID 2023-29155

Category Education

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.